Are you a woman 40+ who wants to invest but doesn't know how?
Here's the problem...
Women have so much on our plates, juggling a career, a partner, family, kids—making the time to learn to invest feels next to impossible. So what do we do when it comes to our hard-earned money? We give our power away to either:
1) A partner, hoping they make good decisions.
2) A money manager, who makes decisions for you.
3) No one. Just cross your fingers and hope for the best.
But hope-based strategies will never put YOU in the driver's seat. They leave you feeling:
*Afraid you won't have enough to live on in retirement.
*Anxious that you won't be able to afford education for your children or wondering how you'll get ahead.
*Confused by expert-jargon, making you feel like you'll never be able to feel confident investing yourself.
Let's face it...
You are leaving serious money on the table in 2 ways: by not protecting your investments and by not taking opportunities that you can't even see. Hoping for the best = giving up all of your financial power.
If married, your partner may think he is good at investing, but if he makes a bad decision, that's your wealth at stake. That's stressful!
Money managers often fail to protect client's wealth. Instead of trusting them 100% with your life, you need to work with them in building it.
You are successful in your career, yet it still feels impossible to afford the life YOU WANT due to insane inflation in healthcare and education.
Parents didn't teach us. It was a man's game when we were growing up.
Experts advice is often too basic, too complicated, or too technical (stock picks and trades) when first you need to just see the forest through the trees!
You're busy and don't have time to learn a new, complicated topic.
Now, imagine that there is a way to learn it in only 15 minutes a day, where it's fun, easy, and afterward you're empowered to actively manage your own investments.
How?
Welcome to
Microdose Investing
An easy-to understand, yet comprehensive course that teaches you the basics of investing, taking you from confused to confident in less than 8 weeks!
My mission: Shortcut you to success.
Why me: Because I know exactly where you are. I had a 401K that I ignored and money sitting in a checking account making zero. I was at rock bottom and decided to learn. At one point I had 100% return in my investment portfolio, and I didn't take profits! I lost quite a bit of my profits, learning the hard way, and then spent hundreds of more hours learning why. My goal is to save you the time so you can be successful—what took me 7 years will take you 8 weeks.
The idea: Learn in small doses to get the maximum benfit with none of the overwhelm.
Sound good?
In this model, you'll learn how to:
What you'll be dosing:
What You'll Learn Over the 8 Week Course:
How and why to diversify and the 101 of market behavior
How to define your investment strategy and your own rules to ensure success
Why evaluating a company and its share price via financial ratios is so important
The big picture (macro) of growth, inflation and interest rates
The best ways to stay on top of the market and your investments
30+ Activities
Practical actions toward investing
44 Doses
Covering the essentials of micro and macro
12 Hours
Course time
And you don't have to do it alone...
Start a small Microdose Investing Club
with a few other women who want to empower each other to take control of their investments.
Discuss, learn, swap research—what's better than cocktails, convo, and investments?! And it can last well after the course ends.
How to start?
Here are 2 agendas to kick off your club.
How this course will help you:
Save yourself time, money and frustration researching on your own
Cheat with cheat sheets to help you diversify and evaluate a company.
Shorcuts, heck yah, lead you to investing success; learn from years of learning, wins and mistakes in a few weeks.
Gain greater empowerment to build the life you want and feel in control of your money.
How microdosing shifts your mindset:
What you'll need:
It's simple:
Your time, only 15 minutes a day M-F. Slightly different format if done as part of an investment club.
A journal to document what you learn.
You'll be asked to download the MarketWatch app (no affiliation).
Join the Facebook Alumni group to build community and dish on the current market.
Your treatment plan:
8 Week Progam
(Only 15-minutes a day)
Recommended dose for becoming more confident at investing:
1 video per day, 5 days a week, only 15 minutes a day.
Here's a summary of what you'll learn each week:
1
Week 1: Business cycle, market psychology
We'll cover what the market is and how it behaves. We'll also review basic terms you need to know and review what the major indexes (S&P 500, Nasdaq) are so that you can get a pulse on the market but also compare index funds. You'll learn why defining your time horizon is so important and how to identify and navigate the business cycle and market cycles.
2
Week 2: Inflation and diversification
Learn what inflation is and how it affects your investments and understand how to diversify with the big picture in mind. We''ll dive into ways to diversify, the difference between ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) and Mutual Funds are and how to best compare them.
3
Week 3: US bonds and corporate bonds
We continue diving into the various ways to diversify, learning all about US Treasuries and corporate bonds and the risks of each.
4
Week 4: How to evaluate stocks
You'll learn about the types of investment accounts and the pros and cons of each, including tax implications. Get a handle on the two ways to analyze a stock (technical and fundamental analysis) and learn about financial ratios that will help you to evaluate if it's a good time to invest in a company. I'll show you how to look at a company’s financial statements (the easy way).
5
Week 5: Setting you up for success
I'll help you develop your short list and show you how to conduct your financial research, map out your diversification strategy and walk you through how to set up an account. Understand why you should avoid things like options until you are much more advanced.
6
Week 6: The key drivers of macro
Open your mind to the key drivers of macroeconomics (the economic big picture) and how that affects your investments so you don't buy shares in a company at the wrong time. We'll review how different investments perform in different environments so you can navigate the shifts in the macro environment. Finally you'll learn about the reality of our debt-based financial system and how it actually works.
7
Week 7: Don't fight the Fed
We’ll dive deeper into the Federal Reserve and how their attempts to set interest rates and control the money supply affects the economy (and the stock market). You'll learn the causes and risks of runaway inflation as well as the currency wars currently going on that could challenge the dollar as the world’s reserve currency.
8
Week 8: Market hedges and how to stay on top of the stock market
Learn ways to manage your risk in the market. We'll cover traditional hedges like cash and gold, as well as risky but innovative investments like bitcoin and ethereum. You'll get a handle on the best ways to stay on top of the stock market so you have an idea of where it may be heading - that way you don't get caught off guard when things suddenly change. Finally, I'll give you my favorite resources and experts that I listen to daily and weekly so you can stay on top of the market like a pro well after this course ends.
Mind expansion after this course:
Activites include quizzes and practical steps, great resources so that you will be well equipped to research stocks and companies on your own.
Microdose Timeframe
Videos available to you for 2 years so you can go back and reference them anytime.
Private Facebook Group
Connect with peers and I'll post great interviews so you can stay on top of the current market.
Anytime, anywhere
Access the courses from anywhere, from mobile or desktop. You' are encouraged to keep an investment notebook as well.
Cheat sheets
Utilize cheat sheets to continue your investment strategies well after you finish this course.
Welcome:
This course includes:
12 hours on-demand video
Downloadable activity workbook and quizzes. Basically a Microdosing Journal :)
Practical activites that help you learn on your own (not a data dump with no help)
Access on mobile
A private Facebook group where you'll be able to ask me and others questions + real-time interviews I think are worth watching.
Connect with me:
Hi, I'm Shelley Crockett
I’ve been working in marketing for over 20+ years but was intimidated by the world of investing, a vast topic I knew nothing about. I was 40 and just had suffered a painful break up. I also felt deeply stuck on a managerial track, and was renting. I felt at rock bottom and alone, and I remember staring at the ceiling and asking myself - how am I ever going to change this trajectory and build the life that I want? I realized if I stayed doing the same thing, nothing would change. What can I do, I asked. I received two answers. Buy a place, the voice said, and learn to invest. And that's what I did. Slowly, I started moving my savings into a brokerage account. I paid for stock picks from the Motley Fool before graduating to other subscription services. Over time I doubled my money and felt like a rockstar only to see my returns shrink after the height of a few mini-bubbles in tech. (Things always return to the mean). I knew I was missing something important. So then I found "macro" where I spent hundreds upon hundreds of hours listening to Real Vision, Kitko News, Blockworks Macro and many others. I became obsessed. I knew I didn't have the last piece of the puzzle—how to stay on top of the market.
Investing is empowering. It gave me the financial freedom to leave a job I had outgrown and do what I love—educating others on how to invest! I wanted to create a relatable course that was holistic, comprehensive, yet simple. I believe everyone deserves financial freedom and wish you a life-long love affair with learning. Afterall, knowledge is power. Money is power. You deserve both.
I hope to see you in class!
What people are saying:
Microdose is packed full of helpful and applicable information. I got so much out of each lesson. Shelley is a thorough and knowledgeable teacher who makes the information digestible and usable, and she is fun! I am ready to invest thanks to Microdose!
Microdose is packed full of helpful and applicable information. I got so much out of each lesson. Shelley is a thorough and knowledgeable teacher who makes the information digestible and usable, and she is fun! I am ready to invest thanks to Microdose!
Gaynor Bourgeois
Massage Therapist, Explorebodywork.com
The Mircrodose Investing course was outstanding! I'm the type of person who would hide under the covers whenever people talked about the Dow Jones, NASDAQ, etc. But the teacher, Shelley, broke things down in such a friendly, easy-to-understand, comprehensive way that I was able to feel confident choosing stocks to invest in. I can't wait to continue on this path, FINALLY creating financial stability for me and my family.
The Mircrodose Investing course was outstanding! I'm the type of person who would hide under the covers whenever people talked about the Dow Jones, NASDAQ, etc. But the teacher, Shelley, broke things down in such a friendly, easy-to-understand, comprehensive way that I was able to feel confident choosing stocks to invest in. I can't wait to continue on this path, FINALLY creating financial stability for me and my family.
Laura Zam
Author, Speaker, Scriptwriter @LauraZam.com
"As a novice investor myself, I had a general knowledge of investing when I walked into Shelley Crockett's virtual class. This course was a great stepping stone in my investing journey as it added useful tips and tools to my repertoire of investing know-how. Shelley's aptitude for breaking down complex subjects and terms into easily digestible information makes this course a valuable asset to anyone's portfolio! I would highly recommend this course to anyone that has just started their journey in investing and is looking to take their comprehension of the subject to the next level."
"As a novice investor myself, I had a general knowledge of investing when I walked into Shelley Crockett's virtual class. This course was a great stepping stone in my investing journey as it added useful tips and tools to my repertoire of investing know-how. Shelley's aptitude for breaking down complex subjects and terms into easily digestible information makes this course a valuable asset to anyone's portfolio! I would highly recommend this course to anyone that has just started their journey in investing and is looking to take their comprehension of the subject to the next level."
Alex Muth
Sales, Gusto
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