for students interested in finance/econ

College Majors Business Major
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<p>What are securities? What are hedge funds? How does the stock market work, what are the basics of markets, and what does Wall Street have to do with it?</p>

<p>Can anyone recommend some reading that can make someone literate on topics such as these and the finance/business world?</p>

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<p>If you are thinking about a career in investment banking this book might be helpful.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1582075344/sr=8-1/qid=1149147186/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1582075344/sr=8-1/qid=1149147186/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>If you are looking for basically an introduction to stock market investing aimed at novice investors you might like:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071433732/qid=1149147555/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071433732/qid=1149147555/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p><a href="http://glossary.reuters.com/index.php/Main_Page%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://glossary.reuters.com/index.php/Main_Page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>