Our History
TRAIN2INVEST began in 2004 to address the multiple challenges faced by individuals with regards to the growth of their investment portfolios.
Historically, most people have been very successful in their careers or running their own business, and managing their day-to-day finances but have relied totally on ‘outside expertise’ to build their wealth, simply because they felt investing was a complicated, time-consuming function requiring advanced knowledge in finance or economics. Little thought was given to the opportunity of managing their own money by themselves usually because the financial services industry propagated this myth of complexity and specialization when it came to investing money.
Without a lot of alternatives, many people followed the most obvious path of putting their money to work within the mutual fund industry. Given the rather mediocre results investors have seen over the past 15 years coupled with the substantially high fees associated with these investments, the opportunity for building wealth was more of a dream than a reality. As frustrating as this may have been to see your RSP or 401K produced only small returns, the choices of doing something different were limited.
Of course for those that did want to get involved with their money, the challenge then became how to learn and become confident in making profitable decisions and not just ‘playing’ with a few thousand dollars. Given the vastness of the investment markets and the quantity of information available, knowing where to start was perhaps intimidating. And of course since we live in an instant gratification society, waiting for results (even though historically that is what people have done with their retirement accounts for years) seemed ridiculous. Thus the advent of the ‘quick and easy’ methods of investing supported by the many purveyors of what we call black box software including Foreign Exchange (F/X), Commodities (do you really want to own oil or wheat), and the ever- popular Options. None of these are for the novice investor which the majority of people are.
At the end of the day it comes down to how your money within your RSP or 401K can work harder within reasonable risk tolerances that you and your family can live with.
Looking at all of these problems, the founders of TRAIN2INVEST – being active and successful investors themselves – KNEW THAT WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE, no investor would be successful regardless of the tools at their disposal. In order to help families become beneficiaries of the global prosperity that is all around us, TRAIN2INVEST put together a comprehensive course to take anyone through a Teaching, Training and Coaching environment enabling them to become successful and knowledgeable investors within a relatively short time. Recognizing that no two people learn the same way, our education is structured so individuals can learn at their own pace and comfort level.
Since 2004, we have successfully trained over 2500 individuals and families to achieve above-average returns and change the way they look at making their money work harder.
TRAIN2INVEST has the experience, the talent and the vision needed to make a whole new category of investment performance possible.
TRANSFORMING FAMILIES – that’s why TRAIN2INVEST was formed.
