Monex, Inc. organizes about five investment seminars a year across the nation, each of which attracts some 500 participants. Not only our CEO and Chief Strategist but outside experts take the rostrum and provide customers with an investment education opportunity.
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*Held virtually in FY2020 and FY2021
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- “National Investment Seminar 2018 in Yokohama”
(approx. 800 people)
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- “National Investment Seminar 2020” (virtual)
Monex disseminates the latest information on investment through online seminars proactively. In addition to those limited to its customers, the company organizes those in which any individual investor can take part as well, thereby providing investors with information widely.
Online seminars organized by Monex, Inc. – Number of participants and seminars
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• 2019
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• 2020
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• 2021
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Based on the belief that enhancing individual financial literacy helps activate the capital market and develop the economy, Monex, Inc. has focused on educating the public on investment since it was founded. Monex set up Monex University, which performs the pivotal role in investment education, within the organization to carry out activities targeting mainly novice investors continuously.
Offering an endowed course at the Professional Graduate School of Aoyama Gakuin University (MBA program) every year since 2014. The course covers ROE management in the first term and an overview of the financial capital markets in the second term, with Takashi Hiroki, Chief Strategist, teaching as a faculty member. A total of 668 students have participated in the course (as of the end of December 2021).
Nana Otsuki, Chief Analyst, serves as a professor at the Graduate School of Nagoya University of Commerce & Business, as well as a visiting professor of International Politics and Economics at Nishogakusha University, regularly offering lectures to undergraduate and gradate school students.
Regularly hosting financial lectures for students' investment clubs since 2018.
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For five consecutive years since 2017, we have sponsored the MIRAI SUMMER CAMP, a kids' workshop sponsored by Mori Building that provides children with cutting-edge learning opportunities. In 2021, financial planners Catherine and Nancy*, who are engaged in financial education activities nationwide, served as instructors, and everyone enjoyed the workshop.
The participants enjoyed learning about money and the mechanism of stock investment in the workshop.
（＊Catherine (Kaori Takeuchi) and Nancy (Nami Nishioka) are financial planners from a securities company. They offer financial courses for children and parents under the theme of "Making Money Education as a Part of Public Education. They are active mainly in elementary schools and public institutions (259 courses as of July 2021).
https://www.katherineandnancy.com/
（KIDS' WORKSHOP 2021/MIRAI SUMMER CAMP hosted by Mori Building in Aug 2021）
Monex organized a "Money School" event in a commercial facility in August 2018, co-sponsored by Tokyo Metropolitan Financial Public Relations Committee whose secretariat office is within the Public Relations Department of Bank of Japan.
Co-hosting seminars with Japan Exchange Group appropriate.
Monex hosted a seminar titled "How to Polish Your Money 2019" specifically tailored for women in collaboration with Nikkei WOMAN , giving a lecture on how to grow and increase money for the future.
Part I: Key note speech by Satoshi Nojiri, Head of Fidelity Research Institute on Retirement and Investment Education
Part II: Talk Session
Satoshi Nojiri, Head of Fidelity Research Institute on Retirement and Investment Education, Asuka Fujikawa, Chief Editor of Nikkei WOMAN, and Nana Otsuki, Head of Monex University, had a discussion session and answered questions submitted from the attendees, including;
"What are good investment channels among many options such as iDeCo and NISA?"; "How can I use my assets in a balanced way in order to actively take part in investment from the perspectives of living up to 100 years old, not just from the perspective of retirement saving?" and "What are the basic ideas of timing for buying and selling?"
・Start Today! The Ultimate Guide to Investing in U.S. Stocks: Why Oki Matsumoto Recommends It (by Oki Matsumoto, published by Toyo Keizai Inc. in October 2021)
・Chart Analysis that All Winning Investors Know (by Tadashi Fukushima, published by Fusosha in March 2021)
・Popular Strategist's Predictions! 2021 Market Issues (by Takashi Hiroki, published by Nihon Keizai Shimbun, December 2020)
・Now is Your Chance! An Introduction to Investing in U.S. Stocks to Increase Your Assets (by Heihachiro Okamoto, published by Business Inc. in December 2020)
・The Truth about the Great FX Market (by Hisashi Yoshida, published by Business-Sha in November 2020)
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University of Miami Athletics
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TradeStation supported Overtown Youth Center*1 and Breakthrough Miami*2, which provide investment education opportunities for underprivileged children. TradeStation also sponsored the Pierre Toussaint Leadership and Learning Center*3 provides IT and investment education in the Little Haiti area.
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