Independent education for private investors
I teach private investors to understand and manage their own portfolios, bringing an academic's grounding in finance theory together with a practitioner's years on Bay Street. The premise is simple: an investor who understands what they own, what it costs, and why they own it does not need to hand those decisions to anyone else. Nothing is sold here but understanding.
Investor Coaching
Structured, fee-for-service coaching that helps you understand the structure, risk, and cost of your own portfolio. Educational only — no recommendations to buy, sell, or hold any security.
Investment Education
Workshops and courses grounded in finance and economics, translated out of the literature into concepts an investor can apply to their own decision-making.
Real Estate Investment
Real estate–specific mandates are handled separately, through a dedicated practice.
hermanvandenberg.com →Extensive and multi-faceted experience
Over three decades spent in the practice, the teaching, and the study of finance — each vantage point informing the next.
Teaching private investors through workshops, courses, and one-on-one coaching.
Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Business Administration, Lakehead University.
Successively senior positions at a major Canadian financial institution.
Dr. Herman A. van den Berg
Dr. van den Berg is a former university finance professor and Bay Street banker, and a Chartered Investment Manager (CIM)®. He now teaches private investors — through community workshops, structured courses, and one-on-one coaching — to understand and manage their own portfolios.
He began teaching finance at university in 2005 and defended his Ph.D. thesis at the University of Toronto in 2008. Before his doctoral studies he served in successively senior positions across the utility, financial, and environmental services sectors, and has held public office as a school board trustee.
After years explaining finance to students and executives, he became convinced that most of what investors pay for, they could do themselves — for a fraction of the cost, once they understand how. Teaching them how is the work he has chosen for the rest of his career.
For workshops, courses, and investor coaching
Elsewhere
hermanvandenberg.com — real estate investment
procerity.com — corporate financial consulting
This site is educational and informational only. Herman A. van den Berg is not registered as an adviser or dealer with any securities regulator, does not provide investment advice or recommendations regarding any security, and does not manage money for others. Nothing on this site constitutes an offer or a solicitation to buy or sell any security. Readers should consult a registered professional before making investment decisions. Coaching engagements are educational services, established individually and in writing.