Guided path · Beginner

Stocks & Indices Basics

What a stock actually is, how exchanges and indices work, and the metrics behind every quote.

  • ✓ 10 lessons in order
  • ✓ About 10 minutes
  • ✓ Progress tracked in the app
  • ✓ Free to follow

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The lessons, in order

A path is the academy's answer to "where do I start". The order is deliberate: each lesson assumes the ones above it, which is why reading them this way works better than picking at a category list. In the app the path tracks how far through you are and what comes next.

  1. What Is a Stock Beginner1 min
  2. How Stock Exchanges Work Beginner1 min
  3. Understanding Market Capitalization Beginner1 min
  4. Dividends Explained Beginner1 min
  5. The P/E Ratio Explained Intermediate1 min
  6. Bull Markets vs Bear Markets Beginner1 min
  7. What Are Stock Indices? An Overview Beginner1 min
  8. Major Global Indices At A Glance Beginner1 min
  9. Diversification Basics Beginner1 min
  10. Earnings Reports and Why They Matter Intermediate1 min

What it draws on

This path pulls from 2 categories: stock market basics, commodities and indices. Each of those pages lists its full set of lessons if you would rather go deep on one subject than move across several.

Written and reviewed by the MarketPro research desk

MarketPro is a trading-signal and trading-education app operated by Harajuku Holdings LTD (Cyprus). Our signal desk publishes and tracks every trade idea in-app, and every page here is checked against the app's live behaviour before publishing. Last reviewed . How we produce signals and content · About MarketPro

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10 lessons, in order, with your place kept. Free on any MarketPro account, alongside vetted free signals every week.

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