Yesterday marks a new development in my training business. We're levelling up with a new partner on top of existing ones! The truth about investment courses is that they are fun and can be treated as networking events. Every instructor has students who are keen to study DIY investing but may not have the time to actually create their DIY portfolios. For months, folks have been wondering why I have yet to start my own fund, so 2021 has become the year I began to take such requests seriously. After speaking to a few parties, I realised that starting a fund can be very expensive ( often > $80,000 a year ) and largely limited to folks with deep pockets and plenty of social capital. An alternative arrangement where I have to qualify as a financial advisor is also onerous because of the regular reporting of assets being...