Long-Term Investing: Practical Principles

Beginner-friendly guide to growing wealth with time-tested investing — stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs + Excel tool

What you'll learn
- Understand how money loses value over time and how inflation, fees, and taxes impact long-term investments.
- Plan and calculate realistic investment goals using a practical Excel investing and financial planning tool.
- Gain a clear understanding of classic investment instruments — including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and ETFs.
- Learn how to build a long-term investing strategy for retirement, children’s education, or other long-term (15+ years) financial goals.
- Evaluate and choose suitable investment options based on risk, time horizon, and expected returns.

Requirements
- No prior investing or finance knowledge is required — this course is suitable for complete beginners.
- Optional but highly recommended: Use the Excel tool to plan your investments — it’s ready to use, simple, and gives instant insights, but you can still follow the course without it

Description
Long-term investing can ultimately change your life.But before you start, it’s essential to understand how money loses value over time — and howinflation, fees, and taxescan shape your financial future. Many people seelarge future sumsand get excited, but often forget to considerreal money value, taxes, and inflation— which can make those amounts much smaller in today’s terms. This course helps you plan your investments intoday’s real money value, so you can make smarter, more realistic financial decisions and build long-term wealth with confidence, clarity, and practical strategies.

You’ll get a clear, beginner-friendly introduction tostocks, bonds, mutual funds, and ETFs— the classic, time-tested investment instruments that have helped millions of people grow their savings over time. With adownloadable Excel investing and financial planning tool, you’ll learn how to calculate realistic returns, set achievable goals, and understand what really drives sustainable long-term growth — without complex math or financial jargon.

Created for aninternational audience, this course focuses on universalinvesting principles— not on any single country’s financial products. No prior investing knowledge is required — just curiosity, motivation, and a willingness to learn step by step at your own pace.

Taught byAl Zailskas, an economist with over12 years of experienceinbanking, insurance, and real-estate investments, including working with institutional portfolios totaling around€700 million.

Who this course is for:
- Anyone who wants to start long-term investing (15 years or more) using classic, time-tested financial instruments like stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and ETFs — what most people use to grow wealth
- Learners with long-term financial goals of any kind: retirement, children’s education, major future purchases, or building general wealth.
- Beginners who want practical, easy-to-follow guidance without needing prior investing experience.
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