EDUCATIONRegister interestA LIVE COURSE WITH BRENDAN WALSH
Build an ETF portfolio for your needs, step by step, with a former global macro fund manager. Weekly live teaching, guided coursework and my personal feedback at every stage.
For private investors taking charge of their capital, and analysts learning to think like a portfolio manager.
15 places · From £2,500 · November cohort planned
Start with your needs. Leave with a plan.
What your capital needs to do.
The exposures behind your holdings.
Your chosen funds and allocations.
When to act. When to leave it alone.
I guide you through each stage. You leave understanding what you own, why you own it and how to review it.
WHAT YOU GET WITH BOTH COURSE OPTIONS
Ten weeks of live teaching and personal coursework feedback, plus access to the Alpha community, its two weekly market calls and full Alpha OS. The course materials and course recordings are yours to keep.
One live course session each week for ten weeks. I explain the next step, we work through examples, then you apply it to your portfolio with my personal feedback.
Join the main group to examine growth, inflation, interest rates and market conditions. Discuss what they mean for assets and portfolio risks.
Explore themes, funds, shares and tactical opportunities. Look at the case, what could go wrong and where an idea fits in a portfolio.
Join investors actively managing or building their own portfolios. Ask questions, compare reasoning and learn alongside them.
Use our proprietary market-context monitors, portfolio tools and research archive of calls and ideas throughout the ten weeks.
Keep the learning: all course materials and course video recordings remain yours after the course.
THE TEN-WEEK PROGRAMME
You do not need a ready-made investment plan. I help you build one, then turn it into an ETF portfolio designed around your needs. Each two-week stage adds a piece you will take home. Session dates and times will be confirmed before enrolment.
We start with your life, not a list of funds. I walk you through when you might need your money, what income it needs to provide and how much uncertainty you can live with. You do not need to know the answers before you arrive.
YOUR TAKEAWAYWith my guidance and feedback, turn those answers into a one-page investment policy: the brief for your portfolio.
THINK BEYOND THE NEXT TRADE
Research, videos, trading apps, AI agents. You can find a convincing case for almost anything. The harder question is how much of your money it deserves.
I enjoy a tactical trade as much as the next person. But my approach to wealth starts with compounding over time and managing the drawdowns that can undo years of progress.
Give each asset a job. Cash for flexibility. Income with understood risks. Defensive assets for difficult conditions. Growth exposure sized deliberately. Learn how those pieces work together, using low-cost ETFs and a manageable review routine.
BRENDAN WALSH · FOUNDER, ALPHA INVESTORSFROM QUANT TO INVESTMENT-TEAM LEADER
I took the science, arts and history route, then a PhD. Markets brought it all together: human emotion, history, uncertainty and the excitement of a world that never stands still.
Over more than 20 years, I worked my way from quant to leading an investment team at a trillion-dollar asset manager. I managed global macro funds and built an end-to-end investment process for billions of dollars of global pension-fund capital.
Learning to analyse an idea was one step. Learning to manage the whole portfolio was another.
I can teach you that core framework, and personally help you put it into practice.
Explore my investment career15 PLACES IN THE FIRST COHORT
Both options include the complete course, coursework feedback, community, market calls and Alpha OS access described above. Five of the fifteen places add private calls.
CORE COURSE
£2,500
Build your own ETF portfolio through guided teaching and personal feedback on each stage of your coursework.
COURSE + 1:1 · FIVE PLACES
£4,375
The full programme, with private time to explore the concepts and challenge your thinking in greater depth.
Call duration, schedule and total call count will be confirmed before enrolment.
Ask about a 1:1 placeRegister your interest below. We will discuss fit and confirm dates and enrolment terms before you book a place. No payment is taken through this page.
THE PRACTICAL DETAILS
A clear commitment,
with room to ask questions.
FIRST COHORT · NOVEMBER 2026 PLANNED
Get the confirmed dates, course details and an invitation to discuss whether it’s right for you. Registering interest does not reserve a place or take a payment.
NOVEMBER 2026 · FIRST COHORT PLANNED
Tell me where you’re starting, whether you’re investing your own capital or developing as an analyst. Let’s see if the course is right for you.