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How to Invest in Stocks, Mutual Funds & ETFs for Beginners
134 students
How to Invest in Stocks, Mutual Funds & ETFs for Beginners
Learn to Invest in the Stock Market, Choose Stocks and ETFs, Place Orders to Buy and Sell Shares, Read a Stock Chart
Created byPatricia Saylor
Last updated 9/2022
English
What you'll learn
- Research and select stocks for a personal investment portfolio.
- Enter market and limit orders to control the price you pay for stocks.
- Understand financial services companies, funds and fund families.
- Make informed choices about how to use dividend payments; cash or reinvestment?
- Understand the benefits and risks of lump sum investing vs dollar cost averaging.
- Read a candlestick chart.
- Enter a trailing stop order to protect your profits.
- Meet The Fearless Girl and The Charging Bull.
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Course content
6 sections • 24 lectures • 49m total length
Requirements
- Have at least some understanding of the stock market and related terminology.
- Recommend Completion of Level One, Novice Investors Guide to the Stock Market
- Set up an individually-managed brokerage account where you can buy and sell shares of stock.
- Or have a paper trading account where you can practice buying and selling.
Description
Are you ready to take charge of your own investment accounts? Make informed decisions about how to manage your money and let it work for you.
Know what questions to ask and learn basic research skills to understand the companies in which you are considering investing. Feel more confident choosing stocks, mutual funds and ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds).
Understand bulls, bears and corrections and why a correction can be a great time to buy. Protect your investments with diversification, by wisely selecting your own investments or by buying diversified funds.
Know which stocks pay a dividend and the importance of dividend dates, including declaration, ex-dividend and payment dates. Decide whether you will take your dividends in cash or use them to re-invest in shares of the company that pays them.
Use your knowledge to decide not only what to buy, but when to buy. Read a stock chart, look at trends, and decide whether lump sum investing or dollar cost averaging is right for you. Enjoy several case studies with examples of investors who are making the kinds of decisions you will be making.
See the relationships between investment companies, fund managers and brokerage services. Sometimes the names seem the same when the services are not!
Finish this course as a stronger, more knowledgeable investor. Then, after you gain some investing experience, I hope you will join our Novice Options Traders program and safely take your investing to the next level.
Who this course is for:
- Novice investors who are ready to invest.
- Investors wanting to make more informed choices about their stock market purchases.
- Investors who want to speak confidently with a financial advisor.