Basic Investing

Business Training

Understand the Basics of Developing an Investment Portfolio


Course Description: Invest in your portfolio by learning the basics about stocks, mutual funds, and corporate and government bonds. The course also covers basic financial principals, such as compounding money and savings. Regardless of past investing experiences, each student will be able to gain further information helpful to the design of their own portfolio.

Author: Mary Dee Dickerson

Runtime: 1hr. 52min.

Lessons: 39

Lessons
Time
(Min:Sec)
Introduction PREVIEW, CLICK HERE
00:34
Overview PREVIEW, CLICK HERE
00:49
Global Influence of Investing PREVIEW, CLICK HERE
01:51
Major Financial Tasks in the Adult life Cycle
03:32
The Investment Pyramid
02:44
The Investment Process
03:41
Business Activity versus Time
02:37
How Money Grows
02:27
Rule of 72
02:01
Investing Should Not Be Complicated
04:02
Certificate of Deposit
03:55
CDs 1
01:31
CDs 2
03:53
Other Similar Products
01:15
The Investor’s Dilemma
06:37
Common Stock
01:36
Motives for Owning Common Stock
00:58
Classifications of Common Stock
09:06
Keeping an Eye on Your Stocks
02:07
Terms to Know
03:49
Dollar-Cost Averaging in an Ascending Market
03:40
Stock Split
01:39
Mutual Funds
02:53
What is a Mutual Fund?
00:31
Why Invest in Mutual Funds?
05:17
Types of Mutual Funds
13:23
Keeping Track of Your Mutual Fund
01:39
Do I Have to Read the Prospectus?
01:34
How to Weigh the Risk and the Return
00:25
The Fine Art of Switching Funds
00:48
Demystifying No-lead and Load Funds
02:11
Mutual Fund Selection
00:45
A Look at the World of Bonds
00:55
Types of Bonds
03:03
Bond Yields
05:04
A Look at Zero-Coupon Municipals and Unit Trusts
02:21
Index Funds
03:20
Stick with It
01:51
Summary
01:55
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