Understanding The Stock Market: For Beginners

Name: Understanding The Stock Market: For Beginners
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The most comprehensive, yet easy to understand course explaining the stock market.

Created byHarvell Floyd Jr

Last updated 11/2014

English

What you'll learn

Understand how the stock market works and how to use that information in everyday life.

Course content

4 sections • 36 lectures • 7h 31m total length

Introduction9:21
History of the stock market12:05
Why it is important to know history?1:52
Equities5:25
Common Stock8:46
Preferred Stock10:02
Classifications of stocks7:26
Classifications of stocks cont.10:07

NYSE4:32
Explore how the NYSE, NASDAQ, and over-the-counter markets operate, featuring open outcry floors, floor brokers, and specialists, and how computers reshape trading and order flow.
NASDAQ5:04
OTC & Other Exchanges2:37
Understand the over-the-counter market, pink sheets, and regional exchanges like Chicago, Boston, and American, plus foreign markets such as Nikkei and DAX, and the risks of penny stocks.
Ticker Tape7:40
Equities: Understanding Ownership, Abilities, Rights & Privileges12:13
Explore equities and ownership in corporations, including how to raise capital through equity and debt financing, stock classes, authorized shares, and bonds with dividends and liquidation preference.
Equities: Common & Preferred Shares18:19
Equities: Raising Capital17:32
Learn how companies raise capital by issuing stock to the public, paying dividends, and using stock splits to adjust price, while investors reap rewards as common stockholders.
Equities: Dividends & Spilts Ex. Berkshire Hathaway9:57
Equities: Voting Rights16:34
Explore how equities grant voting rights to shareholders, typically by proxy at annual meetings, and how rights offerings, preemptive rights, and warrants shape ownership; read annual reports for insight.
Classifications & Tickers18:31
More Classifications16:23

Indexes (Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq)19:45
Indexes Continued10:08
Learn to leverage daily stock market data and news to research companies. Spot big movers at 52-week highs and evaluate gainers, losers, and key metrics like earnings per share.
Research-How to find annual reports9:26
Learn how to locate and read annual reports, using Apple’s 10-K to understand the business scope, products, distribution channels, and strategic priorities.
Research-Annual Reports Cont. & OMB14:42
Research-CNBC19:32
Research Cont. (CNBC, Yahoo Finance)16:34
Explore the price-to-earnings ratio and its trailing and forward forms to assess stock value. Real-world examples show how earnings per share, revenue, and shares outstanding drive valuation.
Research Cont. (CNBC, Yahoo Finance)18:12
Discover how to identify market movers and evaluate stock volatility using CNBC and Yahoo Finance data. Analyze charts and practice technical analysis with E-Trade to spot trading opportunities.
Research Cont. (CNBC)10:09

Research Cont. (Breaking down annual reports)18:12
Research Cont. (More annual report breakdown)16:34
Research Cont. More annual report analysis of Starbucks19:12
Analyze Starbucks' annual report to understand how it grows its global brand through company operated and licensed stores, channels, and regional segments like Americas and China Asia Pacific.
Research Cont. Starbucks & IPO's18:47
Research Cont. Hubspot, Goldman Sachs13:03
Analyze recently filed IPO data, assess proposed symbols and fundraising amounts, and examine HubSpot and Goldman Sachs IPO prospectuses to understand market research and investment decisions.
Research Cont. Apple Computer17:14
Research Cont. More sources11:52
Last Lecture: Applying this course19:11
Intermediate Course Preview4:43

Requirements

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Internet Connection
You can use a laptop, tablet or ipad/iphone

Description

This course is about the stock market and how to understand what it is, how it began, how it's structured, what the component parts are, how the whole thing works basically, and how it applies to everyday life, people, and making money. The course is developed and taught by a 30-year veteran investment banker, the course teaches the history of the markets, classifications of stocks, how to read the ticker tape, how to buy and sell stocks, and everything in between. This is the beginner's course, however, very complex concepts are discussed in detail to give students advanced-level knowledge. This is the first course in a series.

I have taught this course and many others over my 30-year career and I always hear the same things and see the same progress. People become extremely empowered when they gain knowledge about money, finance, and economics. I have literally seen my students go from unemployed to business owners to investors and beyond. I know that by taking this course you will be enriched.

The course is structured in four (4) parts. Each part has a set of videos for you to watch and observe. There are few assignments throughout the videos but strictly voluntary however very effective learning tools. The course has over 7 hours of content that will give the average person a wall street education in about 30 days. By watching a video a day, you will gain powerful insight and information that will help you understand how to make money in the stock market.

Who this course is for:

Individuals who have never owned stocks or have limited experience with stocks should take this course.
People who want to start building a portfolio but don't know how to get started.
Individuals who may already have investments but want to be more in control.

Understanding The Stock Market: For Beginners

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Course content

Part I8 lectures • 1hr 5min

Part II: The Exchanges & How They Work11 lectures • 2hr 9min

Part III: Understanding The Dow & Other Indexes8 lectures • 1hr 58min

Part IV: How to make money right now9 lectures • 2hr 19min

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