Frequently Asked Questions

Do you offer private tutoring or live instruction?

No. Private instruction is not available for this course. The time commitment required to deliver personalized tutoring falls below a viable rate for the instructor. However, the entire course is freely available as self-study material, and video versions of all lessons will be published on YouTube with the same structured curriculum.

Can I use your course materials for my own projects?

Yes. This course is released under the MIT License. You are free to use, copy, modify, and distribute the materials for any purpose, including commercial use, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author. A link back to this course or a mention of the source is appreciated.

I have questions about the course content. How can I get help?

For questions, discussion, and deeper engagement with the material, join the community on Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/c/hevangel

Patreon supporters get access to Q&A threads, additional commentary, and the opportunity to suggest topics for future lessons and side content.

Why did you create this course?

This course originated from the author's personal study notes accumulated over years of self-directed investment education, including CFA curriculum materials. When organizing these notes with AI assistance, the result was comprehensive enough to share as a structured course. The research was already done, the tokens were already spent -- it made more sense to publish it than to keep it private. If these materials help others avoid common mistakes and build better portfolios, that is a worthwhile outcome.

Why did you really create this course?

Honest answer: I have friends in the finance-education world -- people who run YouTube channels, write investment books, and run paid Substacks and Patreons. They have built real audiences and a steady stream of subscriber income on top of work they were going to do for themselves anyway. Watching them, I started to think: I could do something similar after I retire. Not as a full second career -- just as a way to keep the mind sharp, stay close to the markets, and earn enough pocket money on the side to finally put a Bloomberg terminal on my own desk. (Anyone who has ever priced a Bloomberg subscription will understand why "pocket money" in this sentence is doing some heavy lifting.)

I am still figuring out what to do with the YouTube channel -- whether it grows into something with subscribers and a Patreon community of its own, or whether it stays a small corner of the internet I tend to in my spare time. Either outcome is fine. The course exists either way.

There is also a private ambition I might as well admit on the record: I have wanted to be a published author since I was a kid. So if any publisher reading this thinks the material is the seed of a real book -- get in touch. I would happily turn it into one.