TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR FINANCIAL FUTURE
The American Dream Experience®
An opportunity to discover what investing is, how it works, and how it can fulfill on your purpose for life.
Watch this video to see why you should attend this two-day event.
Is this event for you?
Discover how to transform your financial future
We are committed to saving families from speculating and gambling with their hard-earned money. Whether a financial novice or a long-time investor, we are training and developing investors to know what they are doing with their investments and why. Here are a few examples of who can benefit from the American Dream Experience.
DIY Investor
You manage your own investments but often feel overwhelmed by the multitude of options and decisions.
Discover empirically tested science-based investing principles based on Nobel Prize-winning research to help eliminate the guesswork and avoid speculating and gambling with your financial future.
Retirement-Ready Investor
You’re nearing or in retirement and unsure how to proceed and worried about having enough money to live a fulfilling life.
Learn strategies on how to invest prudently in any market condition and optimize your expected returns given your risk preferences.
Beginner Investor
You’re new to investing and feel lost about where to start or what steps to take.
Learn the fundamentals of what investing is, how it works, and how it can help you achieve your American Dream. Work with an advisor for ongoing training and development to become prudent and disciplined over a lifetime.
Dissatisfied Investor
You already have a financial advisor, but you feel uninformed or unsure about their strategies.
We believe investors should always be at choice around their money. Choose an investing strategy that aligns with your True Purpose for Money® and one that you can stick with over a lifetime – and an advisor who will work with you along the way.
Become a Conscious Investor
This two-day educational event can alter your relationship with money and leave you in action powerfully pursuing your dreams. Unlike other financial training programs on the market, the American Dream Experience is an opportunity to discover what the science of investing is, how it works, and how it can help fulfill your life’s purpose.
Join us to learn how you can apply the science of investing to your portfolio and be empowered to recapture, reclaim, and realize your American Dream.
MEET THE LEADERS
Meet Mark Matson & Josh Crawford
Mark Matson, CEO of Matson Money, created the American Dream Experience to make Nobel Prize-winning investment research accessible and to help people transform their relationship with money. Along with Josh Crawford, Co-CEO, they have led over 25 events for more than 7,000 families and counting (as of October 2025).
Mark Matson
Founder & CEO at Matson Money
As an entrepreneur, author, and innovator in the fields of investing science and financial education, Mark Matson brings investment management, education and tools to over 300 independent advisory practices across the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
Mark created The American Dream Experience and the Matson Method, helping bring Nobel Prize-winning investing principles to everyday investors. He is the author of several books including: Main Street Money: How to Outwit, Outsmart, and Out Invest the Wall Street Bullies and the national best seller, Experiencing the American Dream: How to Invest Your Time, Energy, and Money to Create an Extraordinary Life.
He is a frequent guest on national news programs including Fox Business, CNBC, Bloomberg and Yahoo Finance. Mark and his wife Melissa reside in Scottsdale, Arizona, and are the proud parents of eight children.
Josh Crawford
Co-CEO at Matson Money
Josh Crawford is a leader in the financial services industry, bringing the power of Nobel Prize-winning investing science to communities across the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
His expertise includes leading breakthrough educational experiences to hundreds of advisors and thousands of their clients, helping lead and engineer innovative advisor training programs, and training and developing entrepreneurs to expand themselves and their businesses.
As the Co-CEO at Matson Money, he is instrumental in bringing the award-winning* American Dream Experience to families across North America.
*Details on awards won by the American Dream Experience are available here.
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OUR BOARD
Matson Money Academic Advisory Board
Matson Money’s Academic Advisory Board includes luminaries in their fields who offer insights into investing and leveraging free markets. Each member contributes significantly to the foundational principles of Matson Money and supports our growth as a leading investor training and development company.