Study Material

Curated free guides, official SEBI/NISM investor education, and the books worth owning. Start at the top and work down.

Guide

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.

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Guide

Zerodha Varsity — Fundamental Analysis

Read financial statements, compute ratios, and value a business — free, from first principles, with Indian examples.

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Guide

Zerodha Varsity — Technical Analysis

Candlesticks, trends, indicators and risk management — a rigorous free intro to reading price charts.

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SEBI Resource

SEBI Investor Education Portal

Official investor-protection material: your rights, grievance redressal (SCORES), and how to spot fraud.

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SEBI Resource

NISM — National Institute of Securities Markets

SEBI's own institute: certifications and resources on securities, mutual funds and market microstructure.

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Book

The Intelligent Investor — Benjamin Graham

The value-investing classic. Chapters 8 and 20 are the whole philosophy; the rest is supporting evidence.

Book

One Up On Wall Street — Peter Lynch

How ordinary observation beats institutional research. A great first investing book.

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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