Learning paths / Path 1
From "I don't get investing" to "I know what I own."
5 short lessons for Canadians starting from zero. Each one explains a single idea, gives you one thing to do, and takes about 4 minutes.
Saved on this device only. No account. We only count, anonymously, that a lesson was finished.
You finished Start Here. 🌱
You now know your containers, what's inside them, what a fund holds, what it costs and how to keep going. The next path goes one level deeper, and the Sunday email adds one lesson a week.
Next path: Accounts and Tax →Get the Sunday lesson5 lessons, in order
Each lesson builds on the one before. Do one a day or all of them in one sitting.
- 4 min
Know your three containers
TFSA, FHSA and RRSP: what each one is for, and how to find your room.
- 4 min
Look inside the container
Cash, a GIC or investments? What is inside your account decides how it grows.
- 5 min
What an ETF actually is
One purchase, hundreds of companies. And how to see what is inside a fund.
- 4 min
Fees: the slow leak
What an MER is, where costs hide, and how to find yours in dollars.
- 4 min
Build the habit
An automatic deposit on payday, and a plan for the day the market drops.
Put the lessons to work
Free tools that use your own numbers. Your numbers stay in your browser.
Where to go from here
Each path stands on its own. New ones are announced in the Sunday email first.
Accounts and Tax
For anyone with a TFSA, FHSA or RRSP: exact room, deadlines, the first-home stack, taxable accounts and rules for newcomers.
Path 3 · 5 lessonsKnow What You Own
For anyone who holds a fund: what is inside it, how concentrated it is, and where the income comes from.
Read a business
How to understand a company like an owner. No stock picks.
One idea, one move, one number. Five minutes. Free, and the 64-page Field Guide is yours when you join.