How the Stock Market Works

Offered By: The Great Courses Plus

Course Description

Overview

Discover the opportunities and risks of stock investing with a course that explains why stocks rise and fall, and how you can invest without losing sleep.

Syllabus

By This Professor
01: Is Investing in Your Blood?
02: Understanding Fundamental Securities
03: What Is the Stock Market?
04: Historical Returns and Volatility
05: Risk, Expected Return, and Diversification
06: What Determines How Much You'll Make
07: The Efficient Market Hypothesis
08: Choosing a Brokerage Firm
09: Trading and Investing Basics
10: Trading Strategies and Common Mistakes
11: The Language of Financial Reporting
12: Corporate Analysis and Valuation
13: Mutual Funds and Other Investment Companies
14: Minimizing Transaction Costs and Taxes
15: Tax Shelters-Roths, IRAs, and 401(k) Plans
16: Making Sense of IPOs
17: The Stock Market and the Macro Economy
18: Investing with Confidence

Taught by

Ramon P. DeGennaro

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