Principles of Corporate Finance with S&P bind-in card Reviews
October 22, 2010 by admin
Principles of Corporate Finance with S&P bind-in card
Principles of Corporate Finance is the worldwide leading text that describes the theory and practice of corporate finance. Throughout the book the authors show how managers use financial theory to solve practical problems and as a way of learning how to respond to change by showing not just how but why companies and management act as they do. The text is comprehensive, authoritative, and modern and yet the material is presented at a common sense level. The discussions and illustrations are unique due to the depth of detail blended with a distinct sense of humor for which the book is well known and highly regarded. This text is a valued reference for thousands of practicing financial managers.
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Review by Ratatosk for Principles of Corporate Finance with S&P bind-in card
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This book is an introduction to many topics in corporate finance. It is mostly well written and easy to understand if you are familiar with the topics already. The book offers many valuable bits of knowledge and I learned many things from it.
My main complaint with this book, however, and the reason I have only rated it at 3 stars, is its emphasis and almost blind belief in the Efficient Market Hypothesis and the derived theories such as the Capital Asset Pricing Model. This belief influences many parts of the book, but the assumption that stock markets have a superior intelligence in the aggregate is clearly a fallacy in my opinion and experience, because the stock markets often do exhibit ‘cascading’ irrational behaviour.
Another book which may interest you is: Analysis for Financial Management by Robert Higgins, which is a shorter book that is perhaps also a little better at explaining many of the core concepts in corporate finance, although it naturally doesn’t cover all the details of this much larger book.
PS: This review is for the 8th edition.
Review by Tomorrow’s Man for Principles of Corporate Finance with S&P bind-in card
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Pros:
1. Fun to read (read the footnotes – the authors have a great sense of humor)
2. Explains concepts extremely well
3. Great examples, index, and chapter quizzes
Cons:
1. No solutions manual (there are quiz solutions, just no solutions to supplemental material)
2. Part V, Chapter 17 uses uncommon terminology – unless you take the second semester Finance class don’t worry about it. Your prof will address this…
Finance can be a difficult subject for some, and this book simply makes finance easier. The authors have a great sense of humor and their footnotes are either (1) funny, or (2) incredibly interesting. In any highly quantitative course you’re going to have to read a short-ish chapter that takes a long time to complete – this book makes that “long time” enjoyable. This is my favorite college/university level book & when I talk to others who’ve read this I hear the similar praise..
Review by I. haque for Principles of Corporate Finance with S&P bind-in card
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I am an mba student and this book takes a long time to get use too. The authors do not help you understand concepts easily if you are new to finance in general. I wasted a lot of time trying to understand material about topics by reading the back. It lacked the essentials to point out key concepts with good examples. Look to other easier books to understand with examples. This book is unnecessarily wordy.
Review by Diane P. for Principles of Corporate Finance with S&P bind-in card
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I like this book because it addresses the reader directly. It is extremely useful if corporate finance is not new to you . I had already read “Fundamentals of Corporate Finance” by the same authors which is more for the beginning finance student and that helped a lot with this book.
Review by James Kociuba for Principles of Corporate Finance with S&P bind-in card
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If you want a job on Wall Street as a financial analyst, this is your first book. After working through this book, you can move on to more advanced texts. You will have a great basic foundation.