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Guide to Financial Markets (The Economist)

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This is an excellent way to gain familiarity with financial markets -- the terms, financial structures, how certain structures might be used. This is not a heavy-duty book aimed at quants; it's aimed at intelligent investors looking for concise reference material. It is also remarkable non-judgemental in that is doesn't adopt any particular investing bias (e.g., efficient market vs value investing approaches, etc). I recommend it for those looking for a good starting point in understanding how markets work.

An introduction to the financial markets. The book covers most financial instruments and goes into some detail about each type. It isn't US nor European centric. Well worth the price as most of The Economist series are.

This is a good book for starters like me. It gives you insight about the market, how it behaves and it also discusses the important history in the financial market.

"The Economist Guide to Financial Markets" provides a readable overview of the main financial instruments and the markets in which they trade. Terms are clearly defined and helpful examples are given. The book will be of no value to readers looking for investment strategies. However, it is a great source of background information for students or ordinary readers trying to make sense of financial developments reported in the media.

This is a great place to start for someone without an economics or finance background. The author does a good job of giving the big picture of the financial markets. I found the chapters on equities, options, and derivatives to be especially interesting. The last chapter could have been broken into 2 chapters IMO, since there is so much material there. The book is not biased to the US or any particular market. The only negatives are the lack of any mathematics, and the sometimes excessive use of facts and figures.

Book covers theoretical aspect of many capital market terms and terminologies in great theoretical depth. Is one of the good books to start studies in advance capital & financial management.

If you have money that is invested, and you want to learn more about the basics of the different financial markets then this is the book. It covers nearly all the different financial markets and gives a good amount of detail to how they work, what common used words mean and important history about that market.
A must read for all Beginning-Intermediate investors or speculators interested in finance/investing.

i dont need it anymore cuz i dropped my class for it, but anyway the book is brand new. very very nice a hardcover book.