Hello All,
I'm 22 and finished my graduation in Computer Engineering and am now ready to delve into the world of finance and economics.
Now, having an engineering mind, i seldom make conclusions before having firm knowledge about any topic, and i would like to take the same approach towards finance. Seen alot of knowledge transfer on this forum and really yearn for the finance gurus to guide me on this one.
I would like to learn right from THE BASICS of finance such as :
* the entire process from the formation of a company, to issuing its stock, to the stock ups and downs and how factors affect it. Something like a case study or an example to understand how it works.
* How one stock market (BSE,NSE) affects another country's stock market (like NYSE or NASDAQ)
* what are stock market points (what it means when you say stock market is down 200 points ?)
* why stock value goes down, what are the factors that affect the stock market
* why doesnt stock market continue at the point at which it left off the last day
* why are gold, crude oil etc. prices given in newspapers everyday and how do they affect stock market ?
* if i hold a certain stock, what benifits am i entitled to ?
I know thats too many questions, some of which are really naive and i dont expect you to answer than but i would really appreciate a push in the right direction. I have known many people have an extrinsic knowledge of finance but that knowledge is shallow and leads nowhere. Any gurus here can tell me some good websites, or good basic books (which dont assume prior knowledge)
I'm 22 and finished my graduation in Computer Engineering and am now ready to delve into the world of finance and economics.
Now, having an engineering mind, i seldom make conclusions before having firm knowledge about any topic, and i would like to take the same approach towards finance. Seen alot of knowledge transfer on this forum and really yearn for the finance gurus to guide me on this one.
I would like to learn right from THE BASICS of finance such as :
* the entire process from the formation of a company, to issuing its stock, to the stock ups and downs and how factors affect it. Something like a case study or an example to understand how it works.
* How one stock market (BSE,NSE) affects another country's stock market (like NYSE or NASDAQ)
* what are stock market points (what it means when you say stock market is down 200 points ?)
* why stock value goes down, what are the factors that affect the stock market
* why doesnt stock market continue at the point at which it left off the last day
* why are gold, crude oil etc. prices given in newspapers everyday and how do they affect stock market ?
* if i hold a certain stock, what benifits am i entitled to ?
I know thats too many questions, some of which are really naive and i dont expect you to answer than but i would really appreciate a push in the right direction. I have known many people have an extrinsic knowledge of finance but that knowledge is shallow and leads nowhere. Any gurus here can tell me some good websites, or good basic books (which dont assume prior knowledge)
