Instruments: What You Can Trade

Core asset classes and market instruments including stocks, funds, bonds, commodities, currencies, and derivatives.

4 topics

What equity ownership means, how stocks trade, major benefits, common risks, and who they suit best.

How pooled investment vehicles work and why index investing is often a low-cost way to diversify.

Exchange-traded funds explained through trading behavior, costs, liquidity, taxation, and tracking differences.

A conceptual introduction to derivatives, leverage, hedging, speculation, and contract-based exposure.