online investment Course

iamafoodie

Anyone know any good online investment courses. I want to manage my own investments and want to know where to start.

I would like to do an evening class type of thing during the day but can't find any. I'm reading online so getting to grips with it a little.

I know the very basics but not enough to start.

I'm currently visiting a few banks to see what they offer to get a basic understanding. But their fees seem disproportionate.

I'm thinking of starting a small little fund to begin with and see how I get on.

I know you can now trade pretty cheaply with degiro.ie but I'm not going in totally blind.

I will have about €200 a month to invest, not huge but I don't want to be a fool with it either. Currently I have prize bonds but am winning nothing on them lately.

I'll start with a maybe €50 a month for the 1st year and see how I get on. Maybe when it comes to it I'll be too risk averse!!

topper_harley2

Investing 50 a month will kill you with fees. Read alot online would be my advice......all about managed funds, passive index funds, ETFs, bonds, dollar cost averaging, time in market vs market timing. A random Walk Down Wallstreet and Millionaire Teacher are two books I found very good and interesting without being too "heavy"

lucky john

https://alison.com/courses/Valuation-and-Investing

have a look at Alison.com they have plenty of interesting free courses.

FURET

You do not need to pay anything to learn how to invest. Doing so is just giving more money to the financial vampire industry. Read the books suggested by Topper. And do not invest 50 euros per month. That amount is far too small to be viable. Even 200 is too small in my opinion unless you find an ultra-low cost broker.

arrowloopboy

i'm just throwing in Trading in the Zone by Mark Douglas and Trade your way to financial freedom,by Van Tharp.
Both great books,at least look Van tharp up on youtube for position sizing and r multiples .

With the funds you have available,spread betting is your only viable option,if you do your research ,you can invest via spread betting the exact same way as using a broker ,except much less costly on a small account,and no cgt on profits.

FURET

arrowloopboy wrote: »

i'm just throwing in Trading in the Zone by Mark Douglas and Trade your way to financial freedom,by Van Tharp.
Both great books,at least look Van tharp up on youtube for position sizing and r multiples .

Trading is not investing.

arrowloopboy

FURET wrote: »

Trading is not investing.

I know,the best investor on the planet can only do 20% per annum ,that wouldn't really work for me.
Those who can, Trade,those that can't ,invest............simples:eek::eek::eek:

For ever odd

FURET wrote: »

Trading is not investing.

One knows when to take profit and when to take a loss...... The other is an investor