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Books The following should not be considered an exhaustive list of books about the financial markets and the people within, but rather a starting point as you continue your education of the industry. Legendary Investors and Personalities:

Beating the Street, Peter Lynch, John Rothchild Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders, Jack D. Schwager Damn Right: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger, Janet Lowe Den of Thieves, James B. Stewart

The Great Houses:

Greed and Glory on Wall Street: The Fall of House of Lehman, Ken Auletta Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street, Michael Lewis The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance, Ron Chernow The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, Michael Lewis When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management, Roger Lowenstein Too Big to Fail, Andrew Ross Sorkin Morgan: American Financier, Jean Strouse

Markets & Related Texts:

The Practical Guide to Wall Street: Equities & Derivatives, Matthew Tagliani The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders, Connie Bruck Secrets of the Temple - How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country, William Greider Classics: An Investors Anthology, James R. Vertin, Charles D. Ellis Security Analysis, Benjamin Graham and David Dodd Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor, Seth A. Klarman Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, Edwin Lefvre, Jon D. Markman, Paul Tudor Jones Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds, Charles Mackay Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation, Edward Chancellor The Money Masters, John Train The Warren Buffett Way, Robert G. Hagstrom, Ken Fisher and Bill Miller Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets, Nassim Nicholas Taleb

MORGAN STANLEY ACRONYMS

General Morgan Stanley Acronyms

ED: Executive Director FX: Foreign Exchange

GCM: Global Capital Markets HR: Human Resources IIS: Institutional Infrastructure Services ISG: Institutional Securities Group MD: Managing Director MSRE: Morgan Stanley Real Estate PB: Prime Brokerage PM: Performance Management (Formerly PE) RM: Regional Manager VP: Vice President Back to top

Company Management Acronyms

CRD: Credit Risk Division FHC G&D: Financial Holding Company Governance & Assurance IAD: Internal Audit Division MRD: Market Risk Division ORD: Operational Risk Division Back to top

Investment Banking Acronyms

BD: Business Development BIS: Business Intelligence Services CA: Confidentiality Agreement CCC: Credit Commitment Committee CIM / OM: Confidential Information Memorandum / Offering Memorandum CRG: Consumer/Retail ECC: Equity Commitment Committee FIG: Financial Institutions Group FSG: Financial Sponsors Group GIG: Global Industrials Group GPUG: Global Power and Utilities Group IBD: Investment Banking Division LAF: Leveraged and Acquisition Finance LPG: Loan Products Group M&A: Mergers and Acquisitions MMM: Monday Morning Meeting NDA: Non-Disclosure Agreement NRG: Natural Resources Group PIB: Public Information Book WGL: Working Group List

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Investment Management Acronyms

AIP: Alternative Investment Partners GEM: Global Emerging Markets

MB: Merchant Banking MSIM: Morgan Stanley Investment Management PE: Private Equity REI: Real Estate Investing S&T: Sales and Trading TAM: Traditional Asset Management Back to top

Operations Acronyms

CPS: Cross Product Services GBO: Global Banking Operations GPG: Global Project Group LDOPS: Listed Derivatives Operations MACS: Multi Asset Client Services OPS: Operations ORC: Operations Risk and Control SPO: Securities Processing Operations

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Sales & Trading Acronyms

AMM: Automated Market Making BRM: Bank Resource Management EFP: Equity Financing Products EM: Emerging Markets FID: Fixed Income Division FX: Foreign Exchange HY: High Yield ICM: Institutional Corporate Marketing IED: Institutional Equity Division IG: Investment Grade IR: Interest Rates MSET: Morgan Stanley Electronic Trading MSFS: Morgan Stanley Fund Services MSSM: MS Strats and Modeling OTC: Over the Counter SAM: Senior Account Manager SCP: Structured Credit Products SPG: Securitized Products Group SRM: Senior Relationship Management

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Technology Acronyms

App Dev: Application Development BA: Business Analyst CBT: Corporate & Banking Technology EDG: Enterprise Data Group

EI: Enterprise Infrastructure Infra: Infrastructure Engineering ISGT: Institutional Securities Group Technology MSSB Tech: Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Technology PTT: Post Trade Technology TAP: Technology Analyst Program Back to top

Wealth Management (Morgan Stanley Smith Barney) Acronyms

CM: Capital Markets FA: Financial Advisor GWMG: Global Wealth Management Group ISCS: Investment Strategy & Client Solutions MSSB: Morgan Stanley Smith Barney PBG: Private Banking Group PWM: Private Wealth Management WM: Wealth Management

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Ernst & Young LLP

#2
Grant Thornton LLP

#3
Deloitte LLP

#4
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

#5

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