8Module 8

Global Markets & Alternatives

Markets don't stop at the town line. This module covers how global forces — supply chains, currency exchange, tariffs — reach into a local portfolio, and what gold and crypto actually are as investments.

5 chapters · about 21 minutes

  1. 8.1How Supply Chains Affect the Economy: Aman's Flour Comes From Farther Than You Think4 min

    A ship is stuck six thousand kilometres away. Six weeks later a bakery in Mumbai raises its prices. Trace the line.

  2. 8.2Forex and Currency Exchange Rates, Explained Simply4 min

    Same oven, same seller, same listed price. A week later it costs more rupees. Who changed it?

  3. 8.3How Tariffs and Geopolitics Impact Markets4 min

    Two countries taxed each other's goods. An Indian company Riya was watching rose 6% on the news. Why?

  4. 8.4Why Invest in Gold? More Than Just Wedding Jewellery4 min

    "Gold always holds its value." Riya's family has said it for four generations. Is it true?

  5. 8.5What Is Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin? No Bank, No Government, No Guarantee5 min

    Riya had every argument, and they were all correct, and none of them worked.