Understand The Stock Market Trade Stocks, Etfs Mutual Funds

What you'll learn
Develop an overview understanding of the stock market and how it works.
Understand how investors make money in the stock market ; capital gains, dividends and options.
Choose an online broker based on personal preferences and needs.
Set up and fund a personal account.
Know why you need to diversify your investments and two ways to do it.
Use accurate stock market terminology to discuss investment choices.
Learn from an experienced, retired teacher.
Requirements
We start at the very beginning. No prior knowledge needed!
You will get the most out of the course if you have at least $100 to get started investing.
If you don't have money to invest yet, you can set up a paper trading account to practice.
Description
Do you feel lost when the conversation turns to stocks and investing? Have you been thinking about investing, but have no idea how to get started? Then this course is made for you. Grow your financial literacy and independence with an experienced, supportive teacher. We start at the very beginning. I want you to understand how things work before you put your money on the line. So we will start with a solid overview of the stock market to prepare you to participate in it confidently. I'll define the terms you need to know so you can ask questions and understand the answers you get. I might even answer some questions you didn't know you had.You'll get answers to your questions such as:What exactly is a share of stock?Why can I invest in Coca Cola, but not LEGO?What determines the price of a share of stock?What is a stock ticker?What is a stock broker and do I need one? Exactly how do I make money with stocks?What is a dividend and what can I do with it? How do I diversify my investments (and why do I need to?)What exactly are The Dow, NASDAQ and The S & P 500?What is an index fund?Once you have a grasp of the basics, I give you step by step instructions with everything you need to choose a broker, decide what kind of account you want to open, and set up and fund your first account. We'll also talk briefly about the difference between buying individual stocks and buying shares of Mutual Funds and Exchange Traded Funds. We'll touch on retirement plans you may have available through your employers and why you should probably take advantage of them. This course prepares you for Part B, Novice Investors' Guide to Choosing and Buying Stocks and Funds.
Overview
Section 1: Introduction; Meet Your Instructor, What You'll be Learning
Lecture 1 Introduction | Meet your Guide | Getting Started | Your Investing Future
Section 2: What is Stock Market Investing?
Lecture 2 What is investing?
Lecture 3 Shares and Stocks
Lecture 4 Public vs. Private Companies
Lecture 5 Share Price and Market Capitalization
Section 3: Stock Exchanges and Brokers
Lecture 6 Stock Market | Stock Exchanges
Lecture 7 Stock Indexes | What is "The Dow?"
Lecture 8 Stock Tickers
Lecture 9 Stock Brokers and Online Brokerage Firms
Section 4: Make money with stocks; Capital Gains, Dividends and Options
Lecture 10 Supply and Demand
Lecture 11 Ways to Make (and lose) Money | Prices and Profits
Lecture 12 Capital Gains and Losses
Lecture 13 Dividends
Lecture 14 Dividend Aristocrats
Lecture 15 Options (Learn now. Use later.)
Section 5: Risk and Diversification
Lecture 16 Investing vs. Trading
Lecture 17 Why You Need to Diversify and Two Ways to do It
Lecture 18 Use Mutual Funds and ETFs to Diversify Your Portfolio.
Lecture 19 More about Mutual Funds and ETFs
Section 6: Setting Up Your Account
Lecture 20 Choose a broker and account type.
Lecture 21 How to set up your account.
Lecture 22 What to do while you wait.
Section 7: Ready to Invest!
Lecture 23 A word about employer-sponsored plans.
Lecture 24 Continue the Journey | Join the next class and our online forum
The "stock market curious",Those who have some funds ready to invest and want to get started.,Those who have an account, but who want to feel more confident understanding their stock market investing options.,Investors who use a financial advisor or manager, and want to feel more confident discussing their investments.


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