This is the start of your learning journey. Discover key concepts behind investing and why you should learn to invest for yourself as young as possible. Remember to download the [Invstr app] (https://invstr.com) to complete the end of module quizzes and collect your graduation certificate.

You're twenty years old. You have $10,000 in your bank account that was given to you by a relative. Amazing, right? Lesson 2 covers the power of compunding. Remember to download the [Invstr app] (https://invstr.com) to complete the end of module quizzes and collect your graduation certificate.

Investing is about taking calculated risks in order to achieve a better future. It allows you to take control of your money, pay down debts, and create the financial future you want. Lesson 3 highlights the difference between investing and other ways you can make money. Investing puts you in charge or your money, and not the other way around. Remember to download the [Invstr app] (https://invstr.com) to complete the end of module quizzes and collect your graduation certificate.

By starting Academy, you've already realized that you can learn to become an investor. Still, there might be a part of you that thinks it's easier to have someone else manage your money for you. Lesson 4 puts managing your own money vs. someone else managing it into perspective. Remember to download the [Invstr app] (https://invstr.com) to complete the end of module quizzes and collect your graduation certificate.

To become a successful investor, there are a number of things you will need to know. We're here to help you build the learning blocks, one by one. By the end, you should have the confidence to start investing! Remember to download the [Invstr app] (https://invstr.com) to complete the end of module quizzes and collect your graduation certificate.

Business Basics Meet Emma, our lemonade entrepreneur. Emma's lemonade business will help you learn the basics of what makes a business tick. We'll be covering a lot of concepts in the next few lessons. Remember to download the [Invstr app] (https://invstr.com) to complete the end of module quizzes and collect your graduation certificate.

Emma has invented a great new recipe for making fresh, delicious lemonade. And she has people who want to buy it from her. This means that she has the two things she needs to get her lemonade business going: a product (lemonade) and customers (people who want to buy it). Remember to download the [Invstr app] (https://invstr.com) to complete the end of module quizzes and collect your graduation certificate.

The money that Emma makes by selling lemonade is called her revenues. Another word for revenues is income - the money that she earns. Sadly, Emma can’t keep all of her net revenues. She needs to pay tax. Learn more in lesson 3. Remember to download the [Invstr app] (https://invstr.com) to complete the end of module quizzes and collect your graduation certificate.

There are a few things our girl Emma needs before she can get her business going: Lemons ????Lemon squeezerLemonade bottlesWe call these assets. Assets are items a business owns that it uses to create its products and services. For example: cash, investments, inventory, office equipment, and company-owned vehicles. Learn more in lesson 4. Remember to download the [Invstr app] (https://invstr.com) to complete the end of module quizzes and collect your graduation certificate.

In the final lesson of Module 2, we’re gonna look at business risks and where to spot them. Risk is an important part of any business story. You’ve got to understand risk before you can understand an investment. Remember to download the [Invstr app] (https://invstr.com) to complete the end of module quizzes and collect your graduation certificate.

Think of all the businesses you know in your local neighborhood. Now imagine that you could add up the value of all the things those businesses sell. We’re talking grocery items, car wash tokens, gas station sales, restaurants, etc. Learn more in Module 3. Remember to download the [Invstr app] (https://invstr.com) to complete the end of module quizzes and collect your graduation certificate.

There are three main types of people in an economy. You’re already familiar with companies. Companies employ people, invest in land, buildings, machinery, and technology. They buy and sell things. Remember to download the [Invstr app] (https://invstr.com) to complete the end of module quizzes and collect your graduation certificate.

Lesson 3 focuses on the three main players (companies, households, government) and what makes them spend money. Remember, the more money they put into the economy, the more the economy will grow. Remember to download the [Invstr app] (https://invstr.com) to complete the end of module quizzes and collect your graduation certificate.

We live in a municipality, which is part of a district, which is part of a state, which is part of a country, which is part of the world. ???? Still with us? Let us explain in more detail. Remember to download the [Invstr app] (https://invstr.com) to complete the end of module quizzes and collect your graduation certificate.

Remember your friend Emma? ???? Let’s go back to her for a second... The more we focus on what we do well, the better off we all are, and the more the global economy grows. Lesson 5 can give you a simple breakdown od why we trade. Remember to download the [Invstr app] (https://invstr.com) to complete the end of module quizzes and collect your graduation certificate.

Growth is the amount the size of the economy changes from one quarter to the next. Growth can be awesome for everyone living in an economy. Learn why politicians and the media focus so much on the growth of an economy. Remember to download the [Invstr app] (https://invstr.com) to complete the end of module quizzes and collect your graduation certificate.

Let’s go back to Emma. She sells her lemonade for $1 per bottle. Her clients love her lemonade so much that they’re willing to keep buying her lemonade, even if she increases the price from $1.00 to $1.10 per bottle ???? But, how does this impact the economy as a whole? Remember to download the [Invstr app] (https://invstr.com) to complete the end of module quizzes and collect your graduation certificate.

As you know, there are tons of things going on in the economy. Our behavior is impacted by our expectations about the future as well as political events at home and abroad. In lesson 8 you will learn what an economic cycle is. Remember to download the [Invstr app] (https://invstr.com) to complete the end of module quizzes and collect your graduation certificate.

In this module, we’ll learn how the economy impacts financial markets and what makes the price of financial products go up or down. Remember to download the [Invstr app] (https://invstr.com) to complete the end of module quizzes and collect your graduation certificate.

In the financial world, there are different categories and subcategories of financial products, all with different behaviors and reasons for why their prices move up and down. Find out in this lesson why we use asset classes. Remember to download the [Invstr app] (https://invstr.com) to complete the end of module quizzes and collect your graduation certificate.