Self-Study
Wealth Management
Strategic guide to modern Wealth Management and Investment Planning. Develop expertise in investment vehicles, market dynamics, and portfolio optimization techniques to excel in wealth accumulation and preservation.
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CPE Credits
8 Credits: Specialized Knowledge
Course Level
Overview
Format
Self-Study
Course Description
The best way to accumulate a significant amount of wealth is by creating and following through on a financial plan. In the Wealth Management course, we show how to create such a plan, while also discussing how to preserve your existing wealth, and enroll the services of a financial advisor. The course also covers the essential elements of all key types of investments, including stocks, bonds, real estate, and alternative investments. In addition, the course covers a variety of related topics, including charitable contributions, insurance, and individual retirement accounts. In total, the course is designed to give you a firm grounding in wealth management principles.
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Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Identify the steps in the wealth management process.
- Specify the issues related to your lifestyle costs.
- Describe the four percent rule.
- Identify how the efficient market hypothesis works.
- Specify the nature of a liquidity analysis.
- Identify the situations calling for an adjustment to your financial plan.
- Recall when tax-loss harvesting should be used.
- Specify the characteristics of an ideal financial planner.
- Describe the different types of ownership investments.
- Describe a speculative investment.
- Specify the nature of savings instruments.
- Recall the functions of a stock exchange.
- Recall how a mutual fund works.
- Specify how you can avoid a speculative bubble.
- Identify how a money market fund works.
- Recall the names of the chief credit rating agencies.
- Recall how the yields on a bond instrument are measured.
- Specify the best practices for purchasing bonds.
- Identify the best practices for making fund investments.
- Recall the fees associated with mutual funds.
- Specify the selection criteria for a bond fund.
- Identify the advantages and disadvantages of investing in real estate.
- Recall when it makes the most sense to buy and flip property to earn a return.
- Specify how to profit from the purchase of undeveloped land.
- Identify how call options and put options work.
- Recall the strategies followed by hedge funds.
- Specify the tax rules related to the different types of IRAs.
- Identify the investment risks associated with thematic investments.
- Recall the best uses for a life insurance payout.
- Specify the different types of annuity payments.
- Specify the tax rules related to charitable contributions.
Course Specifics
SS1224367665
October 9, 2025
There are no prerequisites.
None
170
Compliance Information
CFP Notice: Not all courses that qualify for CFP® credit are registered by Western CPE. If a course does not have a CFP registration number in the compliance section, the continuing education will need to be individually reported with the CFP Board. For more information on the reporting process, required documentation, processing fee, etc., contact the CFP Board. CFP Professionals must take each course in it’s entirety, the CFP Board DOES NOT accept partial credits for courses.
Meet The Experts

Steven M. Bragg, CPA, is a full-time book and course author who has written more than 300 business books and courses. He provides Western CPE with self-study courses in the areas of accounting and finance, with an emphasis on the practical application of accounting standards and management techniques. A sampling of his courses include the The New Controller Guidebook, The GAAP Guidebook, Accountants’ Guidebook, and Closing the Books: An Accountant’s Guide. He also manages the Accounting Best Practices podcast. Steven has been the CFO or controller of both public and private companies and has been a consulting manager with Ernst & Young and …
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