Amon & Christina – Stock Market Investing for Financial Independence & Retiring Early

Absolutely NO boring PowerPoints. Instead, we talk to you face-to-face (like our YouTube videos). Keeping you engaged all 21 modules (4.5 hours).

In this course, we share our specific holdings in our investment accounts and we include a 19-page pdf investment plan for you to download and fill out, so that you can create your own individual investment plan, too!

Our resources include homework assignments, summary notes, and a list of additional resources that include additional investing tips that you can print and take with you anywhere

This course consists of more than four hours of video instruction, more than thirty resources, and a 19-page downloadable pdf investment plan for you to fill out and create based on the information you learn from the course.

The video instruction is broken into twenty-one modules. Each module focuses on different investing topics, with the modules presented in sequential order.

We begin the course by discussing the steps you should take before you begin investing. We also discuss how to calculate your FIRE number and how that number relates to your overall investment portfolio and your withdrawal strategy during retirement. We then share stock market history information, historical market perspectives, and the mentality behind investing.

We go over the different types of investment accounts that may be available to you (including tax-advantaged and non-tax advantaged accounts) and we discuss the various types of fees associated with different types of investments. We discuss the key characteristics to look for when picking a brokerage company and we walk you through how to open a brokerage account, how to fund the account, and how to set the account up for automatic investments.

We discuss how to structure your order of investing and the different types of investments that you can add to your portfolio (including index funds, ETFs, REITs, individual stocks, and bonds). We discuss the key factors you need to consider when deciding on your asset allocation. We walk you through how to research different types of investments and what to look for when you’re investing in different assets, such as index funds, ETFs, REITs, and individual stocks.

We discuss whether you should lump sum your money into your investments or whether you should dollar cost averaging. We also discuss how to rebalance your portfolio, common investing mistakes to avoid, and how to invest during a recession and bear markets.

Meet Your Instructors

Hello, We’re Amon & Christina (Your Instructors)

We’re former federal government employees that focused on saving, making, and investing money so that we could grow enough wealth in our investments to never have to work again.

And, guess what? We did it! At the age of 39, we reached financial independence, quit our jobs, and . . . we retired!

If you’re interested in learning how to invest in the stock market on the road to financial independence and retiring early (i.e., FIRE) – this course is for you!