good book on finance

[Tiger7]

I am looking for some advice in buying a book for beginners in financial world.
what would be a good book for person switching from technical to business side of financial domain?
an audio/video version will be a great bonus.

I believe most of the newport residents are working in the NY financial district. So, I am hoping for a very right guidance.. :)

Thanks in advance

[renuka]

I know that NYU and Columbia (among other schools) offer some courses .. had looked into some last year. Doesn't have to be an MBA, just a short 3 month stint to get a great foundation to build upon.. In fact, you earn a certificate too which you can list on the resume. Also the credits you earn can go towards an MBA if you ever choose to do one in the future. Some companies will also fund such short-term courses. Hope this info was of some help to you...


I am looking for some advice in buying a book for beginners in financial world.
what would be a good book for person switching from technical to business side of financial domain?
an audio/video version will be a great bonus.

I believe most of the newport residents are working in the NY financial district. So, I am hoping for a very right guidance.. :)

Thanks in advance

[fazzies]

Try getting a job in a wall street firm as a techie and transfer internally to a financial position. That might work while you are studying.

[Tiger7]

1st part complete, need ur advice to achieve 2nd part :)

[vmk]

Renuka, could you share with us which departments/schools of NYU and Columbia are offereing short-term courses in finance? I am also interested in gaining some finance knowledge, and did some research on NYU (Stern) and Columbia business schools. AFAIK, Stern and Columbia Business School are not offering short-term couses in finance. I didn't research other schools of NYU and Columbia.


I know that NYU and Columbia (among other schools) offer some courses .. had looked into some last year. Doesn't have to be an MBA, just a short 3 month stint to get a great foundation to build upon.. In fact, you earn a certificate too which you can list on the resume. Also the credits you earn can go towards an MBA if you ever choose to do one in the future. Some companies will also fund such short-term courses. Hope this info was of some help to you...

[renuka]

vmk/Tiger7,

The courses I'm referring to are listed under http://scps.nyu.edu/
Check Professional Certificate courses. By no means are these the equivalent of an MBA in Finance however they give you a good introduction to Finance and a foundation to build upon as you go along (be it via an internal shift to the front office or studying for an MBA in the future when you do decide the time is right for you). Was simply responding to Tiger7's original query which was to find something quick (I don't know of any books..). You could order the bulletin from NYU and sift through the program details that way. I did a couple of such supplementary courses after my Masters (not in Finance however).

Will post something on Columbia too in a couple of days. Hope this helps...


Renuka, could you share with us which departments/schools of NYU and Columbia are offereing short-term courses in finance? I am also interested in gaining some finance knowledge, and did some research on NYU (Stern) and Columbia business schools. AFAIK, Stern and Columbia Business School are not offering short-term couses in finance. I didn't research other schools of NYU and Columbia.

[renuka]

Another school to consider if you are looking for good basics and can EARN a certificate in the process ;) is Baruch, part of CUNY (the City University of New York). Check their Certificate Programs too...

http://www.baruched.com/programs/certs.htm

Some companies care about certificates as a form of credibility while others are simply willing to give you a chance to move internally and prove yourself (hence reading on your own is clearly sufficient). You'd know better about your company culture ... Still others are great in that they will give you the chance to make the transition as well as pay for the course (this last one is my personal experience).

[renuka]

Here ya go , the info on Columbia :

http://www.ce.columbia.edu/

[Tiger7]

renuka, thanks for the info on the short term courses. how ever, to start with, I am interested in some books which could give me a start off. depending on how easy/touch it is to catch up with finance, I can make some choices :)
to start with, I just downloaded some online material. But I prefer a good book for a good start. :)

All, thanks for trying to help me.

[renuka]

Well, then post the link!! For the benefit of vmk and others..


renuka, thanks for the info on the short term courses. how ever, to start with, I am interested in some books which could give me a start off. depending on how easy/touch it is to catch up with finance, I can make some choices :)
to start with, I just downloaded some online material. But I prefer a good book for a good start. :)

All, thanks for trying to help me.

[frog]

a couple suggestions:

Essentials of investments, by Bodie, Kane and Marcus (McGraw-Hill)

Applied Corporate Finance, by A. Damodaran (Wiley)

You can check out Prof. Damodaran's webpage, I believe there are webcasts of his classes available:

http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar

Hope it helps

[Tiger7]

frog, thanks so much for such a wonderful links. Its really grt to have webcast and pdf's as well. It will give a grt start.

b/w, renuka and others, sorry for not able to post links for the material I got online, its not online actually but online inside material, actually its corporate proprieatary.

thanks once again frog. thanks so much!!!