You hear about the stock market and investing all the time, but let's actually dive into the world of stocks and understand exactly what they are, how to invest in them, and how lucrative the stock market actually is.
****** Investing in the stock market is perhaps one of the easiest investments someone could begin making.
As opposed to something like real estate, shares are far more liquid and don't require a lot of capital to begin investing in them. But that begs a few questions: what exactly are stocks? How does one begin investing in stocks? And how much money can you truly expect to make from the stock market?
In this video, we take a look at what the stock market really is, how it works, and some of the common investment advice out there (DISCLAIMER: this is not financial advice - but more of a look at what is commonly taught in personal finance!).
We'll cover why somebody would decide to sell shares in their company in the first place, what an IPO is, how stock exchanges work, what an order for a share looks like, as well as some of the different order types that exist. We'll also cover the difference between long-term investing, and short-term investing, what indexes are, as well as how to invest in them through Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), and Index Funds.
There's also an important warning in the final chapter of this video where we take a look at how the market has been doing overall, and why we're seeing so many people make insane claims about the returns one can expect from the stock market, and whether or not this is typical.
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****** Prologue - 00:00 The Market - 1:13 The Mechanics - 3:44 The Investor - 9:39 A Warning - 14:38 Conclusion - 16:45
