Build your first portfolio
The hardest part of investing isn't picking stocks — it's not selling them at the wrong moment. This journey covers the structural decisions (asset allocation, diversification, low-cost ETFs, dollar-cost averaging) and the behavioral ones (loss aversion, recency bias, narrative-driven panic). The goal is a portfolio you'll actually hold through a downturn, because that's where the compounding lives.
Your path
Work through the courses in order, or skip to whichever fits where you are. Every course is free and saves your progress locally.
- 1Building Your First PortfolioBeginner
Learn diversification, position sizing, and risk management with real data.
- 2Understanding ETFsBeginner
Learn how ETFs work, how to evaluate them, and how to compare funds for your portfolio.
- 3Portfolio Risk ManagementIntermediate
Move beyond basic risk metrics to master VaR methodologies, stress testing, portfolio risk decomposition, hedging decisions, and the behavioral traps that cause investors to misjudge risk.
- 4Behavioral Finance: The Investor's MindIntermediate
Understand the systematic psychological biases that cause investors to make irrational decisions. Learn to recognize anchoring, loss aversion, herd behavior, and other cognitive traps — and develop strategies to overcome them.