At this stage, we have grown to understand a little more about what it takes to become an investor.​ ​ A crucial step is how to actually invest your money. This module will help us to understand the different ways that you can invest your money in shares.​ ​ You could decide that you would like to hand over full responsibility to a firm or person, or perhaps you could be the type of investor who likes to be hands on. Then again you could appreciate a bit of both. By the time we are done with this module, you should have a better idea of the avenues available to you in terms of investing your shares.

The purpose of this module is to give you insight into accessing the list of companies that you are able to invest in as well as how to access their information in order to guide your investment decisions going forward.​

This module will introduce you to the systems that process your investments.​ ​ You can expect to learn about:​ ​ What a share exchange is​ The purpose of a share exchange​ The benefits of a share exchange​ The main share exchanges​ The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)

Investing and trading are two very different methods of trying to profit in the financial markets. ​ ​ Both investors and traders look for profits by participating in the financial markets.

The JSE offers investors access to various financial markets namely:​ ​Equities ​ Bonds​ Commodities​ Derivatives​

The market is up, the market is down. Everyday we hear about the shares market on the news, radio, and in the paper. ​ ​ What does it mean when they say: "The market turned in a great performance today"? What is "The Market" anyway? It turns out that most of the time when people are talking about "The Market" they are referring to an index. ​

Market capitalization should be a familiar term to you by now.​ ​ You would have been introduced to it under the module, “Compiling Your Investment Portfolio”. ​