The Key to Successful, Profitable, and Sustainable Future? Investing. (Learn How to Make Money in the Stock Market)
What you'll learn How to read a company's summary page on Yahoo Finance
Download historical stock prices
Calculate rates of return and volatility measures
Compare the risk and return profiles of different securities
Calculate risk and return of a portfolio of stocks
Understand the concepts of correlation and diversification
Build the efficient frontier in Excel/Google Sheets
Discover how to download a company's annual 10-K report and how to read it
Understand the Modern Portfolio Theory and use the Capital asset pricing model to determine expected return on equity in stock valuation models
Calculate the Sharpe and Treynor ratios, as well as indicators like M2 and Jensen's alpha
You will also master fundamental valuation concepts such as fair and market value
Distinguish between public and private equity securities
Compare the market and book value of equities
Calculate the intrinsic value of a stock using the Dividend discount model
Explain why we use price multiples to value equity securities
Perform industry analysis
Use the industry life cycle model
Define primary and secondary markets
We will also calculate and interpret the value, price, and total return of an index
Contrast the different weighting methods used in index construction
Summarize the factors that affect market efficiency
Characterize behavioral finance and its relevance to understanding market anomalies
Review the principles of technical analysis
Examine common chart patterns
Requirements No prior knowledge is required
A spreadsheet tool: Microsoft Excel (any version) or Google Sheets
Description What are your financial goals?Do you want to supplement your traditional income?Are you planning for an early retirement?And ultimately, do you strive for financial freedom?On the way to achieving financial success, there are very few things that are as important as an in-depth understanding of where and how to invest.Don't leave your cash sitting in the bank just because the stock market feels too sophisticated.Whilst investment manager and mutual fund fees can be very expensive at times, you shouldn't let this stand in your way.To get ahead of the game, you can now learn how to invest on your own. Become a prepared investor who understands how the stock market functions.You don't need to be an expert in the field of finance. This course will help you unravel the defining concepts of financial markets, right from the get-go. You will learn about value investing and how to measure the performance of stocks, indexes, mutual funds, and ETFs.We will explain different risk measures, and you will get to know how to be a disciplined investor who is aware of the underlying volatility on the market. That way, you will be better able to earn a living with none of the guessing games and uncertainty.Put your resources to work and get a clear idea of what kind of investments are available to you today.This course aims at developing your financial skills and aptitude. The key thing to remember is that there is no magic bullet for making six- and seven-figure profits overnight. This isn't realistic and you should not trust anyone promising you such outcomes. It's all about governing your money properly!What we will do together is cover some very important topics that will build a solid foundation for becoming knowledgeable enough to invest in the stock market. Using your own analysis and forming your own ideas are two of the main skills you will acquire along the way.In this course, you will also learn how to:- Download financial data and interpret the data available in different financial sources- Calculate rates of return and volatility measures- Understand the concepts of correlation and diversification- Interpret the Modern Portfolio Theory and use the Capital asset pricing model to determine expected return on equity in stock valuation models- Build the efficient frontier in Excel- Calculate the Sharpe and Treynor ratios, as well as indicators like M2 and Jensen's alpha- Distinguish between public and private equity securities- Compute the intrinsic value of a stock using the Dividend discount model- Use the industry life cycle model- Define primary and secondary markets- Calculate and interpret the value, price, and total return of an index- Contrast the different weighting methods used in index construction- Characterize behavioral finance and its relevance to understanding market anomalies- Review the principles of technical analysis, and examine common chart patterns- Describe the different types of investors, and consider the various aspects of the asset management industryDon't forget that the course comes with Udemy's 30-day unconditional, money-back-in-full guarantee. And why not give such a guarantee, when we are sure the course will provide tons of value for you?Go ahead and subscribe now! Acquire these skills and leap at the opportunity to set yourself apart from the crowd. Take no chances when planning for your future! Let's start learning together today!
Overview
Section 1: What Does the Course Cover?
Lecture 1 What Does the Course Cover?
Lecture 2 How to Calculate Fair Value In Just 4 Minutes
Section 2: Practical Concepts
Lecture 3 Introduction
Lecture 4 A Guide to Yahoo Finance (Part 1)
Lecture 5 A Guide to Yahoo Finance (Part 2)
Lecture 6 How to Download Historical Price Data in Excel (Yahoo Finance)
Lecture 7 How to Download Historical Price Data in Excel (Google Finance)
Lecture 8 Formatting a Spreadsheet
Lecture 9 How to Download Financials
Lecture 10 Stock vs. Index Fund Investing
Lecture 11 The Most Popular Stock Indexes and Their Composition
Section 3: Finance Fundamentals
Lecture 12 How to Calculate Rates of Return
Lecture 13 How to Calculate Rates of Return (Excel)
Lecture 14 Mean, Variance and Covariance of Asset Returns
Lecture 15 Variance and Standard Deviation of Returns (Excel)
Lecture 16 Covariance and Correlation Between Two Stocks (Excel)
Lecture 17 Portfolio Risk and Return
Lecture 18 Portfolio Risk and Return (Excel)
Lecture 19 Risk Aversion
Lecture 20 Risk Aversion (Implications)
Lecture 21 Risk Aversion (Practice questions)
Lecture 22 Risk Aversion (Practice questions)_Answers with explanations
Section 4: Interaction Between Assets
Lecture 23 Major Asset Classes
Lecture 24 Historical vs Expected Returns
Lecture 25 The Correlation Coefficient
Lecture 26 Investment Opportunity Set
Lecture 27 Minimum-Variance Frontier
Lecture 28 Minimum-Variance Frontier (Excel)
Lecture 29 Capital Allocation Line
Lecture 30 Optimal Risky Portfolio (Excel)
Lecture 31 Capital Allocation Line (Excel)
Lecture 32 Optimal Investor Portfolio
Section 5: Portfolio Risk and Return
Lecture 33 Two-fund Separation Theorem
Lecture 34 CAL vs. CML
Lecture 35 Systematic vs. Unsystematic Risk
Lecture 36 Return-generating Models
Lecture 37 Calculate and Interpret Beta
Lecture 38 Regression analysis
Lecture 39 How to Calculate Beta in Excel
Lecture 40 Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
Lecture 41 Security Market Line (SML)
Lecture 42 Expected Return (CAPM)
Lecture 43 CAPM (Applications)
Lecture 44 Sharpe Ratio and M2 Ratio
Lecture 45 Treynor Ratio and Jensen's Alpha
Lecture 46 Performance Measures (Example)
Section 6: Overview of Equity Securities
Lecture 47 Equity Securities (Characteristics)
Lecture 48 Voting Rights
Lecture 49 Private vs. Public Equity
Lecture 50 Non-domestic Stocks
Lecture 51 Equity (Risk and Return)
Lecture 52 The Role of Equity in Company Financing
Lecture 53 Market vs Book Value of Equity
Lecture 54 Return on Equity
Lecture 55 Cost of Equity
Section 7: Introduction to Industry and Company Analysis
Lecture 56 Industry Analysis
Lecture 57 Industry Classification Systems
Lecture 58 Commercial Industry Classification Systems
Lecture 59 Governmental Industry Classification Systems
Lecture 60 Cyclical vs. Non-cyclical Firms
Lecture 61 Peer Group Analysis
Lecture 62 Industry Analysis (Elements)
Lecture 63 Strategic Analysis (Principles)
Lecture 64 Barriers to Entry
Lecture 65 Industry Concentration
Lecture 66 Industry Capacity
Lecture 67 Industry Life-cycle Model
Lecture 68 Representative Industries (Characteristics)
Lecture 69 Industry Growth, Profitability, and Risk (External Influences)
Lecture 70 Company Analysis (Elements)
Lecture 71 Practice Questions
Lecture 72 Practice Questions (Answers and Explanations)
Section 8: Market Organization and Structure
Lecture 73 Financial System (Functions)
Lecture 74 Financial System (Purposes)
Lecture 75 Equilibrium Interest Rate
Lecture 76 Asset Classification
Lecture 77 Security Types
Lecture 78 Pooled Investment Vehicles
Lecture 79 Currencies
Lecture 80 Derivative Contracts
Lecture 81 Real Assets
Lecture 82 Financial Intermediaries
Lecture 83 Dealers
Lecture 84 Depository Institutions
Lecture 85 Insurance Companies
Lecture 86 Arbitrageurs
Lecture 87 Clearinghouses and Custodians
Lecture 88 Long and Short Position
Lecture 89 Short Position
Lecture 90 Leveraged Position
Lecture 91 Leverage Ratio
Lecture 92 Margin Call
Lecture 93 Trade Order
Lecture 94 Execution Instructions
Lecture 95 Validity Instructions
Lecture 96 Clearing Instructions
Lecture 97 Primary vs. Secondary Market
Lecture 98 Initial Public Offering (IPO)
Lecture 99 Other Primary Market Transactions
Lecture 100 Secondary Market Structures
Lecture 101 Execution Mechanisms
Lecture 102 Market Information Systems
Lecture 103 Characteristics of a Well-functioning Financial System
Lecture 104 Market Regulation
Lecture 105 Practice Questions
Lecture 106 Practice questions (answers and explanations)
Section 9: Security Market Indexes
Lecture 107 Security Market Index
Lecture 108 Price and Total Return
Lecture 109 Single-period Total Return
Lecture 110 Index Value (Multiple Time Periods)
Lecture 111 Index Construction and Management
Lecture 112 Index Weighting
Lecture 113 Equal Weighting
Lecture 114 Market-capitalization Weighting
Lecture 115 Float-adjusted Market-capitalization Weighting
Lecture 116 Fundamental Weighting
Lecture 117 Price-weighted Index (Value and Return) in Excel
Lecture 118 Market-capitalization-weighted Index (Value and Return) in Excel
Lecture 119 Equal-weighted Index (Value and Return) in Excel
Lecture 120 Index returns (Excel)
Lecture 121 Index Rebalancing
Lecture 122 Market Indexes (Applications)
Lecture 123 Equity Index Types
Lecture 124 Fixed-Income Index Types
Lecture 125 Alternative Investment Index Types
Lecture 126 Security Market Indexes (Comparison)
Lecture 127 Practice Questions
Lecture 128 Practice Questions with Answers
Section 10: Market Efficiency
Lecture 129 Market Efficiency
Lecture 130 Market vs. Intrinsic Value
Lecture 131 Market Efficiency: Factors
Lecture 132 Market Efficiency Forms
Lecture 133 Market Efficiency Forms (Implications)
Lecture 134 Market Anomalies
Lecture 135 Market Anomalies (Types)
Lecture 136 Momentum and Overreaction Anomalies
Lecture 137 Cross-Sectional Anomalies
Lecture 138 Other Market Anomalies
Lecture 139 Behavioral Finance
Section 11: Technical Analysis
Lecture 140 Technical Analysis - Principles, Applications, Assumptions
Lecture 141 Charts Used in Technical Analysis
Lecture 142 Other Tools Used in Technical Analysis
Lecture 143 Trend, Support and Resistance Lines
Lecture 144 Common Chart Patterns
Lecture 145 Price Indicators
Lecture 146 Momentum Oscillators
Lecture 147 Non-price Based Indicators
Lecture 148 Technical Analysis – Cycles
Lecture 149 Intermarket Analysis
Section 12: Portfolio Management: An Overview
Lecture 150 Portfolio Approach
Lecture 151 Portfolio Management Process
Lecture 152 Types of Investors
Lecture 153 DB and DC plans
Lecture 154 The Asset Management Industry
Lecture 155 Mutual Funds
Lecture 156 SMAs and ETFs
Lecture 157 Hedge Funds
Lecture 158 Private Equity
Lecture 159 Practice Questions
Lecture 160 Practice Questions with Answers
Section 13: Equity Valuation: Concepts and Tools
Lecture 161 Market vs. Intrinsic Value
Lecture 162 Equity Valuation Models (Categories)
Lecture 163 Dividend Payments
Lecture 164 Dividend Payment Chronology
Lecture 165 Dividend Discount Model (DDM)
Lecture 166 Free-cash-flow-to-equity Model
Lecture 167 Required Rate of Return (Common Equity)
Lecture 168 Fundamental Value of Preferred Stock
Lecture 169 Gordon Growth Model
Lecture 170 Multistage Dividend Discount Model
Lecture 171 Present Value Models-Overview
Lecture 172 Multiplier Model
Lecture 173 Common Price Multiples
Lecture 174 Price Multiples Based on Fundamentals
Lecture 175 Price Multiples Based on Comparables
Lecture 176 Enterprise Value Multiples
Lecture 177 Asset-based Valuation Model
Lecture 178 Equity Valuation Models-Strengths and Weaknesses
Lecture 179 Practice questions
Lecture 180 Practice Questions with Answers
Beginner investors,Individuals interested in investments,Investors who want to learn hands-on analysis techniques in Excel/Google Sheets,People who want to pursue financial freedom,Individuals who want to pursue a passive income lifestyle,Anyone interested in stock markets and financial securities
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