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LESSONS

33 total
[ 01 ]Beginner5 min

What is a Stock?

Buying a stock is like buying a tiny slice of a business. If you own a share of Apple, you literally own a fraction of the company, its factories, its cash, and its future profits.

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[ 02 ]Beginner6 min

How Stock Markets Work

Stock markets are just organized places where buyers and sellers meet to trade shares. The NYSE is like an auction house for stocks. Prices go up when more people want to buy than sell, and down when more want to sell than buy.

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[ 03 ]Beginner5 min

Stock Exchanges & Market Hours

The two biggest US stock exchanges are the NYSE and NASDAQ. Regular trading hours are 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM Eastern, Monday through Friday. Pre-market and after-hours trading also exist but with less liquidity.

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[ 04 ]Beginner6 min

Order Types: Market, Limit & Stop

A Market Order says 'buy/sell NOW at whatever the current price is.' A Limit Order says 'only buy/sell at this specific price or better.' A Stop Order says 'trigger a market order when the price reaches this level.' Each has a purpose.

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[ 05 ]Beginner5 min

Reading Stock Quotes

A stock quote is like a snapshot of a stock's vital signs. It shows you the current price, today's high and low, trading volume, the previous close, and key financial ratios — everything you need at a glance.

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[ 06 ]Beginner6 min

Market Cap & Sectors

Market Cap is a company's price tag — how much it would cost to buy the whole business. Sectors are the 'aisles' in the stock market grocery store, grouping similar companies together like Technology, Healthcare, and Financials.

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[ 07 ]Intermediate7 min

Fundamental Analysis Basics

Fundamental analysis is like being a detective investigating a business. You study its financial statements, revenue, profits, debt, and growth potential to figure out what the stock is truly worth versus what the market is charging.

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[ 08 ]Intermediate6 min

P/E Ratio & Valuation

The P/E ratio tells you how much investors are willing to pay for $1 of a company's earnings. A P/E of 20 means investors pay $20 for every $1 of annual profit. Higher P/E = more expensive (or higher growth expected). Lower P/E = cheaper (or lower growth expected).

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[ 09 ]Intermediate6 min

Earnings Reports

Every quarter, public companies release their 'report card' — the earnings report. It shows how much money they made, how they performed versus expectations, and what they expect going forward. Stocks can move dramatically on earnings.

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[ 10 ]Intermediate7 min

Technical Analysis Intro

Technical analysis is reading stock price charts to predict where the price will go next. Instead of studying the business, you study the behavior of other traders through patterns in price and volume. It's like reading the crowd.

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[ 11 ]Intermediate5 min

Support & Resistance

Support is a price floor where buyers tend to step in. Resistance is a price ceiling where sellers tend to appear. These levels exist because traders remember past prices and act on those memories. When support breaks, it often becomes resistance, and vice versa.

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[ 12 ]Intermediate5 min

Volume & Price Action

Volume is how many shares traded. It's the conviction behind price moves. A big price move on high volume is convincing. A big price move on low volume is suspicious. Volume confirms or denies what the price chart is telling you.

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[ 13 ]Beginner5 min

Dividends & Yield

Dividends are cash payments companies make to shareholders, usually quarterly. It's like getting a rent check for owning part of a business. Dividend Yield tells you what percentage of the stock price you receive in annual dividends.

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[ 14 ]Beginner4 min

Stock Splits

A stock split is like cutting a pizza into more slices. A 2-for-1 split doubles your shares but halves the price. You own the same total value — just more pieces. Companies split to make shares more affordable for retail investors.

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[ 15 ]Intermediate6 min

IPOs & Going Public

An IPO (Initial Public Offering) is when a private company sells shares to the public for the first time. It's the company's debut on the stock market. Some IPOs skyrocket on day one; others flop. They're exciting but often risky.

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[ 16 ]Intermediate6 min

Risk Management for Stocks

Risk management is how you protect yourself from big losses. The core rules: never risk more than you can afford to lose, use position sizing to limit each trade's impact, set stop-losses, and diversify across different stocks and sectors.

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[ 17 ]Beginner5 min

Portfolio Diversification

Diversification is the investment version of 'don't put all your eggs in one basket.' By spreading your money across different stocks, sectors, and asset classes, you reduce the impact of any single investment going wrong.

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[ 18 ]Beginner5 min

ETFs vs. Individual Stocks

An ETF (Exchange-Traded Fund) is a basket of stocks you can buy as a single share. SPY holds all 500 S&P 500 stocks. Instead of picking individual winners, you buy the whole market (or a slice of it). Most individual investors do better with ETFs.

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[ 19 ]Beginner5 min

Bull & Bear Markets

A bull market means stocks are going up (20%+ gain from a low). A bear market means stocks are going down (20%+ decline from a high). Bull markets last longer on average (about 5 years) than bear markets (about 1 year). Historically, stocks always recover.

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[ 20 ]Intermediate5 min

Long vs. Short Positions

Going 'long' means you bought shares hoping the price goes up. Going 'short' means you borrowed and sold shares hoping the price goes down — you buy them back later at a lower price and keep the difference. Short selling is risky and complex.

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[ 21 ]Intermediate6 min

Moving Averages

A moving average smooths out price noise by averaging prices over a set period. The 50-day MA averages the last 50 closing prices. When the short-term MA crosses above the long-term MA, that's often a bullish signal — and vice versa.

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[ 22 ]Intermediate7 min

Candlestick Patterns

Candlestick charts show you the open, high, low, and close for each period as a visual 'candle.' Specific patterns — like a hammer, doji, or engulfing candle — act as signals about the tug of war between buyers and sellers.

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[ 23 ]Intermediate7 min

RSI & MACD Indicators

RSI measures how overbought or oversold a stock is on a scale of 0–100. Above 70 = overbought (might pull back). Below 30 = oversold (might bounce). MACD measures momentum by comparing two moving averages — when the lines cross, it signals a shift in trend.

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[ 24 ]Intermediate6 min

Margin Accounts & Buying on Margin

A margin account lets you borrow money from your broker to buy more stock than you could with cash alone. It amplifies both gains and losses. The broker charges interest on the loan. If your position drops too far, you get a margin call and must deposit more cash immediately.

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[ 25 ]Intermediate7 min

Sector Rotation & the Economic Cycle

Different sectors of the stock market tend to outperform at different stages of the economic cycle. Technology leads in expansion. Consumer staples lead in recession. Understanding where we are in the cycle helps you tilt your portfolio toward the sectors most likely to outperform.

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[ 26 ]Intermediate7 min

Behavioral Finance & Investor Psychology

Your biggest enemy in investing is often yourself. Behavioral finance studies why investors make irrational decisions — buying high due to FOMO, selling low in panic, holding losers too long, and cutting winners too short. Knowing these biases is the first step to overcoming them.

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[ 27 ]Advanced7 min

How Short Selling Works

Short selling lets you profit when a stock falls. You borrow shares from your broker and sell them. Later, you buy them back (hopefully cheaper) and return them. The risk: if the stock goes UP instead of down, your losses are theoretically unlimited.

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[ 28 ]Beginner5 min

Using Stock Screeners & Research Tools

Stock screeners let you filter thousands of stocks down to a shortlist that matches your criteria — like 'P/E under 20, dividend yield over 3%, 52-week high, small cap.' They're one of the most useful tools for finding trade ideas fast.

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[ 29 ]Intermediate6 min

Tax Considerations for Stock Investors

The IRS taxes stock gains differently based on how long you held the stock. Hold for over a year and you pay lower long-term capital gains rates (0%, 15%, or 20%). Hold for under a year and profits are taxed as ordinary income — up to 37%. This one distinction can cost you thousands.

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[ 30 ]Intermediate6 min

How Macro & Interest Rates Affect Stocks

Interest rates are the most powerful force in financial markets. When the Fed raises rates, borrowing becomes expensive, valuations compress, and growth stocks fall hardest. When rates fall, cheap money lifts all boats — especially growth stocks. Understanding this one relationship is worth a lot.

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[ 31 ]Beginner5 min

Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA)

Dollar-cost averaging means investing a fixed dollar amount at regular intervals — weekly, biweekly, or monthly — regardless of what the market is doing. Instead of trying to pick the perfect entry point, you buy consistently. Over time, you end up with a lower average cost than most people who try to time the market.

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[ 32 ]Intermediate8 min

Reading Financial Statements

Every public company files three financial statements: the Income Statement (profit/loss), the Balance Sheet (what it owns and owes), and the Cash Flow Statement (actual cash coming in and out). Together, they tell you whether a business is healthy, growing, and creating real value — or just reporting impressive-looking accounting numbers.

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[ 33 ]Intermediate6 min

Stock Buybacks & Share Repurchases

A stock buyback is when a company uses its cash to buy back its own shares from the market. This reduces the total shares outstanding — which increases earnings per share (EPS) and often the stock price. Buybacks are how many companies return cash to shareholders without paying a dividend. But they're not always a good sign.

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STRATEGIES

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BullishDefined riskBeginner

Buy and Hold

A passive investment strategy where an investor buys stocks or ETFs and holds them for a long period, regardless of short-term market fluctuations. The most proven wealth-building approach for most investors.

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BullishDefined riskBeginner

Dividend Investing

Building a portfolio of stocks that pay regular dividends to generate passive income. Focus on dividend growth (companies that raise dividends annually) rather than just current yield.

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BullishDefined riskIntermediate

Value Investing

Buying stocks that trade below their estimated intrinsic value, based on thorough fundamental analysis. Made famous by Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett. Requires patience — the market can be wrong for a long time.

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BullishUndefined riskIntermediate

Growth Investing

Investing in companies expected to grow significantly faster than the market, even if they trade at high valuations. Growth investors pay premium prices today expecting large future earnings. High risk, high potential reward.

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BullishDefined riskIntermediate

Swing Trading

Holding positions for 2-10 days to capture short-term price swings. Combines technical analysis for entry/exit with fundamental awareness of catalysts. Requires active monitoring and strict risk management.

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BullishUndefined riskIntermediate

Momentum Trading

Buying stocks that have shown strong recent price performance, betting that the trend will continue. Momentum works because institutional buying takes time to complete — early momentum buyers ride the wave as more money flows in.

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BullishDefined riskBeginner

Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA)

Investing a fixed dollar amount at regular intervals regardless of price. You buy more shares when prices are low and fewer when prices are high, automatically lowering your average cost basis over time.

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BullishDefined riskBeginner

Index Investing

Buying and holding broad market index funds (S&P 500, total market, international) to capture overall market returns with minimal cost and effort. Beats the majority of actively managed funds over long periods.

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NeutralDefined riskIntermediate

Sector Rotation

Shift your portfolio allocation between sectors based on where you are in the economic cycle. Overweight outperforming sectors, underweight lagging ones. Uses sector ETFs for easy implementation.

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BullishDefined riskBeginner

Core-Satellite Investing

Pair a stable 'core' of broad index funds with a smaller 'satellite' of high-conviction active positions. You capture most of the market's return while leaving room to express specific views — the best of passive and active in one framework.

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BullishDefined riskBeginner

Dividend Reinvestment (DRIP)

Automatically reinvest every dividend payment back into additional shares of the same stock or ETF. Over time, compounding grows your share count and dividend income simultaneously — a self-fueling wealth machine.

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NeutralDefined riskIntermediate

Covered Call Writing

Own 100 shares of stock, then sell a call option against it for immediate premium income. You keep the premium whether the stock moves up, down, or sideways. If the stock is called away above your strike, you exit at a price you were comfortable selling anyway.

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BullishDefined riskBeginner

REIT Investing

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) let you invest in income-producing real estate — office towers, apartments, data centers, hospitals — without buying property. By law, REITs must pay out 90% of taxable income as dividends, making them one of the highest-yielding equity categories.

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BullishDefined riskIntermediate

GARP Investing

Growth At a Reasonable Price blends the best of value and growth investing. You seek companies growing earnings 15-25% annually but trading at PEG ratios below 1.5 — not cheap by traditional value standards, but not the extreme valuations of pure growth stocks either.

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BullishDefined riskIntermediate

Quality Factor Investing

Focus on companies with exceptional balance sheets, high returns on capital, consistent free cash flow, and durable competitive advantages. Quality companies survive recessions better and often compound wealth for a decade or more without the need for constant monitoring.

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BullishDefined riskIntermediate

Breakout Trading

Buy a stock the moment it breaks above a well-defined resistance level, betting that the breakout leads to a sustained move higher. High-volume breakouts from multi-week consolidation patterns have the best follow-through.

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NeutralDefined riskAdvanced

Stock Day Trading

Buy and sell stocks within the same market session, closing all positions by 4:00 PM to avoid overnight risk. Day traders exploit intraday momentum, news-driven moves, and technical setups. Requires pattern-day-trader account ($25,000 minimum) and strict discipline.

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NeutralDefined riskAdvanced

Pairs Trading

Buy the stronger stock and short the weaker stock in the same sector, betting the price gap will narrow. Market neutral by design — you profit from the relative performance difference, not overall market direction. Used by hedge funds to extract alpha in any market environment.

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BullishDefined riskIntermediate

Small-Cap Value Tilt

Overweight small-cap value stocks via funds (IJS, AVUV) or individual names selected on low P/B and strong free-cash-flow yield. Captures the small-cap value premium documented since the 1930s.

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BullishDefined riskIntermediate

Low-Volatility Anomaly

Tilt toward low-volatility stocks (USMV, SPLV) which historically deliver market-like returns at significantly lower drawdowns. Exploits the well-documented 'low-vol anomaly'.

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BullishDefined riskIntermediate

All-Weather Equity Sleeve

Build an equity allocation that performs across regimes: 25% US large cap, 25% US small cap value, 25% international developed, 25% emerging markets. Geographic and factor diversification.

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NeutralDefined riskBeginner

Covered Call ETF Income

Use covered-call ETFs (JEPI, JEPQ, QYLD) for income-focused exposure. Trades upside cap for high distribution yields (7-12%) suitable for income-seeking investors.

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NeutralDefined riskAdvanced

Merger Arbitrage

Buy the target stock after an announced acquisition at a discount to the deal price. Earn the spread between current price and deal close, typically 1-5%, on successful deals.

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BullishUndefined riskAdvanced

Spinoff Investing

Buy newly spun-off subsidiaries from large parent companies. Systematic forced-selling by index funds creates initial discounts, with documented outperformance over 3-year holding periods.

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BullishDefined riskBeginner

International Developed Tilt

Allocate meaningfully to non-US developed markets (Europe, Japan, UK) via VEA or IEFA. Captures lower valuations and currency-diversification benefits.

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BullishUndefined riskIntermediate

Emerging Markets Allocation

Invest in emerging-markets equities via VWO or IEMG. Higher long-term GDP growth and lower valuations come with currency, political, and liquidity risk.

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BullishUndefined riskIntermediate

Thematic ETF Investing

Take focused exposure to a long-term secular theme via thematic ETFs (ICLN, ROBO, AIQ, BLOK). Concentrated bets on disruption with elevated drawdown risk.

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BullishDefined riskIntermediate

Buyback-Yield Tilt

Overweight stocks with high buyback yields (PKW, SPYB) or screen individually for companies retiring 5%+ of shares annually. Buybacks often signal management confidence and durable cash flow.

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