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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Fundamentals of Investing by SoFi

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    About the Course

    This is primarily aimed at novice investors who want to better understand the concept of investing and how it can fit into their overall financial
    plan. Taught by a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Professional, this course will cover different investment vehicles, risk tolerance,
    diversification, and the difference between active and passive investing, as well as investment fees and taxes. Whether you are just getting
    started investing or want to play a more active role in your investment decisions, this course can provide you the knowledge to feel
    comfortable in the investing decisions you make for yourself and your family. This course is geared towards learners in the U...
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    Jul 9, 2021

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    This was a fabulous course! I really enjoyed having access to all this new-to-me information!

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    Feb 19, 2022

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    Informative course for novice investors. I enjoyed it and learned a lot.

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    By Jaime S T

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    May 9, 2021

    Some questions are repeated which makes it a bit easier. But this is also an advantage because you get to revise you knowledge and ir boosts your confidence which is also positive as it is a beginners course.

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    Jul 10, 2021

    This was a fabulous course! I really enjoyed having access to all this new-to-me information!

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    By Dr P A

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    Jul 14, 2021

    Has all the basics and the teacher is explaining the concepts reasonably well. I liked the resources provide. It would have been better to have more in depth external reading resources linked with the course specially around investing and taxation.

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    By Evelyn M

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    Jul 28, 2022

    Gives a good overview of investing and different types of investment, but I don't feel it's enough to actually get you started

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    By Silvia H S

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    Feb 20, 2022

    Informative course for novice investors. I enjoyed it and learned a lot.

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    By Gabriela R

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    Oct 12, 2022

    Great Course. Learned a lot.

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    By Stella M

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    Oct 24, 2023

    Coming from a 22 year old who recently graduated and is new to the job market, I'd highly recommend this course to anyone who may be interested in investing!

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    By Jeff C

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    Jan 15, 2022

    Really great for learning the basics! I live in Canada, so I found it a bit too American. Some glitches in the Week 4 videos. Overall v helpful course.

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    By Mexamos

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    Feb 27, 2024

    Very common course and some info is applicable only to the US. If remove the whole water it will be much shorter

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    Dec 3, 2022

    The course provides good information on Stocks, bonds, ETFs and other investment types. Most of the course is broken down enough to be understandable.  I didn’t know much about ETFs before taking course.  Now I know more. It is a good course overall for a beginner investor like me.

    However, some lessons are confusing. Some lessons could be explained better. The course focuses on Mutual funds heavily. I have no experience with Mutual funds and little desire to find out .

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    By Lucie S

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    Jan 5, 2022

    Very simple and basic course.

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    By Anil P

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    Feb 23, 2025

    I regret starting this. This is a good way to spend a lot of time learning very little indeed. The course is too broad, too hypothetical and theoretical, and there aren't enough specifics. Giving some specific examples can be done in a way that doesn't constitute financial advice, if that's the concern. The only specific information that I felt I learned related to the formulae for calculating various metrics. But even then, someone of the example generation is completely wild - why would your example have an initial value of 100, when you're also about to multiply by 100 to get a percentage? You could choose any number you like - are the creators deliberately trying to make this confusing? Some of the reading links don't work. This is also a very US-centric course (I was unaware when I enrolled) so if you are investing somewhere else, there will be whole swathes of this course that don't apply to you (almost the entirety of module 4, for example). And unforgivable aspect to this is that about 30% of the videos have really poor audio. They clearly reviewed them, noticed that there was a problem with the microphone, and decided to use them anyway because they were too lazy to redo them. I am genuinely mad that I ever signed up for this garbage.

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    By Bob L - p l

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    Aug 6, 2024

    I like this course because it provides a foundation in the basic principles of investing, such as understanding different types of investments (stocks, bonds, mutual funds, etc.), how markets work, and the relationship between risk and return.

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    By 恩

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    Aug 5, 2024

    沒有投資經驗或者想學習不知道看甚麼什麼影片的推薦看這個,這邊有非常多的基礎知識

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    By Vishesh R

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    Jan 27, 2022

    awesome course for newbies

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    By Sanjana P

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    Oct 3, 2024

    good

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    By Gannavarapu R S 2

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    Oct 1, 2024

    good

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    By Genevieve A

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    Jan 30, 2025

    The information was incredibly useful and well presented in a logical order. However, the video technical quality needs work. There are varying audio levels and distracting artifacts (such as popping and hissing) throughout.

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    By Dan F D

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    Apr 23, 2025

    Like that after each quiz, there is an explanation to the multiple choice and what video to review for that question.

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    By Ilaria R R

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    May 7, 2025

    The information is very useful for those who want to start investing. I missed some hands on exercises.

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    By Aracelis N

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    Sep 26, 2021

    great content, a bit monotone

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    By Rahul S

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    Aug 6, 2024

    this is course completed

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    By kajal k

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    Aug 25, 2021

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    By Iulia K

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    Oct 4, 2024

    Thank you for the course. Technical issues were a bit bothering, especially when you didn't check the mic. Also, talking to students, not reading the script, would improve the course significantly. Good luck with the future attempts!

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    By Claudia B

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    Dec 17, 2024

    Difficult to absorb and remain interested without visuals

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