Interactive Brokers
Investing using Value, Growth, Momentum and Economics Specialization
Interactive Brokers

Investing using Value, Growth, Momentum and Economics Specialization

Investment Strategies and Economic Insights. Learn to Evaluate Stocks, Understand Economic Indicators and Investment Strategies

Mary MacNamara
Andrew Wilkinson

Instructors: Mary MacNamara

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Beginner level

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3 months
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Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Learn how to identify potential growth stocks, evaluate undervalued assets, and capitalize on market trends using momentum principles.

  • Understand microeconomic principles, market structures, and labor market dynamics to assess how macroeconomic trends impact opportunities.

  • Explore the construction and real estate sectors, learning how to view sector-specific factors and trends in the context of economic movements.

  • Interpret consumer activity and confidence data, alongside market statistics, to view economic conditions that influence investment markets.

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Specialization - 9 course series

What you'll learn

  • Identify Key Characteristics of Growth Stocks

  • Analyze Valuation Ratios

  • Evaluate Influencing Factors on Earnings Growth

Skills you'll gain

Category: Economic Policy
Category: ETFs
Category: Labor Economics
Category: Fundamentals
Category: Stocks

What you'll learn

  • Understand the principles of value investing and its historical context.

  • Analyze financial statements to assess company performance and valuation.

  • Identify key metrics and ratios used to evaluate potential investments.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Investing
Category: Charting
Category: ETF
Category: Fundamentals
Category: Stocks

What you'll learn

  • Analyze key indicators and metrics that signal momentum in the market.

  • Assess the risks associated with momentum investing and implement effective risk management techniques.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Understand the principles of value investing and its historical context.
Category: Investing
Category: ETF
Category: Fundamental Analysis
Category: Stocks

Sector Investing

Course 47 hours

What you'll learn

  • Knowledge of factors that influence the performance of various sectors, such as economic cycles, technological innovation, and market conditions.

  • Apply different strategies for sector investing, including sector rotation, thematic investing, and selecting sector ETFs or individual stocks.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Stock
Category: Swing Trading
Category: Investing
Category: Technical Analysis
Category: Momentum Trading
Category: Fundamentals

Basics Economics

Course 53 hours

What you'll learn

  • Gain an understanding of fundamental microeconomic concepts including scarcity, opportunity cost, and economic models.

  • Understand the differences between various market structures, such as perfect competition, monopolies, and oligopolies.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Managerial Economics
Category: Investing
Category: Business Cycles
Category: Sector Analysis
Category: Stocks

What you'll learn

  • Understand the fundamentals of the U.S. construction and real estate sectors.

  • Analyze the economic drivers impacting construction and real estate markets.

  • Evaluate investment opportunities within the real estate sector.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Inflation
Category: Economic Indicators
Category: Business Cycles
Category: Corporate Profitability
Category: Monetary Measures

What you'll learn

  • Learn about various monetary metrics such as interest rates, money supply, and inflation, and their impact on economic output and corporate profits.

  • Understand how changes in GDP, consumer spending, and investment affect business profitability and stock market performance.

  • Examine the impact of inflation and deflation on corporate performance.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Supply and Demand
Category: Outline Of Industrial Organization
Category: Investing
Category: Microeconomics
Category: Theory of Production

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Economic Policy
Category: Consumer Economics
Category: Key Indicators
Category: Trading
Category: Economic Reports

What you'll learn

  • Analyze the Impact of Consumer Confidence

  • Examine Business Sentiment and Activity

  • Interpret Economic Reports for Trading

Skills you'll gain

Category: Market Dynamics
Category: Economy
Category: Labor Markets
Category: Labor Economics
Category: Stocks

Instructors

Mary MacNamara
Interactive Brokers
12 Courses85,890 learners
Andrew Wilkinson
Interactive Brokers
12 Courses85,890 learners

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