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Course Syllabus

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Two Steps To Wealth is a comprehensive, full-bodied course of financial instruction and monetary empowerment.

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To our knowledge no course like it is taught in any college in America today, for we do not merely discuss economic theories, we take you into the investment trenches and, using a hands-on approach to money management, show you techniques and strategies that are seldom taught anywhere to this degree of detail and applicability.

We begin with an historical overview of real money and take you from 'A to Z' through the credit management, debt elimination and investment process.

The following topics are taught in this approximate order. Much more is presented to registered students.

Partial Course Syllabus
• The functions of lawful money: a stable, circulating medium of barter exchange.
• Qualities of lawful money: divisible, immutable, rare, cannot be debased, steady value.
• Commodity, fiduciary and fiat (paper) money.
• Future financial planning in the midst of paper money.
• The history of American money.
• U.S. Dollar or Federal Reserve Note?
• The creation of the Federal Reserve System.
• What is credit? Is it money?
• Credit as a financial indenture.
• How the 'System' views and manipulates credit.
• The 'Bankers' Secret' to rapid debt elimination.
• Accelerating debt elimination mathematically.
• Why bill consolidation, bankruptcy and destroyed credit are never necessary.
• Why and how debt can be eliminated using current income.
• How (and when) to invest former debt dollars at rates of return perhaps not deemed possible.
• Arranging for an early retirement.
• The role of Social Security and a company pension in retirement planning.
• Planning for a child's retirement (gifting, bequeathment, inheritance, trusts, private financial planning).
• The Young Couple and the $10,000
• 'The Mother Who Overspent'
• 'A Dollar a Day For the Baby'
• 'Pennies on a Chessboard'
• 'Debt Freedom Day' spreadsheet analysis
• 'Losing Your Marbles'
• Why invest?: investing basics, objectives, vehicles.
• Selecting a good broker. Or not?
• Stock market basics.
• Fundamental vs. technical analysis
• Setting exit points prior to entering a trade
• Trade any market: up, down, sideways, flat or volatile
• Option basics
• Timing vs. forecasting the market.
• Trend lines, moving averages and oscillators.
• Creating, managing and rebalancing a portfolio
• Monitoring global economic events
• Understanding and controlling risk.
• The role of emotion (fear, greed, pride) in trading.
• Stock selection.
• Trading a rising, falling or sideways market.
• Spread strategies to mitigate risk
• Developing and using a Watch List.
• MACD
• Stochastics
• Understanding the VIX and Put/Call ratios
• Setting exit strategies to control fear and greed
• Option chains and choices.
• Determining proper portfolio diversification.
• Rebalancing for maximum gains with minimum risk.
• Defining terms: account value, current position value, stock buying power, options buying power, more.