{"id":757,"date":"2010-06-06T09:41:30","date_gmt":"2010-06-06T13:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/learn-stock-market\/?p=757"},"modified":"2016-05-02T12:14:19","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T16:14:19","slug":"financial-concepts-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/learn\/financial-concepts-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"01) Financial Concepts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this tutorial we&#8217;ll deal with general financial concepts, such as asset allocation, dollar cost averaging, diversification, including the more complex ones. These theories have been developed &#8211; some of them by investors themselves &#8211; as an effort to explain market behavior. As an investor, it is beneficial to understand all of these concepts as they explain the inner workings of the market.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/learn\/financial-concepts-dollar-cost-averaging\/\">04) Financial Concepts: Dollar Cost Averaging<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/learn\/financial-concepts-random-walk-theory\/\">06) Financial Concepts: Random Walk Theory<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/learn\/financial-concepts-conclusion\/\">10) Financial Concepts: Conclusion<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/learn\/financial-concepts-the-riskreturn-tradeoff\/\">02) Financial Concepts:  The Risk\/Return Tradeoff<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/learn\/financial-concepts-capital-asset-pricing-model-capm\/\">09) Financial Concepts:  Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)<\/a><\/li><li><a 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