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Guide to Analysing Companies (Economist Books) |  | Author: Bob Vause
Publisher: Bloomberg Press
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 33834
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Fifth Edition, Revised
Pages: 336
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Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 1576603415
Dewey Decimal Number: 338.6041
EAN: 9781576603413
ASIN: 1576603415
Publication Date: September 9, 2009
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This is a comprehensive guide to making sense of a company's annual report, measuring a business against its competitors, judging the creditworthiness of a company, assessing the investment potential, and putting a value on a company. |
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 Analyze This! August 5, 2009
Larry Underwood (Scottsdale, AZ)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Bob Vause compiles a handy guide for even the layman to comprehend, in navigating through the frequently muddled world of investing. Choosing the right companies to trust with our investment dollars is a daunting enough task under "normal" market conditions; under the current recessionary climate, it's an absolute necessity to weed out the prenteders from the contenders.
Even then, there are no guarantees; the irrational behavior of investors continues to confuse even the most astute market experts. The past year has befuddled the entire world economic community, as trillions upon trillions of our hard earned dollars has evaporated into thin air.
Perhaps this book will help; it was published over four years ago, when the stock & housing markets were booming. The recent financial meltdown has been rehashed in many books with 20-20 vision; it appears "greed & hubris" have been the biggest culprits, and the vast majority of naive investors were completely fooled by it all.
What makes this book so valuable is its wise advice in spotting the danger signs of pending corporate doom or malfeasence. Investor beware, indeed. Be very careful; it's dangerous out there.
Analysis of Companies May 19, 2009
Business Babe (Maryland)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
So not the typical text book for a class so I am very satisfied. To be perfectly honet I had forgot I ordered the book it came so fast so I was totally satisfied.
 it's really a book for beginner September 16, 2008
Anh Luong (Switzerland)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Hm...I've had only 2 courses in Finance during my study so I thought I'm a beginner enough for this book but apparently I was wrong...I think you should only purchase this book if you have absolutely no idea about finance
Economist August 18, 2008
R. Backes (Peachtree City, GA)
0 out of 18 found this review helpful
I have not yet read this book but I have read the Economist and it is a first rate publication. I have a Ba in Economics and an MBA in Finance so I plan to eventually order other books from this company.
Informative but dry June 2, 2008
H. Schwartz (New York, NY)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I think that Vause is too verbose, using 5 lines of mediocre prose to explain what he could and should have explained in 1 line of good prose.
I also think that he doesn't deal directly with the implicit, underlying assumptions of financial analysis. He definitely touches on these concepts, but he doesn't "knock them out of the park." I'm left feeling that he knows a lot more than he's able to clearly communicate.
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