Books on finance/investing?

UniDad
Wed, 01 May 2013 19:02:08 +0000

I think that it is great that you are thinking through what type of job/career you might be interested in and are starting to do some research on this topic.

I second the recommendation of “Investments”. Don’t worry about the edition or age (15 yrs) and if was my money I would buy a used copy for $10 or so. As an aside, I think a larger library of books purchased used, particularly if they are classics in the field, is much more valuable than fewer books purchased new.

This may not be a fit for you, but this workshop by the CBOE is designed for college students and sounds like a great opportunity to gain an introduction to a wide range of investment-related topics using hands-on and and real-world focused exercises: [CBOE - Investing and Trading for College Students | Seminars | Education](The Options Institute | Cboe Options Institute)

Please note that I don’t have any knowledge of this workshop other than what was on the web page.

I don’t believe that learning about finance and investments will help you understand what jobs exist on Wall Street and what it would be to work in one of those jobs. Gaining finance and investment knowledge may help you have conversations about Wall Street jobs, but you need to understand that are a wide range of jobs and companies within this field.

Check out web sites that are focused on finance and investment jobs to see what types of skill sets are in demand and if you can find career advice articles focused on this industry. Web sites that might offer this include:

[Search for finance jobs and banking careers - eFinancialCareers](http://www.efinancialcareers.com/)

[Finance Jobs Guide from Careers-in-Finance.Com](http://www.careers-in-finance.com/)

Also, this book sounds interesting: [Wall Street Job Primer: A Comprehensive Guide for Those Aspiring to Work in Financial Services: Aaron Brask: 9781453889282: Amazon.com: Books](http://www.amazon.com/Wall-Street-Job-Primer-Comprehensive/dp/1453889280)