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Investing in Stocks for Beginners
Understand how stock markets work, judge a company and its price with simple tools, and build a diversified long-term portfolio you can stick with.
About this course
Start investing with confidence. Understand how markets work, how to analyze companies, manage risk, and build a diversified long-term portfolio.
What you will learn
- Explain how shares, exchanges, brokers and indices fit together, including how this works on the Nairobi Securities Exchange
- Read a stock quote and a company's basic financial statements to judge its health
- Calculate and interpret common valuation ratios such as P/E, dividend yield and price-to-book
- Compare single stocks with unit trusts, index funds and ETFs and choose the right mix for your goals
- Open an investment account, place market and limit orders, and estimate the effect of fees and taxes on your returns
- Design a diversified model portfolio with a written investment policy, contribution plan and selling rules
Curriculum
Module 1Investing Foundations4 lessons
- 1How Stock Markets Work Free preview
- 2Shares, Indices and Exchanges
- 3Risk, Return and Time Horizon
- 4Investor vs Trader Mindsets
- QModule quiz (4 questions)
Module 2Evaluating Investments4 lessons
- 5Reading a Stock Quote
- 6Company Fundamentals Basics
- 7Valuation Ratios Explained
- 8Funds and ETFs vs Single Stocks
- QModule quiz (4 questions)
Module 3Building a Portfolio4 lessons
- 9Diversification That Works
- 10Dollar-Cost Averaging
- 11Opening Accounts and Placing Orders
- 12Fees and Taxes Awareness
- QModule quiz (4 questions)
Module 4Staying the Course3 lessons
- 13Behavioural Traps for Investors
- 14When to Sell
- 15Course Project: Model Portfolio Design
- QModule quiz (4 questions)
PFinal project: Model Portfolio Design
Who this course is for
- Complete beginners who want to start investing in shares with confidence
- Savers with money in a bank or money market fund who want long-term growth
- Young professionals and business owners planning for long-term wealth
Requirements
- No previous investing or finance knowledge is needed
- A phone or computer with internet access to look up prices and company reports
- A spreadsheet application (Excel, Google Sheets or similar) for the exercises
What is included
Written lessons
15 lessons, each with a practical exercise and key points to remember.
Module quizzes
A short quiz at the end of each module. Pass mark 70%, and you can retake it.
Final project
Model Portfolio Design. A practical brief with steps and a way to check your own work.
Certificate
A certificate of completion from EMFAD Courses with a unique code anyone can verify.
How the certificate works
Complete every lesson and pass every module quiz with 70% or more. Your certificate then appears in your learner area, ready to print or save as PDF. It shows your name, the course title, the completion date and a unique code. It is a certificate of completion from EMFAD Courses, not an accredited qualification.
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