Stocks Market Foundation Program
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Understand the Market • Build Financial Confidence • Make Informed Decisions
Course Overview
What is this course?
The Securities Market Foundation Program introduces participants to the fundamentals of India’s securities market in a simple, practical and easy-to-understand manner.
Participants learn how the stock market functions, how shares and other securities work, how transactions take place, who the major market participants are and what risks investors need to understand.
Course Benefit
Why is this course important?
This program builds the foundation before investment.
Key Benefits:
- Builds strong securities-market fundamentals
- Makes financial terminology easier to understand
- Helps participants understand stocks and other securities
- Creates awareness about investment risks
- Helps participants understand the role of SEBI and market intermediaries
- Develops confidence in reading basic market information
- Helps participants avoid common investment mistakes
- Creates a foundation for advanced courses in equity, derivatives, mutual funds and investment planning
- Useful for both personal financial awareness and BFSI careers
Who Should Attend?
Students
- B.Com students
- BMS students
- MBA/Finance students
- Graduates interested in financial markets
- Students preparing for BFSI careers
Beginners & Investors
- First-time investors
- People planning to enter the stock market
- Individuals who want to understand their investments better
- Young professionals starting their investment journey
BFSI Professionals
- Relationship Managers
- Sales executives
- Financial Advisors
- Wealth Management professionals
- Mutual Fund distributors
- Banking professionals
- Insurance professionals
- Broking professionals
- New entrants into the BFSI industry
Entrepreneurs & Business Owners
Anyone who wants to understand how businesses raise capital and how the securities market connects companies and investors.
Prerequisite
No prior knowledge of the stock market is required.
Learning Outcomes
- Explain how the Indian securities market works.
- Differentiate between primary and secondary markets.
- Understand the basic features of equity shares, bonds, ETFs, REITs, InvITs and other securities.
- Explain the difference between a Demat account and a trading account.
- Understand the roles of SEBI, stock exchanges, brokers, depositories and other intermediaries
- Understand how buying and selling securities takes place.
- Explain basic order types such as market, limit and stop-loss orders.
- Understand IPOs and the basic process of investing in them.
- Interpret basic information about Sensex, Nifty and other market indices.
- Understand fundamental concepts such as risk, return, diversification and volatility.
- Recognise common investment risks, scams and mis-selling practices.
- Make better-informed investment decisions instead of blindly following market tips.
- Develop a strong foundation for advanced learning in equity, derivatives, mutual funds and other financial products.
- 10 Sections
- 0 Lessons
- 15 Hours
- Chapter 1: Introduction to Financial Markets0
- Chapter 2: Understanding Securities0
- Chapter 3: Equity Market Basics0
- Chapter 4: Primary Market & Secondary Market0
- Chapter 5: Market working process0
- Chapter 6: Understanding Market Analysis0
- Chapter 7: Commodity Markets0
- Chapter 8: Derivatives0
- Chapter 9: Investor Protection & Market Safety0
- Chapter 10: Use of AI in securities markets0
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