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Investing for Your Future: A Course for Beginners

This free online course is for new investors with smaller amounts of money to begin investing with. The course begins with exploring fundamental concepts and terminology then moves into setting goals and how to achieve them. This course was developed by the Extension.org (Cooperative Extension). If you enjoyed this course, check out the other quality financial resources they’ve made available on their site.

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Investing Articles

These investing articles cover topics like investing fundamentals, ETFs, day trading, commodities, basic economics and more. The links below will direct you to the articles on the About.com website:

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Trading Markets: Forex, Futures, Options and Strategies

These free online classes focus on forex, futures, options and trading strategies. I’d also recommend looking at the beginner and advanced investing courses. Below are links to the courses on the Investopedia website:

Active Trading

Futures & Options

Forex

View all Investopedia online courses here.

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Advanced Investing and Economics Classes

Below are some free online investing and economics classes on advanced concepts put together by Investopedia. If you’re an intermediate or advanced investor, these courses will expand your investment knowledge. If you’re new to investing, it’s never too early to look over more advanced material, but I would recommend first looking at the beginner courses found here. [Read more…] about Advanced Investing and Economics Classes

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Beginner Investing Classes

Below are a number of free online investing classes for beginners put together by Investopedia. If you’re brand new to investing, the courses will introduce you to the investment fundamentals that will help you succeed. For intermediate and advanced investors, they’re a good refresher and can still teach us a thing or two. [Read more…] about Beginner Investing Classes

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Educational Videos on Investing and Valuation

Videos on investing and valuation. These videos are helpful in building a solid foundation of investment knowledge. These videos were developed by Salman Khan of the Khan Academy and are licensed under a Creative Commons 3.0 License.

Price/Market Capitalization, Income Statement and Earnings

Price and Market Capitalization
Introduction to the Income Statement
Earnings and EPS (Earnings Per Share).

Price/Earnings Ratio and Return on Assets

Introduction to the Price-to-Earnings (P/E) Ratio
P/E Discussion
ROA (Return on Assets) Discussion 1.

Return on Assets, Depreciation and Amortization

ROA Discussion 2
Depreciation
Amortization.

Price/Earnings, Enterprise Value, EBITDA

P/E Conundrum
Enterprise Value
EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization).