About Findesk Wiki
A reader-friendly encyclopedia of the financial world, written in plain language and densely cross-linked so curiosity can carry you from one entry to the next.
What this is
Findesk Wiki is a small, opinionated encyclopedia of the financial world: markets, instruments, institutions, ratios, and the ideas that move them. Each entry is written to stand on its own — you can land on any page cold and still leave with something useful — while linking generously to neighbouring concepts so the reader can follow a thread.
The wiki is part of Findesk’s free financial-education effort, alongside the long-form Findesk Learn curriculum. Where Learn teaches in chapter form, the wiki defines and connects.
What this is not
- It is not investment advice. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security. We define what a price-to-earnings ratio is; we do not tell you whether the one you’re staring at is high or low.
- It is not a textbook. Entries are short and breadth-first by design. If you want to go deep on a topic, follow the cross-links — or pick up the matching book in Findesk Learn.
- It is not an open community wiki. Findesk Wiki is curated; entries are written and edited by the Findesk editorial team. If you spot an error, please open an issue on GitHub.
How entries are written
Every entry follows the same shape:
- A one-sentence definition that an intelligent general reader can understand.
- A short “key facts” infobox on the right with the numbers that matter.
- A handful of sections that fill in the picture — usually history, mechanics, why it matters, and common misconceptions.
- A See also block at the bottom linking to the closest neighbouring entries.
We aim for the voice of a careful, slightly opinionated editor: confident enough to commit to definitions, humble enough to flag what is contested.
Built on Hugo
The wiki is a static site generated by Hugo. Hugo builds the entire encyclopedia — every cross-link, every page, every sitemap entry — in seconds, which is what makes a wiki of this kind feasible at scale. Add an entry as a Markdown file in content/; Hugo rebuilds the index in under a second.
Licence
The text of Findesk Wiki is © Findesk, all rights reserved. Photographs are credited inline where they appear and are used under the licence of their source (typically Unsplash).
Acknowledgements
Where statistics are quoted, they reflect publicly available data from the US Federal Reserve, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, the SEC, and major exchanges. Specific figures should be considered illustrative and not used for trading decisions.
See also: Findesk.io · Findesk Learn · GitHub