Introduction to Modern Finance

While finance/trading/commerce has existed for several thousand years, never has the number of financial and type of options available been so extravagant and exotic. Below is a reading list of the basic asset classes and some of the terms that you will commonly find in today's financial markets. This list will be updated over time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_instrument

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodity

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_market

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_estate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futures_contract

http://www.investopedia.com/university/options/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Option_%28finance%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_maker

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_trading

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithmic_trading

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-frequency_trading

http://www.amsterdamtrader.com

http://www.elitetrader.com

http://www.trade2win.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedge_fund
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-Term_Capital_Management

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_market_participants

http://idm.net.au/article/trading-titans%E2%80%99-clash-swords-discovery-clash

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