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Build your understanding.
Then put it into practice.

Start with Finance Foundations to explore value, risk and markets. Continue with Investment Foundations to develop your investment approach.

Real-world example · 2022–2024Interest rates can change quickly.Effective federal funds rate · monthly average · % per year
U.S. effective federal funds rate, January 2022 to December 2024Monthly average rates rise from 0.08% in January 2022 to 5.33% in August 2023, remain there through August 2024, then ease to 4.48% in December 2024. The vertical scale starts at zero and ends at six percent.
0.08% in Jan 2022 → 5.33% in Aug 2023

Source: Federal Reserve Board, H.15. Historical data.

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Finance Foundations

Learn how value, risk, markets and portfolios connect.

Explore financial relationships through guided examples and interactive models.

What you’ll learn
  • Read financial relationships
  • Value cash flows and securities
  • Understand risk and portfolio construction
40
Hours
9
Modules
46
Lessons
Explore Finance Foundations
Understand investment riskA 20% loss takes a 25% gain to recover.An illustrative $100 investment

Illustration · no deposits, withdrawals, fees or taxes.

Investment Foundations

Develop an investment approach you can explain.

Work through goals, investment research, portfolio choices and operating rules.

What you’ll learn
  • Define your goals and limits
  • Evaluate evidence for an investment approach
  • Build, review and revise a portfolio plan
10
Hours
13
Missions
10
Depth labs
Open Portfolio Builder
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