Basic finance knowledge

MarcoM

Hi,

Does anyone know if there is any distance learning course that offers a good basic knowledge in the fundamentals of share dealing and finance providing knowledge on items such as basic share dealing principles, technical terms of the industry ie. ETF, Wrapper etc etc.

Thanks

Welshy213

Anyone have any info on this, would be interested in the myself.

Thanks

xylophone

You might contact these people? http://www.niace.org.uk/current-work/area/financial-learning

coastline

this will be of use....theres plenty of free stuff..try google for a start...

http://www.investopedia.com/

Reaper

I think that's a US site so not everything may be relevant.

Try this for a gentle start:
http://www.fool.co.uk/Investing/guides/The-Difference-Between-Saving-And-Investing.aspx?source=uhpsitts0000001

Then look at their other guides on their home page in the section "Foolish Investing Guides"

le_loup

MarcoM wrote: »

Hi,

Does anyone know if there is any distance learning course that offers a good basic knowledge in the fundamentals of share dealing and finance providing knowledge on items such as basic share dealing principles, technical terms of the industry ie. ETF, Wrapper etc etc.

Try a bookshop.
Try the "Idiot's Guide" series.

cheerfulcat

Incademy.com has a good set of basic, free tutorials. Sorry, can't do a link.

JamesU

The Incademy tutorials on various aspects of investing are really good. Cheerfulcat's link to the list here:

http://www.incademy.com/pages/home.htm?ginPtrCode=10002

JamesU

innovate

JamesU wrote: »

The Incademy tutorials on various aspects of investing are really good. Cheerfulcat's link to the list here:

http://www.incademy.com/pages/home.htm?ginPtrCode=10002

JamesU

Had a quick glance at their ISA section - - seems badly out of date.

Mistral001

I have seen some evening courses advertised at the universities and further education colleges. You could try there.

Also as le loup mentioned the"Idiot's Guide" range are very good for most complex subjects like this.

With regard to the online sources, are they totally independent? Are they not trying to sell something?

JamesU

innovate wrote: »

Had a quick glance at their ISA section - - seems badly out of date.

Your are right, pretty annoying. On the ISA and other personal taxation stuff they at least give dates (e.g. as of 2009-10), hopefully people understand there could be changes, but this is not ideal for sure. I still feel the introductory tutorials on various aspects of investing are pretty good though.

JamesU