Introduction to Stocks

This lesson will help familiarize you with some common terms and concepts surrounding investments, such as capital, types of investors, equilibrium, risks and diversification.

Learn how fluctuations in the growth path of the economy can favor the fortunes of one sector over another. Identify the different stages of growth and what happens during each.

In this lesson we want to introduce a couple of tools to improve your grasp of different industries and sectors within the economy. Also, to help you visualize what you have learned about the business cycle.

Let’s take a tour of SPDR Select Sector’s investing definition of each economic sector, along with the associated industry breakdown.