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mavkoup

07-31-2008, 02:51 PM

Hi,

As a new student in financial economics, I have a strong background in Mathematics and a decent background in C++ and other programming.

I have no background in finance. What would be a good "starter" book?

Thanks :)

doug reich

07-31-2008, 02:53 PM

There is a "recommended books" forum. At the top of that forum is a thread called "Master Reading List for MFE". You should start there.

EDIT: You're already in the recommended books forum... just look for the sticky thread.

mavkoup

07-31-2008, 03:15 PM

Thanks. I didn't really know the level of depth of those books. But I'll have a look at them

Andy

07-31-2008, 03:20 PM

Get Dan Stefanica's book. It's a starter book for you.

bigbadwolf

07-31-2008, 06:22 PM

Simon Benninga's Financial Modeling (3rd ed.).

rawger

07-31-2008, 06:39 PM

Check this out on Google Books
http://books.google.com/books?id=YcqXxo5H9x0C&dq=Simon+Benninga's+Financial+Modeling&pg=PP1&ots=zREF9HWIHO&sig=pHLbjpGewtCp9a9-G6Pq3SZ5ezE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA4,M1 (http://books.google.com/books?id=YcqXxo5H9x0C&dq=Simon+Benninga%27s+Financial+Modeling&pg=PP1&ots=zREF9HWIHO&sig=pHLbjpGewtCp9a9-G6Pq3SZ5ezE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA4,M1)

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Minh Tran

08-02-2008, 08:45 AM

Is it a good idea to spend time on Economics/Finance subjects (Microeco, Corp Fin, Banking...) after a long time playing with Math? So, what is the level of understanding Market for a quant?

cstassen

08-02-2008, 10:55 AM

Try these:

http://www.math.ku.dk/~rolf/ifnotes.pdf (http://www.math.ku.dk/~rolf/ifnotes.pdf)

They are better than any notes I've seen!

Sanket Patel

08-04-2008, 10:38 AM

@ Minh Tran,

I wouldn't worry too much about Economic. You won't really be needing that and for the most part anything you need will be self-contained. Granted, I don't know much, but I would refer you to the following books: Prof. Stefanica's book and Neftci's Principles of Financial Engineering. And if you're looking for a general, but not deep, intro to the markets, you can probably pick up any undergrad level Investments text.