Learning finance and economics for the first time! Help!
Hi!I want to learn finance and economics by myself - whats the best way to start? Ive downloaded some news articles (like CNBC and AFR and Marketwatch) to help. Any good textbooks?
Hi!I want to learn finance and economics by myself - whats the best way to start? Ive downloaded some news articles (like CNBC and AFR and Marketwatch) to help. Any good textbooks?
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Just want to learn by myself
What do u mean learn finance and economics. That’s really broad. How old r you? You can often take an introductory economics course in high school and for finance, it depends what you want to learn about finance but you can probably find resources on YouTube for basic finance/accounting concepts
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