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How Not To Suck At Investing: Understanding Stocks (Part 2)

Buying stocks is the first step most investors take in their investing career. In this 40-minute class you'll learn: - the 5 most common valuation metrics, w...
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16,197 students
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Business Casual

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6.2

Freshness

8.8

Popularity

8.9

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Platform: Skillshare
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Video: 43m
Language: English
Next start: On Demand

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8.2 / 10

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6.2 / 10
This course was last updated on 10/2018.

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8.8 / 10
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Material

8.9 / 10
Video Score: 7.6 / 10
The course includes 43m video content. Courses with more videos usually have a higher average rating. We have found that the sweet spot is 16 hours of video, which is long enough to teach a topic comprehensively, but not overwhelming. Courses over 16 hours of video gets the maximum score.
The average video length is 1 hours 42 minutes of 4 Stocks courses on Skillshare.
Detail Score: 9.1 / 10

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Buying stocks is the first step most investors take in their investing career.

In this 40-minute class you’ll learn:

 – the 5 most common valuation metrics, which will help you determine whether a stock is overvalued or a bargain;

 – how stocks return value to their shareholders, either via dividends or buybacks;

 – what stock classes are and why they matter;

 – how to perform fundamental analysis of a company via valuation and industry comparison;

 – how to read price charts and perform technical analysis.

When you’re finished watching the class make sure to check out the class project: it’s a step-by-step guide to finding great stocks via several free online tools.

What can you learn from this course?

Apply what you’ve learned from this class by filtering stocks through your stock screener and then performing an industry comparison of their fundamentals:

1. Visit  FinViz’s stock screener and play around with the filters to find stocks matching your criteria;

2. Keep an eye out for stocks that make you think “I should buy this” and write down their tickers;

3. Once you’ve got a few stocks lined up go to investing.com and go through the companies one by one;

4. You’ll notice the immense amount of information on the company’s investing.com profile page. You can go through its financials and ratios and you’ll see every point of data neatly compared to the industry average;

5. Share the best company you found based on your specific criteria. Make sure to include a screenshot of your FinViz screener’s parameters, so that others can know how you found it.

Once you’re done check out the projects of other students; you may very well discover some great companies there!

What you need to start the course?

There is no prerequisite, anyone can begin this course.. This course is also great for beginners without any Stock Trading knowledge.

Who is this course is made for?

This course is suitable for beginners.

Are there coupons or discounts for How Not To Suck At Investing: Understanding Stocks (Part 2) ? What is the current price?

You can enrol in this course with a Skillshare subscription that costs $8/month, but you start with a FREE 7-day trial. You can also enrol in thousands of courses on a variety of topics with your subscription, including several Stocks courses.

Will I be refunded if I'm not satisfied with the How Not To Suck At Investing: Understanding Stocks (Part 2) course?

There is no money-back guarantee with Skillshare, but you can start with a free one-week trial to learn without risk. With the subscription, you can download classes to your tablet or phone using the Skillshare app.

Are there any financial aid for this course?

At the moment we couldn't find any available scholarship forHow Not To Suck At Investing: Understanding Stocks (Part 2), but you can access more than 30 thousand classes for $8/month on Skillshare, including this one!

Who will teach this course? Can I trust Business Casual?

Business Casual has created 2 courses that got 1,817 reviews which are generally positive. Business Casual has taught 55,642 students and received a 4.3 average review out of 1,817 reviews. Depending on the information available, we think that Business Casual is an instructor that you can trust.

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8.2

Classbaze Grade®

6.2

Freshness

8.8

Popularity

8.9

Material

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Buying stocks is the first step most investors take in their investing career.
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Platform: Skillshare
Price: check current price
Video: 43m
Language: English
Next start: On Demand

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