Understanding Investments

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Course Description

Overview

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.

Syllabus

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

Taught by

Connel Fullenkamp

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