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Stocks 101

What a share is, how the market runs and how to read a company before you buy.

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6
Lessons
3
Chapters
6
Diagrams
44
Practice questions
1 hr
Time

What you'll be able to do

  • Explain what you own when you buy a share
  • Follow an order from your app to your demat account
  • Read a P/E ratio without being fooled by it
  • Avoid the mistakes most beginners make in year one

Course syllabus

Every lesson has worked examples, diagrams, key terms, common mistakes and a practice check.

  1. 1

    Chapter 1

    How the market works

    • What the Share Market Really Is 9 min

      A share is part-ownership of a real business. The market is simply where those parts change hands.

    • Demat Account, Trading Account and Your First Order 10 min

      Two accounts work together: one places your orders, the other holds your shares.

  2. 2

    Chapter 2

    Reading a share

    • P/E Ratio: Cheap or Expensive? 10 min

      The P/E tells you what buyers pay for each rupee of profit, and why that number needs context.

    • Why Share Prices Move 10 min

      Prices move when buyers and sellers change their minds. Learn what changes their minds.

  3. 3

    Chapter 3

    Your first steps

    • How to Study Your First Company 11 min

      A simple checklist to understand a business before you put money into it.

    • The Mistakes Most Beginners Make 10 min

      Knowing the common traps in advance is the cheapest lesson you will ever get.

A look inside: “What the Share Market Really Is”

In this lesson you will

  • Explain what you own when you buy a share
  • Tell the primary market from the secondary market
  • Name who runs and who regulates the Indian market
  • Say what the Nifty 50 and the Sensex measure
A share is a slice of a company
Company divided into 100 shares, 5 highlightedOne company = 100 sharesYou hold 5 shares5%of the profits,assets and votes(shown small for clarity)

Imagine a company split into 100 equal parts. Holding 5 of them means owning 5% of the business: 5% of its profits, its assets and its votes.

Share
One equal unit of ownership in a company.
Secondary market
Where existing shares are bought and sold between investors on an exchange.
SEBI
The regulator of India's securities market.
Index
A single number that tracks a basket of shares, like the Nifty 50.