Stocks & Trading Session
Details
Stocks & Trading Session
Basic session to discuss about why and how to invest, focusing on equities as an asset class.
Session plan
1. Introduction To Savings & Investments (25%)
- Why do we need to invest?
- How much do we need to invest?
- Basic 50:30:20 rule!
- What are the different ways to invest?
- Different asset classes
- Portfolio diversification
- Basic thumb rules to achieve portfolio diversification
2. And from there we will focus on "Equities" as an asset class. We will discuss: (75%)
- What are equities? What is a stock market?
- Try and understand why the markets move the way they do! (Basic)
- How to find and analyse companies? (Basic)
- How to determine the risk of a stock investment or trade? (Basic)
ā° Agenda
19:00 - 19:10 - Welcome speech and introduction from WWCode
19:10 - 19:50 - Stocks & Trading Session
19:50 - 20:00 - Q&A and wrapping up the session
š£ Speaker
Neha Makkar,
Product Owner at Revolut Investment
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Neha has been working in Finance / Fintech domain for the past 7 years. She started her career journey as a software developer with Royal Bank of Scotland, working on their Fixed Income product. From there she went on to complete her MBA in Finance and Strategy. And now, she is a Product Owner for Revolut Investment advisory solutions.
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Irina Kamalova, Backend Software Engineer at Revolut & Director of Women Who Code London
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