Personal Finance for Beginners
5 Days
·Cohort-based Course
If you do not control your finances they will control you. This course enables you to understand and manage your personal finances.
Personal Finance for Beginners
5 Days
·Cohort-based Course
If you do not control your finances they will control you. This course enables you to understand and manage your personal finances.
Course overview
This course will teach you the basics of Personal Finance
I have taught thousands of students, and done 1-1 financial counseling for hundreds of people. After this course you will understand the following:
- Net Worth: What is it? Why is it important? What is YOUR Net Worth?
- Debt: How does it work? How much do YOU have? What does it cost you?
- Budgeting: What do your monthly income and expenses look like? How can you manage them?
A course for Beginners
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This course is designed for COMPLETE BEGINNERS:
If you are totally new to this or have only a little bit of knowledge.
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Have you ever said to yourself:
- I do not feel in control of my finances
- I don't know what I'm doing wrong with my finances
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You will learn three important tools:
Net Worth
Understanding Debt
Budgeting
What you’ll get out of this course
Understand what NET WORTH means
Be able to calculate YOUR OWN Net Worth
Understand how DEBT works
Know how much Debt YOU personally have
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Meet Professor Erik Senko
Erik Senko
Global Finance professional turned Professor
Erik Senko spent over 20 years in Finance, in Chicago, London and Hong Kong.
Starting as an equity trader in London, Erik became a trader at a $4B hedge fund, eventually moving to Hong Kong and co-founding an Asia-focused hedge fund.
Erik retired in 2014, moving back home to California and devoting his time to educating people in Personal Finance and Investments.
In 2016 Erik began teaching at community colleges in the LA area, which he continues to this day,
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Personal Finance for Beginners
Course syllabus
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Module 1: NET WORTH
Here we learn all about our Net Worth:
What does it mean?
What does it measure?
Why do we care?
What is ours?
How do we improve it?
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Module 2: DEBT
Here we learn the basics of Debt:
How does it work?
How do we calculate it?
What are the real costs?
When should it be used?
When should it be avoided?
How much Debt do we have?
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Module 3: BUDGETING
Here we practice simple Budgeting techniques:
How do we budget?
Why do we budget?
Does it really work?
Course schedule
4-6 hours per week
Jan 30: 6:00pm - 7:30pm (Pacific time)
Jan 30: 6:00pm - 7:30pm (Pacific time)
3 Class Sessions:
Jan 30: 6:00pm - 7:30pm (Pacific time)
Feb 1: 6:00pm - 7:30pm (Pacific time)
Feb 3: 6:00pm - 7:30pm (Pacific time)
Feb 1: 6:00pm - 7:30pm (Pacific time)
Feb 1: 6:00pm - 7:30pm (Pacific time)
Class Sessions:
Jan 30: 6:00pm - 7:30pm (Pacific time)
Feb 1: 6:00pm - 7:30pm (Pacific time)
Feb 3: 6:00pm - 7:30pm (Pacific time)
Feb 3: 6:00pm - 7:30pm (Pacific time)
Feb 3: 6:00pm - 7:30pm (Pacific time)
3 Class Sessions:
Jan 30: 6:00pm - 7:30pm (Pacific time)
Feb 1: 6:00pm - 7:30pm (Pacific time)
Feb 3: 6:00pm - 7:30pm (Pacific time)
Real life skills that you can use immediately
Active hands-on learning
In this course we will go through our finances step by step. You will have the opportunity to see how I do things...then you can do it on your own....then we discuss afterwards.
Your life, your situation
In this course you will learn real world skills that will be of IMMEDIATE use to you.
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you
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