External Resources
Blogs
Investment Manager Thoughts
Economic Research
BIS (Quarterly and Annual reports/Research)
Basic News
Reuters (just the news)
Zerohedge (Permanently negative financial news)
Data Sources
BP Statistical Review of World Energy
General Concepts
How the economic machine works
History of money (think about what defines money… what are its key qualities? The video starts off slow, but keep watching)
Overview of major asset classes (make sure to note all of the key terms, this will help you “speak the language” of the asset management industry)
Overview of Global capital markets (don’t spend too much time on this one (it’s a few years old), just skim it. It should however offer some useful perspectives on market size).
How to build a diversified portfolio: What is risk parity/All Weather?
Risk management handbook from Barra (introduction to basic concepts and key terms)
A list of financial crises. (Know the names of these, the general time frame, and what caused it. In the next few months you will see hundreds of data series. Knowing how these crises affected asset prices and markets in general will be essential.)
Overview of the business cycle
Key events in 19th century finance. Understand how these shaped markets
Some very short, high level videos on basic finance concepts
The magic of compound interest
What is wealth? (a very short lesson)