Skip to contentLevel 2: Getting Started with Investing
- Types of Financial Instruments
- Stocks, Mutual Funds, ETFs, Bonds, and Commodities.
- Introduction to Fundamental Analysis
- Evaluating a company’s financial health.
- Key financial statements: Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Statement, and Cash Flow Statement.
- Introduction to Technical Analysis
- Basics of reading charts and patterns.
- Common indicators: RSI, Moving Averages, and MACD.
- Understanding Market Orders
- Types of orders: Market Order, Limit Order, Stop Loss Order.
- Risk and Reward in Stock Market
- How to assess risks and set realistic profit expectations.
- The importance of diversification.
- Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)
- How companies go public.
- Steps to apply for an IPO and factors to consider.
- Introduction to Mutual Funds
- Types: Equity Funds, Debt Funds, and Hybrid Funds.
- Understanding SIPs (Systematic Investment Plans).
- Stock Market Timings and Settlement Process
- Trading hours (9:15 AM to 3:30 PM).
- T+1 settlement cycle in the Indian market.
- Investment Platforms and Tools
- Popular apps like Zerodha, Upstox, and Groww.
- Virtual trading platforms for practice.
- Role of News and Market Sentiments
- How global events and domestic policies impact the market.