Eight lessons: about 45 minutes of reading plus 16 minutes of video. Start at Lesson 1 if you have never bought a stock; they build on each other. Every lesson ends with a short quiz and a practice mission that sends you into one of our tools with live market data.
What you actually own when you buy a share, how the market matches buyers to sellers, and the two order types you will use.
How one purchase buys you hundreds of companies at once, and why fees matter far more than most beginners think.
What the S&P 500, NASDAQ and Dow actually measure, and what “beating the market” really means.
How companies pay you for simply owning the stock, and why a very high yield is usually a warning, not a gift.
The loan side of investing: how bonds pay you, why their prices fall when rates rise, and what they are for.
What risk actually means, the kind you can diversify away and the kind you cannot, and how to size your mix.
How one number set by the central bank quietly moves stocks, bonds and your savings account.
What volatility really is, what the market’s “fear gauge” measures, and why you should almost never act on it.
Take the final exam: 24 questions across all eight lessons, with 70% to pass. Pass it and you can download your certificate of completion. Then Course 2 — Intermediate picks up exactly where this leaves off: reading charts and earnings, judging what you pay, choosing the right accounts, and turning what you now know into a real portfolio.
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