Investing for Beginners
Learn the basics of investing, how to start managing your portfolio, reduce risk, and make smart decisions
Led by John Jagerson View Instructor Bio
$199.00 $199 USD
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- Over78 lessonswith video, exercises and interactive content
- Downloadable worksheets to use while you invest
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What will I learn?
- Build an investment portfolio focused on creating real,long-term wealth
- NavigateExchange Traded Funds,dividend stocks, and other trading instruments
- Diversify and when to rebalance duringbull or bear markets
- Makeyour own investment decisionsbased on research and market trends
- Generatedependable, consistent incomewith dividends, while reducing portfolio volatility
This course includes:
- Over78 lessonsof on-demand video, exercises, and interactive content
- Lifetime accessto course so you can watch and rewatch whenever you want
This course is for: beginner investors, even with small amounts of money, looking to take investing into their own hands.
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I’ll teach you why identifying the best ETFs, knowing when to buy them and when to sell them, puts you way ahead of the game.
John Jagerson
CFA®, Founder of Learning Markets LLC
Course Curriculum
- Introduction
- Unsystematic Risk
- Systematic Risk
- Correlation Charts
- Beta Correlation
- Asset Classes
- Asset Allocation
- Review
- Introduction
- Stocks
- Bonds Part One
- Bonds Part Two
- Commodities
- Currencies
- Review
- Introduction
- Portfolio Volatility
- Dividend Investing
- Dividend Yield Example
- Dividend Dates
- Dividend Reinvestment Plans
- BuyBacks
- Review
- Position Sizing Basics
- Sizing Strategies
- Rebalancing
- Position Sizing: Example
- Dollar Cost Averaging
- Review
- Introduction
- What's an ETF Part One
- The Difference Between ETFs and Mutual Funds
- Creation and Redemption
- ETFs vs ETNs
- How ETNs work
- What's Wrong with ETNs
- Types of ETFs
- Review
- Introduction
- Stock ETFs
- Bond ETFs
- Commodity & Currency ETFs Part One
- Commodity & Currency ETFs Part Two
- Real Estate ETFs Part One
- Real Estate ETFs Part Two
- Review
- Introduction
- Market Fear Index
- Corporate Earnings
- Inverted Yields
- 10-20 Year Curve
- Review
- Introduction
- Stop Order Concepts
- Market Order
- Limit Order
- Trailing Stops
- Manuel Trailing Stop
- Trailing Stop: Setting Percentage
- Trailing Stop: Support
- Trailing Stop: PSAR
- Trailing Stop: Moving Average
- Stop Loss Review
- Introduction
- Short Selling: Concepts
- Trading on Margin
- Short Squeeze
- Short Interest
- Inverse ETFs
- Review
About the Instructor
John Jagerson 
John Jagerson CFA
John Jagerson is a CFA and CMT charter holder and a founder of Learning Markets, which provides analysis and education for individual and professional investors. He is an author or co-author of five books on investing, currencies, bonds, and stocks. John has appeared in outlets like Forbes.com, BBC Radio, Nasdaq.com, and CBS for his financial strategy expertise. After graduating with a B.S. in Business from Utah Valley University, John completed the PLD program at Harvard Business School. Once the markets close each day, he can be found back on his mountain bike or in his running shoes on the trails of the Wasatch Mountains near his home.
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