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William Ackman: Everything You Need to Know About Finance and Investing in Under an Hour | Big Think

Big Think · lecture · Watch on YouTube

Investing & personal finance

What it is

A Big Think talk in which hedge-fund manager William Ackman goes through the basics of finance and investing in under an hour. It is pitched as a crash course on the most important concepts.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it to beginners as a quick, clear overview of finance and investing fundamentals.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “An excellent crash course for the most critical concepts.”

    Excellent crash course on the most critical finance concepts

    amix, 2020-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: What are some good resources to learn business administration/finance?”

  2. “fun time 45 min talk on the basics”

    45 minute talk on investing basics

    kleer001, 2015-08 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Do you day trade in stock market? What are your investing strategies?”

  3. “A great follow up in the”

    Great follow-up covering the money-making Wall Street side

    ipnon, 2020-04 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What are you reading to make sense of the economy?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: investing, finance, william ackman, hedge funds, wall street

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