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Sahmino Academy

A step-by-step path through Iran’s financial markets, from the basics to advanced. Educational and neutral.

Level 1

Advanced

Deeper topics for a full grasp of how the markets work.

  1. Valuing a Stock With Three Tools: Where NAV, Forward P/E and P/S Each Break Down

    13 min readWith video
  2. Dollar-Linked and Rial-Based Stocks: How the Exchange Rate and World Prices Enter a Company's Profit

    11 min readWith video
  3. Futures and Options: How Leverage, Margin and the Margin Call Actually Work

    13 min readWith video
  4. What Is the Iran Mercantile Exchange: From Physical Auctions to Deposit Certificates and Standard Parallel Forward Sales

    10 min readWith video
  5. Central Bank Monetary Policy: How the Interbank Rate and Open Market Operations Move Markets

    8 min readWith video
  6. What Is Government Budget Deficit and Fiscal Dominance, and Why Does It Reach Both Inflation and the Stock Market?

    9 min readWith video
  7. Sanctions Mechanics: Why Moving Money Under Sanctions Costs More

    10 min readWith video
  8. Housing Boom and Bust Cycles: What the Price-to-Rent Ratio Tells You

    10 min readWith video
  9. The Steel and Materials Chain: From Iron Ore to Rebar on the Iran Mercantile Exchange, and Its Footprint in Housing Costs

    8 min readWith video
  10. What Is Intermarket Analysis: How Long Do Iran's Dollar, Gold, Stocks and Housing Take to React?

    8 min readWith video
  11. Portfolio Risk Management, From Time Horizon to Scenario Planning and Rebalancing

    8 min readWith video
  12. Four Channels That Connect the Global Economy to Iran's Markets: From the Fed's Rate to Oil Prices

    8 min readWith video
  13. Who Sets OPEC+ Oil Quotas? The Monitoring Committee and Russia's Role

    8 min readWith video
  14. Why Did the Global Ounce Fall While the Coin Got More Expensive?

    7 min readWith video
  15. What Are Secondary Sanctions; How Do OFAC and the FATF Work?

    10 min readWith video
  16. What Is a Money Corridor? How Hawala, the Dirham and Tether Move Money

    10 min readWith video
  17. The Neighbors' Markets: How Does Iran Connect to the Persian Gulf, Iraq, the Caucasus and Central Asia?

    9 min readWith video