This module builds the foundation: why an Indian investor might look beyond home, and the core concepts, asset classes, products, and everything else that turn global investing from a wall of jargon into something you can read with confidence.

How does an Indian investor actually go global? This module is the starting point for doing it. It covers the ground rules and the groundwork, how money legally moves abroad, what markets and instruments are open to you, what it all costs, and how you will be taxed.

There are several distinct ways an Indian can actually invest abroad, and they differ far more than they first appear. This module walks through each route, US ETFs, UCITS ETFs, GIFT City funds, and international mutual funds and then compares them across the dimensions that matter, so you can find the one that genuinely fits who you are.

Every global investment carries an Indian tax consequence, from the gain when you sell to the duty to simply report what you hold. This module is a working guide to all of it: the taxable events, the rates, and the reporting.

When you invest abroad, a second country often taxes you too, before India ever gets involved. This module explains that foreign layer, dividend withholding, the treaty and foreign tax credit that stop you being taxed twice, and US estate tax, and ends by comparing the routes on their full, two-sided tax picture.

Global investing carries costs beyond what's shown on any statement, hidden in your exchange rate, layered inside a fund, or absorbed by a platform recovering its "zero fee." This module teaches you to spot every hidden cost and add them into one honest number, because the route that looks cheapest on paper often isn't the cheapest for how you actually invest.