Monex University seeks to enhance financial literacy
Monex, Inc., a subsidiary of Monex Group, Inc. (TYO:8698), a major provider of online trading services in Japan, the United States, Hong Kong and Australia, announces that Monex University will begin offering and accepting applications for its investment courses starting Thursday, March 18, 2021.
Since its establishment, Monex has striven to provide an investment education in the strong belief of its importance to the asset formation of individual investors. Monex established Monex University as a primary organization to provide education about investing and has organized numerous different activities for investment beginners.
In addition, Monex Group, as a holding company including Monex, is promoting ESG (environment, social, governance) initiatives and has positioned the enhancement of financial literacy as a material issue.
The brokerage explains that, at present, more people are entering the world of stock investment due to the global stock market appreciation. In the U.S., the New York Dow Jones Industrial Average has set new historic high, and investment in U.S. stocks has especially been expanding even among beginners.
This US stock course will utilize textbooks developed by Monex University and teach the basics of investing in US stocks in a systematic manner accessible to even those inexperienced in investing.
Given the growing need for self-guided asset formation, Monex will utilize its expertise and know how to give individual investors accurate investment knowledge, to contribute to financial literacy in Japan and to promote the vitalization of capital markets.