Economics for Investors
Economics for investors is the study of inflation, interest rates, growth and policy, and how those forces move markets, currencies and company earnings.
Inflation and purchasing power, RBI policy, interest-rate cycles, currency and commodity linkages. The macro context that explains why markets move when nothing changed at the company level.
What you will be able to do
- Connect an interest-rate decision to bond and equity prices
- Explain inflation with real purchasing-power maths
- Follow macro news without panicking
Lessons
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Why do stock markets fall when interest rates rise?
Higher rates raise the discount rate applied to future company profits and make safer fixed-income options more attractive, so investors pay less for the same earnings stream.
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