{"id":3748,"date":"2021-09-03T12:35:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T16:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/?page_id=3748"},"modified":"2025-07-11T10:28:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T14:28:51","slug":"introduction-to-investing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/introduction-to-investing\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Investing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Introduction to Investing\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/Banner-Trajectories-5-1-240x80.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/Banner-Trajectories-5-1-240x80.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/Banner-Trajectories-5-1-160x53.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/Banner-Trajectories-5-1-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/Banner-Trajectories-5-1-400x133.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/Banner-Trajectories-5-1-360x120.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/Banner-Trajectories-5-1.jpg 1343w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Skill Pathway: <\/b>Business&nbsp;&amp; Personal Finance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Career Readiness Competencies: <\/b>Financial Literacy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Sessions:&nbsp;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Duration:&nbsp;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">120 minutes&nbsp;<\/span><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Workshop Description<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do TFSAs, RRSPs, GICs, and ETFs sound like a foreign language? 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