What can i major in to be involved in the stock market..?

Question

what majors are their that will teach me about the stock market

Answer 1

Get Certified in Financial Planning then you can take care of other people's money.

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Answer 2

teach yourself

Answer 3

Finance, with a lot of financial accounting courses to go with it.

Answer 4

You are going to want to major in Finance with a concentration in investments.  You will also need to take some basic accounting courses so that you become familiar with the balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows.  Knowing how those statements are formed will give you a better understanding of how businesses function and therefore how it affects their stock price.  Also, try to read as much as you can about personal finance, investing, and the stock market.

-EJP-

Answer 5

First off, get a book about the great stock speculator Jesse Livermore.  Then get a book by Alexander Elder "Come into my Trading Room".  Both of these folks will advise you that the psychology of the market is what makes the prices move, not economics, certainly not the propaganda put out from the corporate head office.  Economics and finance are distant seconds to psychology in moving stock prices.

Answer 6

Finance, and accounting.  But its hard to learn the market w/o following it.  Review the Wall St Journal as well.

Answer 7

You definitely wanna do finance and then minor in accounting or economics. Finance is all about getting money, making it grow and spending it, very practical. you would wanna take accouting if you are wanna know the quality and quantity of your finance-EPS, ROI, Gearing Ratio, i personally hate economics but if you wanna challenge yourself, take economics, for me, economics help me relate finance to society-what imapct finances have over society- gdp, cpi etc. Make sure you take banking and investments classes. Read the Stock Exchange listing everyday. thats the best way to learn

Answer 8

Since there are no real courses in the academic world that will prepared you for trading in the stock market, you can have almost any major that makes you feel comfortable.

As long as you have a good understanding of finance, know the fundamental of economics, have a good understanding of basic accounting you will have a good foundation for success in the stock market.

To help with your educations, here are some books that you should consider

What Works on Wall Street by James O'Shaunessey

Beating the Street by Peter Lynch

One Up on Wall Street by Peter Lynch

The Warren Buffett Way by Robert Hagstrom

Trading For a Living by Alexander Elder

Mastering the Trade” by John Caster

How to Make Money in Stocks” and 24 Essential Lessons for Investment Success both by  William O’Neil

The Disciplined Trader by Mark Douglas

Get into the habit of making daily visits to some websites like MSN Money and Yahoo Finance.  (http://moneycentral.msn.com/home.asp http://finance.yahoo.com/ )

While at MSN following the strategy lab analysts to get a feel for what the pros are doing and why.  This site has some basic information for beginners. If any site offers free information, take it.

Other website that can provide instructions and help with procedures and terminology are

Investopedia - http://www.investopedia.com/  Stock Charts - http://stockcharts.com/

http://www.investorshub.com/  http://www.1source4stocks.com/



Visit some of the more professional websites like Zacks - http://www.zacks.com/

Smart Money - http://www.smartmoney.com/  Schaeffer’s – http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/

Some of these web sites will have advertisers who are worth looking into also.  And remember, if they offer free information, get it.

Good luck, stay in school and study hard, just remember if you want it you can get it whatever it is.