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Overview
Overview of financial careers and the financial services industry.
Financial Industry Mergers
The Financial Services industry has been trending toward greater consolidation and concentration, both within specific lines of business and across them. The credit crisis of 2007-08 has accelerated the trend, causing several leading securities firms to become subsidiaries of large banks.
Beer School
The founders of the highly-regarded Brooklyn Brewery present the story of their company as an extended case study in entrepreneurship. Highly readable and engaging, Beer School is an enjoyable tutorial in business development, with numerous lessons for financial professionals.
The Millionaire Next Door
Book review of The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas Stanley and William Danko.
Museum of American Finance
The Museum of American Finance, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution located on Wall Street, bills itself as the nation's only public museum dedicated to money, finance and entrepreneurship. Attractive and informative displays, many of them interactive, make this a worthwhile stop regardless of your level of sophistication about the financial system today or your knowledge of its history.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street
A book review of A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. Malkiel.
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