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Stock Market Basics

A free curriculum that takes you from zero to confident investor.

7 lessons·39 min total·Free, no signup

01·Lesson
7:00
Beginner's Guide to the Stock Market
A beginner-friendly walkthrough of how the stock market actually works — what stocks and shares are, the role of exchanges, brokers and regulators, how to open and fund your first brokerage account, and the foundational concepts of assets, liabilities, risk and return, inflation, interest rates, and compounding. Distilled from Pomegra's full 'The Absolute Basics' chapter to take complete newcomers from zero to confident.
02·Lesson
5:00
How Trades Are Executed
What actually happens between clicking 'buy' and owning a share? A short walkthrough of the five stages every stock order travels through — order creation, your broker's best-execution duty, routing across exchanges and market makers, the matching engine, and T+1 settlement at the clearinghouse — that demystifies the hidden machinery behind a 'one-click' trade.
03·Lesson
5:00
Your Investor's Toolkit
The practical toolkit every new investor needs before placing their first trade — market orders, limit orders, and stop-loss orders explained in plain English, plus how index funds and ETFs let you own a diversified slice of the entire market in a single product.
04·Lesson
4:00
Understanding Market Volatility
Why do stock prices swing so wildly from one day to the next? A short breakdown of the four forces behind market volatility — the emotional engine of fear and greed, the order-book mechanics that translate sentiment into price moves, the amplifying role of algorithmic and high-frequency trading, and how the VIX measures the market's mood in real time.
05·Lesson
6:00
Fundamentals and the Macro Picture
What to actually look at before buying a stock — the three financial statements every company publishes (income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement), the valuation ratios that turn those numbers into a verdict (starting with the P/E ratio), and the macro indicators that shape the backdrop your stock has to perform in: GDP growth, the unemployment rate, and inflation.
06·Lesson
6:00
Uncovering a Company's True Worth
How do you tell whether a stock is actually a bargain or a trap? A short walkthrough of the four-step framework value investors use — separating market price from intrinsic value, doing a 'home inspection' of the business itself (financial health, economic moat, management), running an 'appraisal' with comparables and discounted cash flow, and waiting for a margin of safety before you buy.
07·Lesson
6:00
Choose Your Player: The 4 Investing Personas
Picking a stock is easy — picking a strategy is hard. A short walkthrough of the four classic investing personas every beginner eventually has to choose between: the Bargain Hunter buying fear at a discount, the Visionary paying up for explosive growth, the Farmer compounding dividends in stable companies, and the Surfer riding momentum on the charts — plus the hybrid strategies (like growth at a reasonable price) that experienced investors blend once they know the rules.

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Understanding Market Volatility

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Uncovering a Company's True Worth

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