Basics of Investment and Trading
This course lays out the essential mindset and toolkit every market participant needs, covering how to stay informed with an economic calendar, how investing differs fundamentally from trading, and how to apply fundamental analysis specifically to shares. It's the perfect bridge between understanding financial markets and actually participating in them with confidence.
Course curriculum
What are Economic Calendars ?
What are Economic Calendars ? (Article)
What are Economic Calendars ? (Quiz)
Requirements
Prerequisite Course: "Different types of Financial Markets"
Outcomes
Economic Calendar
Investing vs Trading
Fundamental Analysis of Shares
Student Reviews
55 Reviews
Student Reviews
Carol Ramos
Coming from a non-finance background, this was easy to follow. The examples in Fundamental Analysis of Shares helped me understand my own habits better. This gave me the confidence to start applying it.
Jack Gray
Highly recommend this course, the course content was well structured and easy to follow from start to finish.
Jack Rogers
I'm impressed with this course, everything was well organised, I never felt lost or confused. Great value for money.
Michael Campbell
Very happy with this course, the pace of the lessons was logically laid out, never felt rushed or too slow. Well worth fitting into my evening schedule.
Alexander Taylor
Surprisingly, this turned out to be my favourite part of the course. This module's take on Economic Calendar was more practical than anything I've seen before. I've bookmarked this to revisit later.
Jack Reyes
To be fair, I wasn't expecting to get this much out of it. The examples in Fundamental Analysis of Shares helped me understand my own habits better. The instructor explained it in a way that finally made sense.
Thomas Peterson
Surprisingly, this turned out to be my favourite part of the course. The examples in Economic Calendar helped me understand my own habits better. I've bookmarked this to revisit later.
Nicole Ward
Very happy with this course, the course structure was easy to digest, one topic flowed naturally into the next. Looking forward to enrolling in the next course.
Yuki Mendoza
This module stood out to me. The way Investing vs Trading was explained helped me set clearer goals for myself. This gave me the confidence to start applying it.
Brian Campbell
As someone new to trading, this was a great starting point. I now approach Fundamental Analysis of Shares with a completely different mindset after this lesson. Great value for the time I put in.
