A social-networking platform called Wall Street Survivor allows participants to manage a fantasy stock portfolio (risk-free, of course), and compete against friends and colleagues with the chance to win cash prizes. According to the rules, eligible securities include common stock, preferred stock or ETFs, but forget about flexing your knowledge of pink sheets, mutual funds, options, futures or bonds.
CannonÂ’s Concepts For Professionals: A Complete Library of Essential Financial Concepts
This reference book was updated for 2008 and now contains over 900 pages of information on essential financial concepts and wealth management strategies for your work with wealthy clients. The book not only contains brief summaries of each topic, but it also contains many useful diagrams and charts that can be used with clients when explaining difficult financial concepts. The information in this book meets current FINRA/NASD guidelines....