Group II
Markets, participants and events
How markets work, who acts in them, the economics that drive them, and the events that happen to shareholders.
- 6Financial markets: how they workThe mechanics layer — the plumbing under every quote, order and index number.13 lessons
- 7Market participants: the actorsWho's who — the people and institutions operating the machine, and how each one earns.16 lessons
- 8Macroeconomics for investorsThe news, decoded — what a release is, and how markets structurally respond to it.13 lessons
- 9Microeconomics for investorsWhy some businesses win — the formal wardrobe behind the word "moat".10 lessons
- 10Economic history and schools of thoughtWhere today's money comes from — monetary history, and the arguments that still script policy.12 lessons
- 11Corporate actions and market eventsWhat happens to your shares when the company underneath does something.14 lessons
- 12Market history and great crisesThe market's institutional memory — manias, crashes and what each episode changed.13 lessons
- 13Market data literacyReading the market's raw material — where the numbers come from and where they mislead.11 lessons