Simple Steps for a Retirement Portfolio
Start from zero and build a first retirement portfolio you actually understand — what to own, why, and how to leave it alone.
10 lessons
Each course is a sequence of short lessons, each with a quiz to check what stuck. Nothing is locked and nothing is timed. Your progress saves in this browser.
Start from zero and build a first retirement portfolio you actually understand — what to own, why, and how to leave it alone.
10 lessons
Judge a company by its business, not its stock chart — read the ratios, estimate what a company is actually worth, and build a plan you can follow.
10 lessons
Read price and volume history to spot trends, and turn what you see into written rules for when you buy, when you sell, and how much you risk.
9 lessons
Build a portfolio that pays you while you hold it — dividend stocks, bonds, REITs, and cash, and how much of each belongs in the mix.
12 lessons
What credit is, who is keeping score, and how to build a record from nothing — plus what to do when it has already gone wrong.
9 lessons
How grant money actually works, who gives it and why, and how to write a proposal that answers the questions a funder is really asking.
9 lessons