The Deal
Finish all twenty lessons and the final write-up. At the end, you invest your $500 — real money, your picks. Each lesson ends with Questions for Dad . That’s where we talk.
Two lessons each weekday. Weekends are for talking it over — and we place your trades the weekend after Lesson 20.
Day 1 Monday, June 8
LESSON 1 ○
Why Invest at All?
The magic of compounding
Day 1 · Mon Jun 8
LESSON 2 ○
What Is a Stock?
Owning a piece of a company
Day 1 · Mon Jun 8
Day 2 Tuesday, June 9
LESSON 3 ○
What Is an ETF?
Your great first buy
Day 2 · Tue Jun 9
LESSON 4 ○
Fractional Shares
How $5 buys a piece of a $200 stock
Day 2 · Tue Jun 9
Day 3 Wednesday, June 10
LESSON 5 ○
Risk & Diversification
Don't put all your eggs in one basket
Day 3 · Wed Jun 10
LESSON 6 ○
Value vs. Growth
Two ways to win
Day 3 · Wed Jun 10
Day 4 Thursday, June 11
LESSON 7 ○
How to Read a Company
The three questions
Day 4 · Thu Jun 11
LESSON 8 ○
Using Greenlight's Analyze Tool
Let the app coach you
Day 4 · Thu Jun 11
Day 5 Friday, June 12
LESSON 9 ○
Reading a Stock Chart
What the squiggly line means
Day 5 · Fri Jun 12
LESSON 10 ○
Dividends
Getting paid to wait
Day 5 · Fri Jun 12
Day 6 Monday, June 15
LESSON 11 ○
Dollar-Cost Averaging
Boring beats brilliant
Day 6 · Mon Jun 15
LESSON 12 ○
Bonds & Safer Ground
The other half of the seesaw
Day 6 · Mon Jun 15
Day 7 Tuesday, June 16
LESSON 13 ○
Bitcoin & Crypto
The tech and the hype
Day 7 · Tue Jun 16
LESSON 14 ○
Bubbles, Crashes & History
It has all happened before
Day 7 · Tue Jun 16
Day 8 Wednesday, June 17
LESSON 15 ○
The Enemy
Fees, taxes, and your own emotions
Day 8 · Wed Jun 17
LESSON 16 ○
Scams & Hype Traps
Protecting your money
Day 8 · Wed Jun 17
Day 9 Thursday, June 18
LESSON 17 ○
Goals & Time Horizons
Why are you investing?
Day 9 · Thu Jun 18
LESSON 18 ○
Accounts & Tax-Free Growth
Where the money lives
Day 9 · Thu Jun 18
Day 10 Friday, June 19
LESSON 19 ○
Building Your Plan
Decide before you buy
Day 10 · Fri Jun 19
LESSON 20 ○
Placing the Trades
We do it together
Day 10 · Fri Jun 19