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May 27, 2008 - NAOI Announces Partnership with the Options News Network. 
The Options News Network and the NAOI today announced a channel partnership that will allow them to better serve and bring greater value to their respective client bases.

We are thrilled to be working with such a great company, said E. Matthew Buckley, CEO of ONN.tv. The NAOI is a leader in providing college-level investing education to the public, and were excited about the synergies that we can create working with them in this partnership.

Click here to read the press release.

 

February 8, 2008 - Education, Not Information: Getting Your Employees to Invest in 401(k) Plans. Chief Learning Officer Magazine publishes an interview with NAOI President, Lee Hevner related to the key role of education in enabling employees to take advantage of their 401(k) Plans. Chief Learning Officer is the foremost resource in the rapidly growing industry of workforce learning and development. Click here to access the interview. Click here to read about the NAOI 401(k) Participant Empowerment Program.  

February 01, 2008 - NAOI Releases "2008 Confident Investing Series". The NAOI announced today the availability of the latest version of its comprehensive personal investor education program: the Confident Investing Series. The Series consists of five home-study courses that provide college-level investor education to individuals wishing to take more control of their portfolios and thus their financial futures. The 2008 version of the Series updates all education content and Web links contained in the five courses.   

March 10, 2007 - NAOI Announces Partnership with Phillips Investment Resources. The NAOI announced today a cooperative agreement with Phillips Investment Resources to develop a full line of individual investor education products to be offered by Phillips. 

Phillips Investment Resources is a leading provider of investment advice newsletters that enable individuals to build their wealth in a serious, consistent way. In business for over 30 years, Phillips Investment Resources produces consumer newsletters, e-mail services, Web sites and other investment resources.

"The cooperation of the market's premier investor newsletter provider with the nation's premier supplier of serious investor education simply makes sense" according to NAOI President, Lee Hevner. "Education combined with expert advice equates to total investor empowerment."

 

March 01, 2007 - NAOI Releases "2007 Confident Investing Series". The NAOI announced today the availability of the latest version of its comprehensive personal investor education program: the Confident Investing Series. The Series consists of five home-study courses that provide college-level investor education to individuals wishing to take more control of their portfolios and thus their financial futures. Click here to view the Press Release.  

July 27, 2006 - NAOI Announces Marketing Partnership with the Association of National Account Executives. Today, NAOI President Lee Hevner announced a Marketing Partnership that enables ANAE to provide NAOI Education Courses to their members at special pricing. The ANAE helps managers and executives across the country develop the networking and marketing strategies they need to succeed in today's health care industry.   

July 20, 2006 - NAOI Announces Release of the "Trading Stocks Like the Masters" Specialty Course. Today the NAOI made available for sale a multi-media home study course that is centered on the site at www.validea.com. This site translates the stock picking methodologies of the best investors Wall Street has ever known into specific stock trading ideas through proprietary screening tools. The NAOI course provides the average investor with the knowledge, structure and resources to enable them to take full advantage of this site. The NAOI continuously scans the Web for the best resources available for the average investor. When we find the very best, we offer to work with the site creators to product an NAOI Specialty Course that we include in our product line. Click here to view the course.  

July 20, 2006 - NAOI Announces Agreement with Egar Technology. Students of the NAOI Course: Stock Options for the Average Investor will receive special pricing on a full suite of options analysis tools found at the Egar Technology site www.ivolatility.com. These tools enable individuals to analyze stock option pricing, access volatility data and search for the best options trades for a variety of strategies.   

July 20, 2006 - NAOI Announces Release of the "NAOI Confident Investing Series". Today, NAOI President Lee Hevner announced the release of the NAOI Confident Investing Series consisting of 5 interactive, home-study courses. This is the most comprehensive individual investor education resource available in the market. Course 1 provides individuals with a firm grounding in investing basics and leads individuals through a process for building their unique Investing Plan. Courses 2 through 5 are each dedicated to a specific type of investing that all investors should consider to maximize the wealth potential of their portfolio. All courses are described on the NAOI Web site at www.naoi.org .  

March 15, 2006 - NAOI Announces Business Partnership with the Better Trends Group in Dubai, UAE. NAOI President Lee Hevner announced today a business partnership with the Better Trends Group (BTG) located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. BTG is in the process of developing the premier individual investor empowerment resource in the Middle East where growth of the stock markets is exploding. BTG searched the world for the best organization to assist them in developing investor courses and advising them on how to best educate the individual investor in the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and the entire Middle East. BTG chose the National Association of Online Investors for this purpose.   

September 19,2004 - NAOI Profile in Westchester, NY. Journal News. In an article entitled "Investor Tools: Escaping A Maze" Gannett News Reporter Jay Loomis profiles the NAOI. The article describes how NAOI courses save individuals hundreds of hours of research by providing a list of the most effective investing sites on the Web and a structured methodology for using them. Included in the article are quotes from NAOI students and a profile of NAOI President, Lee Hevner. Click here to link to the article.   

May 25, 2004, Palm Springs, California: KPSI Radio. NAOI President Leland Hevner appeared today on KPSI radio in Palm Springs, California today to discuss the lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer against former NYSE Chairman, Dick Grasso related to Mr. Grasso's seemingly excessive pay package . In a discussion on KPSI's Morning Show with host Stanton Layne the Mr. Hevner discussed this matter from the viewpoint of the individual investor. Click here for summary points of the discussion.  

April 28, 2004, Washington D.C. - Press Release: NAOI Announces Individual Investor Certification Program Release. Today the National Association of Online Investors (NAOI) officially announced the release of its unique Individual Investor Certification Program. This 16 lesson personal study course covers over 200 investing topics and is targeted at enabling individuals to take personal control of their portfolios, and thus their financial futures. Click here for the full press release.  

November 15, 2002 - NAOI President Leland Hevner quoted in article on CNN Money Web site. In the article entitled "Investors have veered away from online trades", Mr. Hevner stresses that online investing does not necessarily equate to online trading. Online resources can be used for getting investing ideas and performing due diligence on investment recommendations from any source - including investment advisors. Full Article.  
October 20, 2002, Washington D.C. - NAOI President Appears On CBS  News. Mr. Leland Hevner appeared on the "Channel 9 News Live" program this morning responding to financial questions from callers. Channel 9 is the Washington, D.C. affiliate of CBS.  

September 23, 2002, Knight-Ridder  Article - NAOI President Leland Hevner was quoted in a Knight-Ridder article on how online investors have reacted to recent market volatility. The article appeared in a number of Knight-Ridder newspapers, including the Charlotte Observer, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the San Jose Mercury News, the Wichita Eagle, the Akron Beacon Journal, the Bradenton (FL) Herald, and the Contra Costa (CA) Times, and on Web sites such as SiliconValley.com and BayArea.com. Full Article.  

August 23, 2002, Washington D.C. - NAOI Featured On ABC World News This Morning. NAOI President Leland Hevner was interviewed related to the changing nature of online investing. Mr. Hevner made the point that the definition of online investing is changing from meaning "day-trading" to relating more to using online resources for educational purposes and for identifying and evaluating investments before buying.  

July 28, 2002 - NAOI Quoted In Associated Press Article. In an article by columnist Rachel Beck, NAOI President, Leland Hevner, comments on the importance of individuals having a plan when they invest. The plan needs to include not only buying securities but also selling to take profits and limit losses. Read article.  

July 18, 2002, Washington D.C. - NAOI Featured On CNBC Business Center. The NAOI Web site and NAOI President, Leland Hevner, were prominently featured on CNBC's Business Center on Thursday, July 18, in a discussion of "cash" investment types that individual investors are flocking to as safe havens in a turbulent market. Mr. Hevner discussed the virtues of GNMA mortgage backed securities as a low risk investment that has performed extremely well in the current market environment and in the past several years, earning an average of over 8% annually.  

May 01,2002: NAOI Qualifies For Listing On World Wide Learning Web Site. Following review of multiple factors the NAOI Investing Training Courses have qualified for a listing on one of the Web's premier education reference sites. The listing can be found at: www.worldwidelearn.com/investment-education.htm. We are proud to be listed along with some of the premier educational institutions in the United States.  
April 7, 2002: New York Post Spotlights NAOI's Warning on "Red Flags." Karen Hoffman interviewed NAOI President Leland Hevner for an article in the New York Post on accounting "red flags" that could signal another Enron-type situation. Click here to read the Post article: NY Post. For the referenced Red Flags article click: Red Flags.  

February 26, 2002, Washington D.C. - NAOI Featured On CNBC Business Center - The NAOI Web site and NAOI President, Leland Hevner, were prominently featured on CNBC's Business Center on Tuesday, February 26. In a feature series by reporter Lynnette Khalfani entitled "Who Can You Trust", Mr. Hevner commented on the financial newsletter industry, stating that all stock recommendations, regardless of the source, should be seen only as a starting point for personal due diligence. Ms. Khalfani highlighted the NAOI Web site as a resource that can enable individuals to lessen their reliance on third party advice through investing education.  
May 26, 2001, Washington D.C. - The NAOI Featured On CNN.com. Under the title "Tools: Investor Beware" author Tom Kraeutler reviewed online Web resources and stressed the point that tools can be dangerous to a person's financial health without the education necessary to utilize them. Too many sellers of tools for online investing neglect the critical element of education beyond simple definitions and educational "sound bites". The bottom line is that tools by themselves are not effective. Tools in combination with comprehensive education are what the market is demanding.   
December 15, 2000, Washington D.C. - NAOI Featured In Physicians Money Digest® within an article entitled "Old Investment Rules Still Valid Online" by writer Ed Rabinowitz. In the article NAOI's president, Lee Hevner, is cited multiple times as stressing the value of basic investing education as a foundation for successful online investing. Included in the article is a picture of the NAOI's Web site. The digest is sent to over 50,000 physicians world-wide. Click the following for the full article: Physician's Money Digest Article.   

September 16, 2000, Washington D.C. - NAOI Exhibits at Washington Post Personal Finance Conference. The National Association of Online Investors ® introduced its new Online Investing Study Course at the Washington Post Personal Finance Conference today in Washington, D.C. Over 700 people visited the NAOI ® booth to learn the benefits of becoming an NAOI Charter Member.  
     
 


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