CM - Capital Markets
CM-02 - Investing in Shares
Understanding Share Investment and Trading on Pakistan Stock Exchange
Foundation
English
IFMP-Team
1h 49m
Duration
1
Section
10
Lessons
Yes
e-Certificate
About this course
This foundation course explains how a Pakistani investor can evaluate, buy, hold and sell shares listed on Pakistan Stock Exchange responsibly. It follows the complete investment journey: understanding ownership and return; opening an account through a licensed securities broker; placing and executing an order on PSX; clearing through NCCPL; settlement of funds and securities; recording securities through CDC; reading market and company information; managing portfolio risk; and using investor-protection channels. It does not recommend any company, security or trading strategy.
| Course element | Specification |
|---|---|
| Course code | CM-02 |
| Level | Foundation |
| Audience | Pakistani students, beginners, first-time investors and professionals seeking practical equity-market knowledge |
| Mode | Self-paced online learning on the IFMP portal |
| Maximum duration | 120 minutes |
| Assessment | Six module checks and a 12-question final quiz |
| Completion standard | At least 70 percent in the final quiz |
| Certificate | Digital certificate after successful completion |
| Prerequisite | CM-01 Introduction to Pakistan's Capital Market, or equivalent basic understanding |
What you'll learn
- Explain what an ordinary share represents and how shareholders may earn or lose money.
- Distinguish face value, market price, book value, market capitalisation and total return.
- Open and operate a trading relationship through a licensed securities broker and understand the related CDC and NCCPL records.
- Use limit and market orders carefully and explain bid, offer, spread, order book and price-time priority.
- Read a PSX quote, company announcement and selected financial ratios without treating any single metric as an investment decision.
- Apply basic diversification, risk-control and investor-protection practices.
Requirements
- CM-01 Introduction to Pakistan's Capital Market, or equivalent basic understanding
Curriculum
1 section · 10 lessons
Investing in Shares 10 lessons
- Module-1 : Shares Shareholder Rights and Investment Return 15 min
- Module-2 : Market Access Accounts and Order Execution 25 min
- Module-3 : Reading a Share and Evaluating a Company 20 min
- Module-4 : Portfolio Decisions and Risk Management 20 min
- Module-5 : Settlement Costs and Corporate Actions 15 min
- Module-6 : Market Conduct and Investor Protection 10 min
- Applied Learning Activity 1 min
- Glossary 1 min
- Official Websites and Content Sources 1 min
- Disclaimer 1 min
Quizzes
CM-02 : Final Assessment
Exam · 12 questions · 10 min
Free
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