Frank Paiano

Professor Emeritus
(Fancy way of saying I retired from full-time teaching)
School of Business
Southwestern Community College
Chula Vista, California USA

Aye, Paquito!

Bio

Introduction to Investments - Fall 2025
Free Introduction to Investments textbook!

BUS-123-01, Introduction to Investments, this Fall 2025 is a face-to-face at the Chula Vista campus.
It will be on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10:10 am to 11:35 am.
Come join us! We want you to be RICH!
(There will also be two online sections, BUS-123-501 and BUS-123-502 taught by Professor K.L. Alston.)

Quick Links:
  BUS-123: Introduction to Investments, Fall 2025
  Free Investment Book: Introduction to Investments
     PDF Version - LibreTexts (mobile-friendly)


Archive:
  BUS-123: Introduction to Investments, Spring 2025
  BUS-121: Principles of Money Management, Fall 2024, at CETYS in Tijuana

Me Encanta Mexico!
Puerto Vallarta

 SWC Online Student Support Services
 SWC Student Services and Campus Resources  Very Cool!
 A Plant-Based Diet for Weight Loss: Boosting GLP-1 and Restoring Our Natural Satiety Circuit 
     Want GLP-1 without spending $1,000 per month?

Visitors, please feel free to peruse presentations, listen to lectures, view handouts, e-mail questions, etc.


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 25-105 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.



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Messages from the World Wide Web
My Worst Investment Ever  I was interviewed!
The Origins of Wonderprofessor.com

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Getting Started with Google Docs and Google Drive

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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!


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In Loving Memory Of

Silvia Arechiga-Pearce

Administrative Secretary II
1960-2000

(Has she really been gone this long?)

We Miss You Silvia

We Miss You Very Much