Good textbooks for college freshmen interested in S&T?

[Aerial]

Before I get flamed, I did check out the master reading list for Quants, as posted by Andy. However as a college freshmen who is aspiring for S&T (specifically trading), I keep hearing that one should be very knowledgeable of the "markets". My question is how do I become knowledgeable of the markets and more importantly, where do I start?

I am guessing that reading a beginner's textbook on capital markets would be good place to start (correct me if I'm wrong). I was wondering if the Quantnet community could share some suggestions of books that I could pick up as a college freshmen about the "markets" in general. Thanks.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

https://www.quantnet.com/threads/the-goldman-sachs-suggested-reading-list.4916/

 

[Aerial]

Thanks for the list Andy, do you have any specific books to begin with? After all, that's a pretty long list lol

 

[bigbadwolf]

Try Alex Kuznetsov's "The Complete Guide to Capital Markets for Quantitative Professionals."

 

[Aerial]

Try Alex Kuznetsov's "The Complete Guide to Capital Markets for Quantitative Professionals."

Thanks, looks like an awesome book to begin.

What do you think of http://www.amazon.com/Capital-Markets-Institutions-Instruments-4th/dp/0136026028/ ?

Do you think it'll overlap a lot with Alex Kuznetsov's book?

 

[bigbadwolf]

What do you think of http://www.amazon.com/Capital-Markets-Institutions-Instruments-4th/dp/0136026028/ ?

Do you think it'll overlap a lot with Alex Kuznetsov's book?

Don't know, haven't seen it. I have a couple of Frank Fabozzi's books and he explains things lucidly (e.g., Fixed Income Mathematics). Not sure that this book of his on capital markets will be an exciting read, though. And pricey to boot. I'd give it a miss.