Free online classes
No matter how long you’ve been investing, there’s always more to learn. The ASX offers a wide range of free online classes, from introductory to advanced, to suit your learning needs.
Classes include:
- Why and how to invest
- Risks and benefits of shares
- Market indicies and market sectors
- Fundamental analysis
- Introduction to options
- Option pricing
- How options are traded
- The mechanics of the warrants market
- Introduction to instalments.
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Investment books – Starting out in shares the ASX Way
The ASX Way investment book series allows readers to start from scratch and build their confidence and knowledge as they progress through each book.
Topics include:
- How the sharemarket works
- Types of shares
- How shares compare with other investments
- Where to find sharemarket information and how to use it
- How and when to buy shares
- How to analyse shares and their prices
- Managing a portfolio
- Record keeping
- How to understand the language of the Sharemarket; and
- Taxation
The
ASX website has information on how you can order these books.
ASX Investor Hour Seminar
Investor Hour is a monthly lunchtime seminar series keeping new and experienced investors up-to-date with a variety of sharemarket topics. Presented by key industry figures, ASX Investor Hour is organised by the ASX, the Australian Shareholders' Association (ASA) and the Securities Derivatives Industry Association (SDIA).
The ASX website has information on how you can participate in the Investor Hour.
ASX Sharemarket Games
ASX Sharemarket Games are an ideal way to learn about the world of share investing. With a hypothetical $50,000 to invest, you have the opportunity to create your own share portfolio. Experience what it is like to invest in the sharemarket without spending a cent of your own money.
The
ASX website has more information on the ASX Sharemarket Games.