Today was a bit of a landmark day as I passed the exam for the Investment Foundations Certificate.
I’m pretty chuffed because I’m not great with numbers or arithmetical formulas, but I somehow managed to scrape through the course.
The course has a wonderful curriculum that inspired even generally unenthusiastic students such as myself to taking an interest in learning about investment and financing.
Provided by the CFA Institute, the course is superbly designed to take people with virtually no knowledge of the field to develop a basic knowledge. It was worthwhile and each stage ushered in a new area of study and interest.
One thing I picked up on from the course was the idea of financial literacy. Financial literacy is never mentioned in the course, but as I studied more I became acutely aware of how much opportunity I have lost over the decades.
I rued that my time in school was spent studying things like the Bible instead of more practical matters such as finance, investment and accounting.

Too late now, but I am glad I did get exposed to the field in the end, and it was a precious learning experience.



























