Finance is a modern and fascinating discipline to do with money, markets and valuation.
Professionals in finance are involved with a myriad of issues in investments, planning and risk. The subject is often confused with Accounting. However, while both deal with money and value, Accounting is concerned with systems of control, and recording and reporting the results of historical transactions. Finance on the other hand looks to the future, as reflected in markets, to obtain its values. By turning to markets the subject can also be confused with Economics.