Study Material
Curated free guides, official SEBI/NISM investor education, and the books worth owning. Start at the top and work down.
Zerodha Varsity — Introduction to Stock Markets
The best free starting point for Indian markets: what a share is, how exchanges work, IPOs, indices and order types.
Zerodha Varsity — Fundamental Analysis
Read financial statements, compute ratios, and value a business — free, from first principles, with Indian examples.
Zerodha Varsity — Technical Analysis
Candlesticks, trends, indicators and risk management — a rigorous free intro to reading price charts.
SEBI Investor Education Portal
Official investor-protection material: your rights, grievance redressal (SCORES), and how to spot fraud.
NISM — National Institute of Securities Markets
SEBI's own institute: certifications and resources on securities, mutual funds and market microstructure.
The Intelligent Investor — Benjamin Graham
The value-investing classic. Chapters 8 and 20 are the whole philosophy; the rest is supporting evidence.
One Up On Wall Street — Peter Lynch
How ordinary observation beats institutional research. A great first investing book.
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing — Bogle
The case for low-cost index investing, from the founder of Vanguard. Short, clear, foundational.
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