# Stock Market Investing Fundamentals

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## Overview

Learn what moves stock prices and how stocks are valued by investors. In this course, you will learn the essentials of valuation (such as P/E ratios and DCF analysis), financial statements, and fundamentals of stock investing. We will analyze recent earnings releases and valuation multiples of companies such as Google and Apple to provide a framework for fundamental investment research.

The class strives to provide participants with a sound understanding of how financial markets work, rather than providing get-rich-quick trading schemes. The principles taught in this course are stressed by value investors such as Warren Buffett and Benjamin Graham.

## What you'll learn

- Fundamentals of stocks, bonds, options, and real estate
- How are stocks valued by market participants
- How to find financial reports, earnings estimates, and other data
- Investing principles to build sustainable profits over a long period
- What caused and what can we learn from the Dot-com Bubble and the Financial Crisis

## Curriculum

#### Stock Investing

- Stock fundamentals
- Stock indices
- Liquidity
- Dividend yields
- Exchange traded funds

#### Stock Valuation

- Market capitalization
- Enterprise value
- P/E Ratios
- Shortfalls of P/E ratios
- EV/EBITDA multiples
- Intro to DCF modeling
- CAPM and cost of capital

#### Stock Movements

- Earnings releases
- Analyst earnings estimates
- Economic data
- Interest rates and the Federal Reserve
- Earnings transcripts and company presentations

#### Bond Investing

- Types of bonds
- Bond prices, yields, and spreads
- Credit ratings and risk
- Bankruptcy

#### Intro to Real Estate Investing

- Types of real estate assets
- Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS)
- Capitalization rates
- Mortgages and loan-to-value (LTV) ratios
- How does leverage impact returns?

#### Stock Options

- Call options
- Put options
- Option strategies and hedging
- Black-Scholes Model

#### Financial Crisis

- Mortgage-backed securities
- Credit default swaps
- How did the housing marketing collapse spread to the major banks and other financial institutions?
- Who is to blame for the financial crisis? (regulators, investment banks, homeowners, mortgage lenders, rating agencies)

## Schedule
- Jul 23, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC
- Sep 24, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC
- Nov 19, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $299