Corporate finance
by Jonathan B. Berk, Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo · first published 2006
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Get your hands on the CFA course material or for an introductory text read "Corporate Finance" by Berk and DeMarzo
on “Ash HN: Suggestions for Good Resources for Investing” ↗…subscription there is. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wilmott Documentary on "quants" featuring him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed2FWNWwE3I For finance in general, I recommend "Corporate Finance" by Berk & de Marzo or the CFA study material, which is quite accessible (at least for Level 1).
on “Ask HN: Best Resources on (Computational) Finance” ↗…degree and start with book from courses' reading lists. Generally speaking, I find that there are finance and economics textbooks which are quite accessible. Start, for example, with Berk & DeMarzo's "Corporate Finance". You could also look at the books for the CFA level 1 exam. The CFA is a widely recognized professional certification and I find the reading materials for Level 1 quite accessible.
on “Ask HN: Finance System 101” ↗A good corporate finance book is going to give you the foundation of all this. If you read a corporate finance book and then start going through the book list, it will make a lot more sense. A lot of the books in his book list…
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