Hardcover: 816 pages
Publisher: Cengage Learning; 13 edition
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0538482125
ISBN-13: 978-0538482127
Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.7 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #19,862 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #16 in Books > Textbooks > Business & Finance > Finance #26 in Books > Business & Money > Finance > Corporate Finance #107 in Books > Textbooks > Business & Finance > Economics
This book is organized in a way that offers information gradually. As you read you gain more information without becoming overwhelmed. For instance, callable bonds are defined and a simple example is offered in section 3 (if my memory serves me right), and then several chapters later, callable bonds are reintroduced with more information about how to invest in them. This book's arrival was perfect timing because I am currently investigating how my family and I will invest a recent lump sum.
It's an academic book on finance. Not very entertaining, but it is effective for learning financial concepts for a second level or masters level course. Likely goes beyond your typical undergrad financial core requirements.
textbook doesn't always clearly give you all the steps to the problems that are needed to solve the equations in the book. The writing is average for a textbook. There aren't solutions to the problems in the book or anywhere online.
Not that you're given much choice to the textbook you buy, but I figured I leave my two cents here anyway. First of all, rentals are awesome as usual. It shipped fast and it also means I'm not stuck with this horror of a textbook after the semester ends. The text itself is as dry as you possibly can get. I'm an accounting student who has gladly read through managerial and financial accounting textbooks alike, but this is somehow even worse to digest.The author goes on tangents constantly, and seemed to have just discovered what a thesaurus was when he wrote it. There's a difference between writing at a college level and using obscure words to make a sentence lose meaning. I enjoy reading, and I can read for either business or pleasure just as well, but this text makes me dread every chapter assigned. It really needs to decide if it wants to be a math textbook or a "history of finance" one, because it does justice to neither aspects of the subject.But, as I said, what choice do you have? Get the book, or fail the class.
Bought it for a class. It was useful providing some formulas but some topics where too superficial to be fully understood with this book alone. It was handy and helped me with the course but readers with financial background might find it lacking information.
It is good textbook that has nice blend of basic information and up to date material related. For novice person in the area, this is what needed; for experienced, but not professional, it is good reference book.
As a new comer to finance, this book is a great buy. Lays out complex concepts and financial analysis in lame-mans terms. Easy to read to apply. As far as textbooks go, this one is half way decent
Purchased book for Masters level course. Very easy to follow presentation of the material. Chapter review questions were great preparation for tests during my class term.
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