The goal of NAOI education is to empower you to invest with confidence. But just what does confident investing mean? It means different things to different people.

Confident investing does not presume any type of investing goals or investing style. You can be a confident conservative investor or a confident aggressive investor. You can be a confident self-guided investor or a confident partner working with an advisor.

Confident investing simply means knowing that you have the knowledge, the plan and the resources to make informed choices when trading decisions present themselves. Such choices will always contain unknowns but as a confident investor when you make a decision you will know that you have acted logically and rationally based on the information that can be known.

Finally, Investing Makes Sense !

Scenarios That Illustrate Confident Investing

Too many investing books, classes, seminars, etc. give you only a vague idea of the benefits of completing the material they present. The NAOI wants you to know precisely the value of completing our courses. The goal of each is to give you confidence in your ability to make informed investing decisions. Below we present three examples of what this can mean in real-world terms. These scenarios describe and contrast how three important investing activities are viewed by the uninformed investor (before completing an NAOI course) and by the confident investor (after completing an NAOI course). It is important for you to understand what confident investing looks like. 

Scenario 1: Setting Investing Goals. Most individuals today allow third parties to dictate their investing goals. They simply accept recommendations from an advisor and are then told what their goals can be based how these investments have performed in the past. The NAOI believes that YOU should set the goals you really want to achieve and then decide if you are willing to dedicate the time and effort required to meet them. Click the "Setting Goals" menu item at the top of this page or click here for a discussion of setting goals as a confident investor.

Scenario 2: Working with an Advisor. Nowhere in our courses does the NAOI recommend that you avoid working with an advisor. If you do, however, you must be a knowledgeable and involved partner. Click the "Working with an Advisor" menu item at the top of this page or click here for a discussion of how a confident investor works with a financial advisor.

Scenario 3: Trading Stocks. Its not hard to find stock recommendations in today's market and buying stocks is very easy for most people. It is selling stocks that is hard. Click the "Trading Stocks" menu item at the top of this page or click here for a discussion of how a confident investor makes money trading individual stocks while uninformed investors are at the mercy of forces beyond their control.

These scenarios are just three concrete examples of how the world of investing is a much friendlier place when you take personal control of your investing decisions. The goal of each NAOI Study Course is to enable you to do so.

Traits Of A Confident Investor

Confident investing should not be a vague concept. If you are going to spend significant time and effort to complete an NAOI Study Course you should know up-front the benefits of doing so. Click the the menu item at the top of this page entitled "Traits of a Confident Investor" or click here.