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How the Stock Market Works

By: Ramon P. DeGennaro, The Great Courses
Narrated by: Ramon P. DeGennaro
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This course is an introduction to the stock market and stock investing for novices and experienced investors alike. Professor DeGennaro uses simple analogies to explain the origin of stocks and other securities, as well as their relative risks. He stresses the danger of trying to beat the market by trying to pick winners, predict price trends, or otherwise find opportunities that other investors have missed. Far better, he counsels, to own a well-diversified portfolio of individual stocks or stock funds, which tend to grow as the economy grows. He offers detailed guidance on how to pursue this course.

Among the topics covered in these 18 lectures are how to open a brokerage account and choose a financial advisor; the essentials of mutual funds, including index funds, and exchange traded funds (ETFs); how to trade individual stocks, including how to use options; the relative advantages of traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, and 401(k) plans; how to minimize transaction costs and use tax laws for your benefit; the dangers of frequent trading; and the basics of corporate balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements.

For anyone who owns stocks or is thinking of entering the market, this course provides indispensable advice. If you entrust the management of your assets to a financial advisor, this course will give you the background you need to communicate more knowledgeably with him or her and be an informed participant in your own financial well-being.

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One of the greatest courses I've taken

If you could sum up How the Stock Market Works in three words, what would they be?

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• A great explanation of the investment vehicles available
• Eye-opening insights into what drives the stock market and general principles of investing and examples of its benefits

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• While the professor was generally good at explaining investment vehicles, there were a few cases in which a simple example would’ve really helped one to understand the concept being discussed

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Hardly worth my time

I had thought this might be interesting, and that I'd brush up on my Wall Street knowledge ... Not so much. Disappointed on both counts.

This course was for novices, 90% was well beneath the level of what I already know, especially after the last few economics, personal finance, and banking lecture series I've listened to in the last year or so.

There were a few useful tidbits such as investment strategy advice, but not a lot outside of common sense given a basic understanding of the given investment. I almost felt like the prof was talking down to me, being a little patronizing with his "see, isn't this easy?" way of presenting.

All in all, not bad, but not for me. So redundant of content in other classes in this course series, and definitely nothing to grab my attention.

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A very fine primer

I have recommended this to several friends who are novices in this area. It stands alongside "A Random Walk Down Wall Street" as a favorite introduction to investment thinking. These ideas have earned my trust in the markets. It ranges beyond stocks to give some limited, basic explanations of other investments and markets.

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very useful for beginners

This course will not make you the next George Soros but it sets the basic very clearly for the average Jane and Joe to start investing.

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Excellent Course!

Got this on the two for one deal. Excellent course! Great professor. Even without any additional material, the audio is very helpful.

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Informative

Great overview of the stock market and the different investments that are most common. This is a good place to start for people who are new to investing- more advanced investors are likely to know the information in this lectures already.

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Awesome

Learned so much. A definite guide to the stock market,I wished it was a little bit longer

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Well put together.

Very well spoken and clear to understand. The narrator has the ability to discuss what could be a complicated topic in a manner that is very digestible. As an introduction, this serves very well to get a novice into the world of business and stock finance.

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Loved it!

Very consistent with reality, no fairytale. I recommend this audiobook to anyone who want some educational information about investment...

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Excellent course. Very useful information

I really enjoyed this course. I learned a lot and relearned even more. Highly recommended for anyone interested in not dying poor.

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