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Investor courses: where to start — TradeAlmanac

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Investor courses: where to start

Journal articles in order: from a first MOEX trade to reading statements and dividends. Each course states its steps and how long it takes.

A dividend strategy
How payouts work, what a dividend policy really promises, and why a record yield in the screener is a warning rather than an invitation.6 steps · about 75 min
Bonds from scratch
Coupon, accrued interest, duration, put options and yield to maturity — everything needed to compare two issues and not sleep through a put date.7 steps · about 80 min
Derivatives without illusions
Futures, options, margin and expiry: how the contracts work, what the money is debited for every evening, and why leverage hurts even when the forecast is right.9 steps · about 95 min
First steps for an investor
Where to start: how an exchange works, what a lot and an order book are, how to measure return honestly, and why diversification is not thirty stocks from one market.6 steps · about 60 min
Funds: how to choose and not overpay
How an exchange-traded fund differs from an ETF, what is actually inside one, what the fee buys and how closely a fund really follows its index.6 steps · about 65 min
How market infrastructure works
Where your securities actually sit, who guarantees settlement, why one security has several prices, and what happens on delisting.8 steps · about 80 min
How to read financial statements
From two accounting standards to cash flow: where to look, what to trust, and why profit is an accountant's opinion while cash flow is a bank statement.5 steps · about 90 min
Macroeconomics for investors
How a rate decision reaches the price of a security, why the wording of the signal matters more than the decision itself, and what the yield curve says about the future.7 steps · about 95 min
Risk and decisions
How risk differs from price movement, why the length of a drawdown matters more than its depth, and which thinking errors cost the most.7 steps · about 85 min
Shares: from choice to decision
How share types and tiers differ, what a share issue does to your stake, how to read issuer news, and which checklist to run before buying.8 steps · about 100 min
Taxes for investors
What is taxed and when, why less arrives than was announced, what long holding gives you and when you have to file a return yourself.8 steps · about 95 min
Technical analysis: what it can and cannot do
The candle, levels, moving averages, volume and overbought indicators — what each one actually measures and where its applicability ends.7 steps · about 65 min