As an educational organization, a 501(c)(3) public charity approved by U.S. Internal Revenue Services (IRS), our mission is to fight and win the war against poverty by recruiting and training wealth creation soldiers teaching people how to create wealth following a simple but powerful system developed by Benjamin Graham, the Dean of Wall Street, and perfected by Warren Buffett, the world’s greatest investor. We develop Qualified Investment Analysts (QIAs) as our field leaders and organizers to bring true financial wisdom to all corners around the world, with a particular focus on educating the children in need.

WHAT WE DO
►We train and certify securities analysts so they can go out to help others create wealth.
►We make investment analysis simple so that even our children can understand the basics.
►We provide free financial literacy education and low-cost wealth creation workshops to those in need.
►Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish, you feed him for a life time. We provide financial education programs to feed children for a life time.

All our Qualified Investment Analyst (QIA) candidates are required to volunteer their time for community financial literacy programs for minimum number of 20 hours per quarter.

Can you volunteer your time to teach the art of real world wealth creation?

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Make a donation to feed children for a life time.

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As an educational organization, a 501(c)(3) public charity approved by U.S. Internal Revenue Services (IRS), our mission is to fight and win the war against poverty by recruiting and training wealth creation soldiers teaching people how to create wealth following a simple but powerful system developed by Benjamin Graham, the Dean of Wall Street, and perfected by Warren Buffett, the world’s greatest investor. We developed the Qualified Investment Analyst (QIA) program to train instructors and community leaders who can bring true financial wisdom to all corners around the world, with a particular focus on those with limited financial knowledge.

WHAT WE DO
►We train and certify financial tutors and securities analysts so they can go out to help others create wealth.
►We make investment analysis simple so that even our children can understand the basics.
►We provide free financial literacy education and low-cost wealth creation workshops to those in need.
►Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish, you feed him for a life time. We provide financial education programs to feed children for a life time.

All our Qualified Investment Analyst (QIA)™ candidates are required to volunteer their time for community financial literacy programs for minimum number of 20 hours per quarter.

Get started in the QIA Wealth Creation Research & Study Program:
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A contribution above $29 will earn you a copy of our Super Investor Lecture notes for the QIA Study Program.

We’re in the process of changing our organization’s legal name to Academy of Qualified Investment Analyst (AQIA)™. After our name change, this website will cease to work by end of 2010. Our new website will be www.aqia.org. As a non-profit educational organization, we recruit, train and certify value-based securities analysts to  provide free and low-cost financial literacy educational programs in our effort to fight poverty and bring wealth creation know-how to those in need. We offer the Qualified Investment Analyst (QIA)™ Program that stresses on securities selection and practical investment research. We focus on the two most important courses as specified by superinvestor Warren Buffett, namely, (1) How to think about the market, (2) How to value a business. Our curriculum is mainly based on the Old Testaments by Benjamin Graham and the New Testaments by Warren Buffett. Our supplemental reading materials are based on the work of superinvestors like Eddie Lampert, Charlie Munger, Joel Greenblatt, Peter Lynch, and more.

All QIA candidates are required to donate at least 20 hours of public service per quarter to provide free or at-cost financial literacy education to the general public. A Qualified Investment Analyst (QIA)™ Designation can be issued to qualified candidates after (1) completing three years of training and self-study by studying the literature and methods of Graham and Buffett, (2) passing a series of exams on accounting and financial analysis, (3) writing three thesis on approved subjects in investment analysis, and (3) defending three in-depth investment research reports over a three year period.

The Qualified Investment Analyst (QIA)™ program is offered by a newly formed independent non-profit organization. To fully launch the QIA program and continue Benjamin Graham’s dedication to practical security analysis, we will seeking founders, sponsors, candidates, instructors and volunteers. If you would like to be a founding benefactor, if you want to be a volunteer, or if you are interested in the QIA designation, please email us at: aqia.org {at} gmail.com

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As an educational organization, a 501(c)(3) public charity approved by U.S. Internal Revenue Services (IRS), our mission is to fight and win the war against poverty by recruiting and training wealth creation soldiers teaching people how to create wealth following a simple but powerful system developed by Benjamin Graham, the Dean of Wall Street, and perfected by Warren Buffett, the world’s greatest investor. We develop Qualified Investment Analysts (QIAs) as our field leaders and organizers to bring true financial wisdom to all corners around the world, with a particular focus on educating the children in need.

WHAT WE DO
►We train and certify securities analysts so they can go out to help others create wealth.
►We make investment analysis simple so that even our children can understand the basics.
►We provide free financial literacy education and low-cost wealth creation workshops to those in need.
►Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish, you feed him for a life time. We provide financial education programs to feed children for a life time.

All our Qualified Investment Analyst (QIA) candidates are required to volunteer their time for community financial literacy programs for minimum number of 20 hours per quarter.

Can you volunteer your time to teach the art of real world wealth creation?

Join our wealth creation army now:
http://csainst.ning.com/main/authorization/signUp?

Make a donation to feed children for a life time!

http://bit.ly/csainst

Imagine what it’s like to:

* Get into the investment management and research business - arguably the best business on earth
* Join the QIA research team identifying and articulating the best ideas to create wealth
* Make stock market profits to pay for retirement, education, mortgage and vacations
* Enjoy one-on-one coaching to develop your business and investment skill sets
* Earn extra income while you learn and teach our proprietary QIA curriculum
* Own your own book of business fully transferable to other family or team members
* Have more control over your time

For more details, please email your resume to: aqia.org (at) gmail.com

Our written exams are designed to firmly implant the value investment frameworks into a candidates long-term memory. A majority of the written exam is centered around financial accounting and analyzing SEC disclosure documents.

Even for our written exams, we often use real-world real-time case study materials relevant to practical and actionable investment opportunities.

To successful prepare the written exams, a candidate must be able to quickly read through piles of financial disclosures and arrive at the essential facts and key drivers.

To reach peak performance in any sport, champions need a great coach and some highly competitive training partners. What about the ultimate sport of intelligent investing? Warren Buffett had Benjamin Graham, Bill Ruane, Walter Schloss, and Charlie Munger. Peter Lynch had Mr. Johnson, the founder of Fidelity, and an army of analysts.Eddie Lampert had Bob Rubin and other team members at Goldman Sachs. What about you?

Achieving Financial Independence

We strive to bring people real-world financial wisdom that can make a difference in their lives. All our exams and research projects are centered around actual businesses and real-time investment opportunities, instead of academic models conceived in ivory towers with little bearing with reality. We focus on key leadership skills like writing and public speaking. We stress the important of thinking, rather than test-taking.

Instead of testing your mental horse power and memory, we strive to develop and reprogram your analytical mind so you can get the maximum output and reach your true potential.

With both extremely difficult and extremely simple study materials, our mission to spread true financial wisdom to all corners around the world. We empower our candidates and give the training and the tools to go out and make a difference in the financial lives of the people around them and all over the world, so that all of us can be free from the bondage of poverty and financial slavery.

As a nonprofit organization, our mission is bring investment wisdom and financial freedom to all walks of life, not just the investment profession, and all around the world, not just the developed nations.

The work will be hard. The journey will be long. But if you join us as a volunteer, a contributor, a candidate, or an advisor, the exciting journey of helping others while helping yourself to achieve financial freedom will be the kind of precious experience that you will never forget.

As a nonprofit educational organization, we provide a unique Graham-Buffett equity research concentration within general financial analyst curriculum. The QIA program is focused on security analysis and practical investment research. We focus on the two most important courses as specified by superinvestor Warren Buffett, namely, (1) How to think about the market, (2) How to value a business. Our curriculum is mainly based on the Old Testaments by Benjamin Graham and the New Testaments by Warren Buffett. Our supplemental reading materials are based on the work of superinvestors like Eddie Lampert, Charlie Munger, Joel Greenblatt, Peter Lynch, etc., etc. Our global markets division provides training in other fields of investing like foreign currencies and global investments.