None at all. The Confident Investor is built from the ground up for complete beginners. If you've never invested a penny and don't know the difference between a stock and a bond, you're exactly who this is for.

Each week a new module unlocks, designed to be digestible in a few hours, not a weekend marathon. You'll also receive a downloadable PDF for every module so you can review it in your own time, at your own pace.

Yes! You can access the programme from anywhere in the world. The investment
fundamentals are universal. We also address region-specific considerations (such as the UK and UAE contexts) and include dedicated guidance for expats navigating cross-border financial decisions.

Absolutely. Expat finances are complicated and most investment courses completely ignore this reality. We include specific guidance on tax residency basics, currency risk, investing as a non-resident, and what to do about pensions when you've lived and worked in multiple
countries.

Most students complete each week's material in 2–3 hours. It's designed to fit around a real life, not to take it over. And if life gets busy, your access doesn't disappear the following week, you can catch up whenever you're ready.

That's the goal. The final week walks you through the process step by step from choosing a platform to making your first contribution. You'll finish with the knowledge, the confidence, and a real account ready to go.

No. The Confident Investor is financial education designed to give you the knowledge and tools to make your own informed decisions. It is not personalised financial advice. For advice specific to your individual circumstances, we always recommend consulting a regulated financial adviser.

We run The Confident Investor in cohorts: groups of students who go through the programme together. Cohort sizes are intentionally kept small to maintain quality and
community. When the doors close, they close. The next opening won't be for some time.

Each module is delivered online and accompanied by a downloadable PDF guide that you keep forever. The PDFs are designed to be genuinely useful (not just slides) so you can annotate them, return to them, and use them as a reference long after the programme ends.

The best time to start was yesterday. The second best is today. Compound growth rewards those who begin but only those who actually begin. The Confident Investor exists to make sure that starting is no longer the hard part.