Introduction to Financial Markets Investing and Trading Beginner to Advanced A to Z

Episode 1 starts with a Global Macro "Big Picture" view of Financial markets, Global flows of money, and the quest for Returns. This 30,000 foot view is important for anyone new to Financial Markets. For the most part, money knows no border. It also covers the basic concepts of Stocks, and the key metrics and terminology used in Financial Markets, providing a very strong base to continue

Stocks or Stock related investments are also called Equities. This episode takes a deep dive into all the important concepts, key metrics, the terminology, and the basis for stock analysis, investing styles and timeframes, Stock Volatility, Stock Beta, Risk adjusted Returns, and much more. Includes Live trade examples

Mutual Funds and ETFS or Exchange Traded Funds are Pooled investment vehicles. Thousands, perhaps a lot more individual and institutional investors pool in smaller amounts of money which is managed by a Fund manager. The Fund manager actively manages both types, saving investors the effort of research and stock picking. Both types have pros and Cons, but are a good choice for a first investment

This episode gets into slightly more complex investment asset classes. Bond Markets are extremely important for everyone to understand even if you don't trade them, as they directly impact day to day parameters like Interest Rates, Inflation and impact of money printing. Commodities are generally esoteric, but Gold and Oil are popular. Forex markets are complex, and are the largest in the world

Technical Analysis has become an established field in Financial markets, and fundamentally it is a study of crowd behavior. The more people look to charts for certain patterns and events that happened in the past, the more they are likely to act at those points, especially if they see others doing so. Volume is an under rated indicator and is considered in detail and can have amazing insights

Options are a unique and powerful instrument in Financial Markets, but has a learning curve. In this comprehensive Options Beginner Series, start from scratch and build a solid foundation in the mathematical underpinnings of Options. Learn Call and Put Options, Time Decay, Implied Volatility, Option Greeks and more. All concepts demonstrated with Apple Options and Live trades on a trading platform

Futures are also a derivative instrument in Financial Markets, but with lot of leverage. In this comprehensive episode, Futures as well as Options on Futures are explained, as well as several live trades. Futures are an excellent way to hedge your Stock or Option portfolios, especially if overseas events are moving markets in a big way, and your markets are closed

Covers some other investment classes which are not necessarily traded on an exchange, but nonetheless comes under Financial Asset classes. These are Private Equity investing, Hedge funds, Investing into Art, Coins and more. These asset classes are called Alternative Assets. This episode also covers the all important Human Element in Investing and Trading, probably the most important factor