i think some of the important things to start learning are
  • how to read company accounts, Profit and Loss (Income and Expenditure), Balance Sheet. You dont need to be an accountant just start learning about them.
  • how shares are created, issued, i.e. capital structures , notions like market capitalisation,
  • the mechanics of the stockmarket , and debt market (bonds ) how shares are bought and sold , cash/rights issues,
  • earnings per share , dividend yield , fundamentals of valuation including PEG
  • reserve banks and how they work and affect the markets and liquidity (another important concept)
  • the business cycle and why it occurs.


there are heaps of things to learn. these are a few off the top of my head.
oh and probably read KW thread haha.