Sahmino Academy
A step-by-step path through Iran’s financial markets, from the basics to advanced. Educational and neutral.
Basic
Core concepts to start from zero, with no prerequisites.
Money, Inflation, and Purchasing Power
8 min readWith videoWhat Is an Asset? A Map of an Iranian Household's Assets
8 min readWith videoWhat Is Bank Deposit Interest? Nominal, Effective, and Real Returns Explained
7 min readWith videoHow Markets Discover Prices
8 min readWith videoTehran Stock Exchange 101: What Are Shares, Tickers, and the Overall Index?
7 min readWith videoSejam and the Trading Code: A Step by Step Guide to Opening a Brokerage Account in Iran
8 min readWith videoGold in Iran: 18 Karat, Melted Gold, and Coin Types
7 min readWith videoWhat Is the Coin Premium (Hobab) and How Is It Calculated?
8 min readWith videoIran's Multiple Exchange Rates: Why Is There More Than One Dollar Price?
10 min readWith videoCrypto from Scratch: What Bitcoin Is, What Tether Is, and Why Tether Became Iran's Digital Dollar
10 min readWith videoWhat Is an Investment Fund? Fixed-Income, Equity, Balanced, Gold Funds and ETFs Explained
9 min readWith videoRisk and Return: How Are They Related, and Which Risks Threaten a Household's Savings?
9 min readWith videoWhat Is Diversification? Why You Should Not Put All Your Eggs in One Basket
8 min readWith videoWhat Is Liquidity, and Why Selling a House Differs From Selling Gold
8 min readWith videoHousing as an Asset: How Price per Square Meter, Deposit and Rent, and Transaction Costs Work
8 min readWith videoA Map of Global Markets: What Is an Index, and Why Does Its News Reach Iran's Market?
10 min readWith videoOne Ounce of Gold in the World; Two Numbers That Set Its Price in Iran
8 min readWith videoBrent, WTI, and the OPEC Basket: What They Are and Why Their Prices Differ
7 min readWith video
