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Stock Market Basics: How It Works

What the stock market is, how prices are set, S&P 500, bull/bear markets — from scratch.

How to Start Investing for Beginners (2025)

A complete 8-step guide from zero to your first portfolio — no jargon.

Paper Trading: The Complete Guide

What paper trading is, why it matters, and how to use a simulator to build real skills.

Index Funds for Beginners

Why index funds beat most professional investors, and which ones to choose.

How to Invest in ETFs (VOO, VTI, QQQ)

What ETFs are, the best ones for beginners, expense ratios, and how to buy them.

What Is a Stock Broker?

Types of brokers, how to choose one, SIPC protection, and how to open a brokerage account.

Best ETFs for Beginners 2025

VOO, VTI, BND, QQQM — top index ETFs ranked, how to choose, and how to build a simple portfolio.

Index Fund vs Mutual Fund: Which Is Better?

Why 90%+ of active mutual funds underperform index funds and which you should choose.

How to Open a Brokerage Account (2025)

Best brokers for beginners, what you need, step-by-step walkthrough, and what to invest in first.

What Is the S&P 500? The Complete Guide

What the S&P 500 is, how it's weighted, its historical returns, and how to invest in it with VOO, IVV or SPY.

Common Investing Mistakes to Avoid

Market timing, emotional decisions, poor diversification, high fees, chasing tips — and how to sidestep each.

Emergency Fund: How Much You Need

Why a cash buffer comes before investing, how much to save, where to keep it, and how to build it faster.

Best Free Stock Market Simulators (2026)

What to look for, free vs paid, how to use one to actually learn, and when to switch to real investing.

How Much Money Do You Need to Start Investing?

The truth about minimums and fractional shares, what to do first, and what to buy with a small amount.

How Compound Interest Works

The formula, Rule of 72, why starting early matters, and how to maximise compounding.

Stocks vs Bonds: Key Differences Explained

Ownership vs lending, the risk-return trade-off, why holding both reduces risk, and how to choose your mix.

Bull vs Bear Markets Explained

What bull and bear markets mean, corrections vs crashes, how to invest through both, and why downturns are opportunities.

Market Capitalization Explained

What market cap is, the large/mid/small-cap categories, why it matters for your portfolio, and common myths.

How Inflation Affects Your Investments

Why cash loses value, how stocks, bonds, real estate and gold respond, nominal vs real returns, and how to inflation-proof your portfolio.

What Is a Recession? How to Invest Through One

What recessions are, what causes them, how markets react, mistakes to avoid, and how to invest through a downturn.

Stocks vs ETFs vs Mutual Funds

The differences explained simply, ETF vs mutual fund trading and taxes, and which is right for you.

Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA) Explained

How investing a fixed amount monthly removes emotion and builds long-term wealth.

Dividend Investing: Build Passive Income

How dividends work, Dividend Aristocrats, DRIPs, and building a dividend portfolio.

Passive vs Active Investing: Which Strategy Wins?

The data-driven comparison — why passive index investing beats active management for most investors.

How to Diversify Your Investment Portfolio

What diversification really means, the layers that matter, and the easiest way to diversify instantly.

Risk Management for Investors

What risk really means, the main types, how time horizon and position sizing protect you, and practical habits.

Asset Allocation: The Complete Guide

Why allocation is the most important decision, how to choose your mix, sample allocations, and how to rebalance.

REIT Investing: How to Invest in Real Estate

Earn real estate income without becoming a landlord — what REITs are, how they pay dividends, the types, and the trade-offs.

Growth vs Value Investing: Which Wins?

What each strategy is, the key differences, which performs better, the value trap, and why most investors don't have to choose.

How to Read Stock Charts

Candlesticks, trend lines, support & resistance, moving averages — from scratch.

How to Value a Stock: P/E, PEG & Fundamentals

Why price isn't value, how the P/E and PEG ratios work, key metrics, economic moats, and why valuation is hard.

How to Research a Stock Before You Buy

A 5-step framework: understand the business, read the financials, check valuation, judge management and the moat, weigh the risks.

Roth IRA Guide: Limits & Tax Benefits

How a Roth IRA works, 2025 contribution limits, what to invest in, and withdrawal rules.

401(k) Explained: The Complete Guide

How a 401(k) works, the employer match, traditional vs Roth, 2025 limits, what to invest in, vesting and rollovers.

Capital Gains Tax on Investments Explained

Short-term vs long-term rates, how the rates work, tax-loss harvesting, and how to legally minimise investment taxes.

Roth IRA vs 401(k): Which to Fund First?

Key differences, 2025 limits, the employer match, the order to fund them, and Roth vs traditional.

Options Trading Basics: Calls & Puts

What options are, how calls and puts work, key terms, covered calls, and the risks.

Crypto Investing for Beginners

Bitcoin vs Ethereum, how to start safely, portfolio allocation, risks, and taxes.