FREE MARKET VENTURES INVESTOR EDUCATION

COURSE CATALOG

Module 1:

Introduction: Basic Business Valuation

  • Learn how to determine the value of a company based on the teachings of Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, and Mohnish Pabrai.  With focus on understanding a business, its management, and its financial performance, this module will show you how to calculate a reasonable stock price you should be willing to pay.  This module is the foundation on which the other investing and options modules in the catalogue rest.

Module 4:

Stock Options: Tools Every Investor Should Use

Module 2:

Practicing Valuation: Using Module 1 Learnings

  • This module will take you through the detailed steps of analyzing a company. You will learn where to find the information you need regarding the company’s business activity, the CEO, and their growth plans. You will also learn how to read basic financial documents and use the information as a basis for value calculations. By the end of this session, you’ll feel confident in your ability to evaluate the financial health of any company.

  • Dig deeper into the nuances of the financial documents, management, and business growth expectations. Also, no matter how proficient you become in analysis you cannot become a good investor until you have mastered the psychology of dealing with price fluctuations. We will cover methods and timing of entry and exit of positions that will greatly reduce the emotions of the process.

Finance For Young Adults

  • Intended for young adults, this session covers basic banking, insurance, budgeting, financing, and investing- basically, everything they don’t teach in school but everyone needs to know.

Module 3:

Advanced Analysis: Finalizing Analysis and Building Confidence

  • Learn the basics of call and put options, why they exist, and how to trade them. Explore how to use options to make money on stocks we don’t own. This module also teaches a method to take advantage of put options to allow you to pay the price you want to pay for the stock, even when the stock price doesn’t drop to your price.