Currently have a plan to start with "Principles of Corporate Finance" (by Richard Brealey and Stewart Myers), followed by "Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives" (by Hull). Then perhaps "Security Analysis" (by Benjamin Graham and David Dodd). These seem to be of quite seminal nature in finance literature according to most sources.<p>Not very sure what to do after that. Would really appreciate any guidance in this direction, or if there is a better/efficient way to go about gathering solid applicable knowledge in this area.
Want to acquire solid finance foundations, so as to be able to implement the complex financial processes & systems (like marketplaces, securities & OTC instrument contracts, trading bots, etc.) on my own.<p>Additional background info if it helps:
Current skill sets I have: Economics & Stats (MS level knowledge) | R, SAS, Stata, MATLAB, etc. (2 years as data science guy) | Python (2 years as full stack dev); basic Java (coding challenges level only) | Also good college level calculus, linear algebra, basic optimization techniques etc. so won't shy away from complex Maths.