Understanding Investments

Take control of your financial destiny with this comprehensive and easy-to-understand guide to the basics of investing taught by a professor of Economics.

• By This Professor
• 01: How to Stop Worrying and Start Investing
• 02: How Investors Make Money
• 03: Starting with Stocks
• 04: The Basics of Bonds
• 05: Introduction to Mutual Funds
• 06: What Are Exchange-Traded Funds?
• 07: Financial Statement Analysis
• 08: P/E Ratios and the Method of Comparables
• 09: Fundamentals-Based Analysis of Stocks
• 10: Startup Companies and IPOs
• 11: Why Should You Care about Dividends?
• 12: Using Leverage
• 13: Choosing Bonds
• 14: Bond School
• 15: Picking Mutual Funds
• 16: Investing in Foreign Assets
• 17: Options Are for Everyone
• 18: Real Estate and Commodities
• 19: Cycles and Market Timing
• 20: Deciding When to Sell
• 21: Risk, Return, and Diversification
• 22: Time Value of Money
• 23: Financial Planning
• 24: Taking Charge of Your Investments