Explore different market conditions and strategies for protecting your portfolio during downturns and maximizing gains during booms. Learn about key economic indicators, stock market fundamentals, and investment concepts through a comprehensive series of lessons. Dive into topics such as interest rates, stock indices, bond markets, Federal Reserve policies, recessions, economic booms, bear markets, IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, dividend investing, stock valuation, cryptocurrency, ESG investing, and sector rotation. Gain insights into interpreting economic data, understanding market patterns, and navigating various investment scenarios. Discover the intricacies of different trading orders, market hours, and stock market circuit breakers. Analyze the impact of global events, government policies, and economic indicators on financial markets and investment strategies.
Overview
Syllabus
What to Expect When the Fed Raises Interest Rates.
What Is the Dow Jones Industrial Average?.
What’s an Index? The Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Explained.
How the Bond Market Works.
What's the Difference Between Bonds and Stocks?.
Why Is the Stock Market Up When the Economy Is Down?.
A COVID-19 Vaccine and the Stock Market: Which Industries Could Benefit?.
Investing Lingo.
What Does the Federal Reserve Do?.
What Happens When the Fed Lowers Interest Rates.
How Negative Interest Rates Could Affect You.
Understanding the Yield Curve.
Why Skyscrapers Seem to Predict Market Crashes | Marginalia Episode 1.
Are We in a Recession?.
Economic Booms.
Defining a Bear Market.
3 Tips for Surviving a Market Selloff.
Investing During Stock Market Highs.
Public vs. Private Companies.
IPO Explained: What is an Initial Public Offering?.
Mergers and Acquisitions: What Investors Need to Know.
Stock Splits Explained.
Dividend Basics.
Dividend Dates Explained.
What Stock Investors Can Learn from Company Earnings Reports.
Stock Valuation Lessons from U.S. Automakers and Tech Companies.
The Patterns Some Investors See in the Stock Market | Marginalia Episode 3.
TD Ameritrade Education Series: Exchanges.
Stock Order Types: Limit Orders, Market Orders, and Stop Orders.
How to Invest in 5G.
How Index Funds Beat Hedge Funds over Time | Simple Steps for a Retirement Portfolio Course.
Investing Basics: Bitcoin and Blockchain.
Socially Aware Portfolios and ESG Investing.
Investing in Marijuana Stocks: Risks & Considerations.
Access Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) on thinkorswim®.
How to Handle Margin Calls.
How Common Are Bear Markets and Market Corrections?.
What Are Index Funds?.
What Bankruptcy and Bailouts Mean for Investors | Market Q&A.
Earnings During Coronavirus | Market Q&A.
Why the Jobs Report Matters to Investors.
Penny Stocks, Microcaps, and OTC Stocks Explained.
Navigating the Quarantine Economy.
When the Fed Cuts Interest Rates, Should You Refinance Your Mortgage? I Comment Below.
Economic Recovery from COVID-19: What Shape Will It Take?.
Quantitative Easing (QE) and How the Fed Responds to Financial Crises.
What Are Currency Pairs?.
How to Navigate an Economic Bust.
Sector Rotation & Stocks to Watch During a Recession or Recovery.
What is a SPAC? Special Purpose Acquisition Companies Explained.
Stock Volume Explained.
Economic Stimulus: Monetary & Fiscal Policy Explained.
What Are Stock Market Circuit Breakers?.
Fed Tapering: What Is It, and Should Investors Prepare for a Taper Tantrum?.
Premarket to After-Hours Trading: Trading Hours Explained | Comment Below.
Dow Theory Explained.
Debt Ceiling Standoff 2021: What It Means for Investors.
What Are Stock Buybacks and Why Are They Controversial?.
How Do Crude Oil Prices Impact the Stock Market and the Economy?.
Intermarket Analysis Explained.
How to Track Inflation: Using the CPI, PCE, and PPI Indexes.
Taught by
TD Ameritrade
