Comprehensive Guide to Financial Markets, Investing &Trading
12,227 students enrolled
Comprehensive Guide to Financial Markets, Investing &Trading
A comprehensive (advanced) introduction to global financial markets, investing and trading in all financial assets
12,226 students enrolled
Created by
Hari Swaminathan
Last updated 12/2019
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This course includes
- 9 hours on-demand video
- 8 downloadable resources
- Full lifetime access
- Access on mobile and TV
- Certificate of Completion
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What you'll learn
- Approach any financial market with confidence and start investing on their own
- Become completely informed about every financial asset and its pluses and minuses
- Make any kind of investment based on sound knowledge
- Learn all about the basics - Stocks, Mutual Funds and ETFs
- Understand the Bond and Fixed income markets and its implications
- Thoroughly understand Foreign exchange and currency and commodity investing
- Get a detailed look inside the Futures and Options markets
- Get a set of 4 Key Strategies which can generate profits immediately in the markets after taking the course
Requirements
- Students need not have any experience in financial markets to take this course
Description
This course is the most comprehensive introduction to investing for Beginners and Intermediate levels, and is suitable for people from all backgrounds. If you have between 0 and 2 years of experience in Financial markets, this course will take you up at least 3 levels higher.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- First, the global "macro" Finance and Investment cycles and how big money is invested
- Core investing principles and detailed study of all the market and stock terminology
- Detailed analysis of Stocks, Investing styles, and Best Practices
- A thorough comparison of Mutual Funds and ETFs - Pros and Cons
- Learn about the all-important Bond Markets, Interest rates and Inflation
- How to invest into Commodities - Gold, Oil etc
- Study of the Spot Forex, Forex Futures and Currency ETFs
- An advanced introduction to Futures and Options
- 10 Live trades on Stocks,ETFs, Bonds, Gold, Euro Futures, British Pound ETF
- Live demonstration of all concepts on a Live trading platform (Practical investing)
- Monitoring of positions, and trade and risk management
- The Human Element - How to avoid extreme emotional points in Investing
FOUR KEY BONUS STRATEGIES FOR IMMEDIATE PROFITS
This course includes FOUR key strategies for long term investors and traders. These can produce hundreds of dollars or more a month immediately after you take the courses
- A Low-risk high reward ETF strategy based on sector rotation
- How to Buy Stocks at much lower prices that its trading for, and MAKE INCOME
- If you already own stocks, this strategy will put money in your bank every month
- If you think a stock is going to crash, this low-cost strategy will protect your position
And an additional BONUS: How to hedge your stock during Volatile Earnings events
Who this course is for:
- Anyone with no experience or less than 3 years of experience with financial markets, investing and trading
- Regardless of your background, this course is universally applicable for everyone
Featured review
Raymond Stone
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Great overview of the numerous investments vehicles available today. Hari makes the topics interesting and is a very knowledgeable teacher. Highly recommend this course for beginners and even for those with experience investing in the markets.
Course content
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79 lectures
09:09:14
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"The Big Picture" The Macro financial world, Money flows and Investment sources
3 lectures
17:56
Institutional investors, Retail investors and Financial market sizes
05:36
Where are these Trillions of dollars being invested - Global Money Flows
05:38
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Financial instruments, Asset Classes, and what can people invest in
8 lectures
31:35
Introduction to Equities and Equity-related products (commonly known as Shares)
03:53
Introduction to Bonds and Fixed Income, and the US and global bond markets
07:34
Introduction to commodities and Metals - Oil, Gold, Silver, Corn, Copper etc.
03:12
Introduction to Foreign Exchange (or FOREX), and the main Currencies
05:10
Introduction to Advanced asset classes like Derivatives, Futures and Options
02:48
Derivatives - Introduction to Options - The most strategic investing instrument
01:58
Introduction to Alternative asset classes like Private Equity, Venture Capital
03:21
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Section 4: Core investment and trading concepts
10 lectures
51:04
Study of Risk and Expected returns from asset classes. And hierarchy of returns
04:28
Differences between Investing and Trading. Understand which style you fit into
04:00
Concept of Valuation of a company - True value of a Stock. Methods of valuation
04:58
Fundamental analysis and Fundamental style of investing. Who will this benefit
05:45
Technical Analysis and Technical style of Investing. The wisdom of Crowds study
11:31
Value Investing - Warren Buffett's approach. Long term investing Buy and Hold
02:50
Types of Accounts for a Beginner. Discussion of cash and margin accounts
03:48
Pros and Cons of Leverage (Margin). Is margin good or bad. Using margin
03:38
Practice and know or understand YOUR style and investing approach - CRITICAL
03:19
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Section 5: Investing in Stocks (Equities) and Equity-related products
8 lectures
01:10:16
Key Stock and Market concepts required for any kind of investment in markets
17:40
Study of the main Global Indices, and their relationships and components
02:44
Study of Index funds. Why this could be the best no-brainer investment for many
08:53
What is "Shorting" a stock , Market Equilibrium and Portfolio diversification
03:18
Order Types - The main Order types available on most platforms.
16:00
Earnings Reports, Uncertainty and Stock Volatility that happens every Quarter
09:44
Bonus Strategy : Hedging Stocks during Earnings events to blunt the volatility
02:58
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Section VI - Stock-related instruments : MUTUAL FUNDS
3 lectures
17:20
What are Mutual Funds, History and Size of Mutual funds, and Investing resources
08:41
The advantages of Mutual Funds (Pros), and why this could be a starting point
02:29
The negatives (shortcomings) of Mutual Funds (Cons). Investors must be aware
06:10
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Section VII - Stock-related instruments : Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
5 lectures
47:29
Introduction to the fascinating "Wide world of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
03:39
Detailed Study and Analysis of various ETFs available for investors
12:19
The different types of ETFs, and the specific role they each play.
15:47
Study of Industry sectors and Sector ETFs. Sectoral investments can be rewarding
10:19
Bonus Strategy with ETFs: Trade the ETF itself, Options or Arbitrage trade
05:25
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Section VIII - Study of Technical Analysis and various Trading Styles
8 lectures
01:10:15
Technical analysis details and and the study of different Trading styles
09:56
Study of Moving Averages and how they define the trend on various timeframes.
05:25
Understanding Support and Resistance. Key technical analysis tool for investors
07:50
The MACD Momentum Indicator. Determining the strength behind a stock move
08:53
What are Bollinger Bands and how can to use them. Identifying extreme conditions
06:31
Fibonacci Retracements. An age-old methodology as applied to markets effectively
10:33
Oscillators for Overbought and Oversold conditions - Study of RSI and Percent R
10:18
Sample Trades - Long term, Swing and Day (or short term) trading
10:49
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Section 9: The Bond Markets and Fixed Income
5 lectures
41:24
Bond Markets overview - Global and US Bonds, Risk On and Risk Off modes etc.
13:17
Bond prices and their relationship to Interest rates and Inflation
08:05
Central Banks, Federal Reserve, Asset Bubbles, Bailouts and Money printing
10:19
Investing or Trading in Bonds and the various instruments available
04:57
Trade Updates on existing trades
04:46
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Section 10 : Investing in Commodities, Precious Metals like Gold, Silver and Oil
4 lectures
26:12
Types of Commodities - and why they play a key role in the global economy
03:03
Gold - Is it precious OR a Safe Haven OR a Currency ??? Will Gold be a currency
11:43
Study of Oil and the Energy complex. Detailed study of extreme volatility in Oil
05:48
Investing and Trading instruments for various Commodities
05:38