Introduction to Investments -- Fall 2025

BUS-123 - Introduction to Investments -- Fall 2025
Section	Syllabus	Days	Times	Room
BUS-123-01	Syllabus Class Website Free-to-Read Text Book! Zero Textbook Cost!	Tue/Thurs Live Streamed	10:10 am to 11:35 am	Room 25-102 and online at wonderprofessor.com/zoom
Presentations, Handouts, Answer Keys, Assignments, Lectures, Textbook info, etc.

Instructor Availability

Instructor Availability	Fall 2025 Office Availability
Chula Vista Campus Office: 62A-104B (but office room will be changed)	At least six office hours throughout the semester, typically Thursdays from 9:00 to 9:55 am In-person and via Zoom Room Virtual Office Hour or by phone. Please contact me and we can make an appointment that fits your schedule.   See BUS-123 website for full schedule. To attend the Zoom Room Virtual Office, visit: Zoom via PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android   URL: https://wonderprofessor.com/zoom     Or call: +1-408-638-0968 or +1-646-558-8656 (US Toll)     Meeting ID: 212 931 852 Please Contact Me!
E-mail: fpaiano@swccd.edu
Office Phone: 619-421-6700 x 5692   Email is better.
Message Phone: 619-223-5264   Email is better.

Resources for Online Students

Southwestern Online Learning Support Southwestern Student Services and Support California Online Education Initiative Student Success Resources California Online Education Initiative Readiness Resources What it takes to be a successful online student  Watch this video! I mean it! It will help! Really! Don't blow it off! Are You Ready for Online?  Take the Online Readiness Assessment Quiz Canvas Online Tour for Students Even more student services links from the Student Services Folks in Admissions - Fall 2020 Stay Enrolled!  Don't Give Up! Never Give Up! The Industry Needs You! Financial Services Industry Knows It Needs More Women and Minorities Careers in the Financial and Investments Services Industries  Yours Truly interviews Jack Schweitzer, December 2020 The Advice of Yours Truly is Sometimes Sought After  (Hard to believe, huh?) Expert Advice: Understanding Full Coverage Car Insurance  You have to scroll down to get to the part where they ask me about full coverage. Expert Advice on Comparing Car Insurance Quotes & Rates  Ditto. Scroll down until you see my smiling face, Free Software Open Office -- Free office software Libre Office -- More free office software Google Docs -- Even more free office software  And 15 gigabytes of free storage! Worried about how much Google and Facebook know about you? How to download your Google data and what you will find  And how to delete it! Here's how to download and delete your Facebook data

Just for Laughs!

Canadian Screaming Severed Head (Yes, it is funny. Not scary.) This guy is crazy! FireFox or Chrome or IE? Guess the Web Browser! I don't ever want to drive in Russia ... Spurious Correlations   Per capital consumption of cheese and civil engineering Ph.D's!

In Loving Memory Of

Silvia Arechiga-Pearce

Administrative Secretary II
1960-2000

(Has she really been gone this long?)

We Miss You Very Much