You don’t need an MBA to master corporate finance “Finally, the book which may put Harvard Business School out of business. A must-read for all professionals who seek strong financial expertise.” —Rick Rickertsen, Managing Partner, Pine Creek Partners; author of Buyout “Terrific overview of corporate finance and accounting that even the nonfinancial professional will find useful.” —Ken Glazer, former Senior Competition Counsel, The Coca-Cola Company “The Wall Street MBA distills a broad swath of corporate finance and financial reporting concepts into a concise, practical, and easily accessible format.” —Robert Borghese, lecturer, The Wharton School; author of M&A from Planning to Integration The Wall Street MBA gives you the tools to: Review financial statements Analyze earnings Detect fraud Assess stock prices Value companies Determine the cost of capital With brand-new chapters on currency trading, real estate valuation, and commodities

Advani, a former investment banker, has an MBA from The Wharton School The author currently runs corporate finance training programs at major law firms including White & Case, Sullivan & Cromwell, and Pepper Hamilton & Sheets

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Experts from NYU Stern School of Business analyze new financial regulations and what they mean for the economy The NYU Stern School of Business is one of the top business schools in the world thanks to the leading academics, researchers, and provocative thinkers who call it home. In Regulating Wall Street: The New Architecture of Global Finance, an impressive group of the Stern school’s top authorities on finance combine their expertise in capital markets, risk management, banking, and derivatives to assess the strengths and weaknesses of new regulations in response to the recent global financial crisis. Summarizes key issues that regulatory reform should address Evaluates the key components of regulatory reform Provides analysis of how the reforms will affect financial firms and markets, as well as the real economy The U.S. Congress is on track to complete the most significant changes in financial regulation since the 1930s. Regulating Wall Street: The New Architecture of Global Finance discusses the impact these news laws will have on the U.S. and global financial architecture.

Use your PC to pick stocks like the pros—and yield significant returns in any market! Stock market guru David Brown knows plenty about computerized investing. His immensely popular on-line financial information firm, Telescan, provides tens of thousands of individual investors with stock quotes and up-to-the-minute data on every exchange in the world. Now, in Cyber-Investing, he shows both beginning and seasoned investors how to unleash the awesome potential of their PCs to pinpoint and follow up on stock opportunities the moment they happen. Armed with the powerful investment software featured on the disks along with David's proven strategies for using them, you can use your PC to: Streamline your investment decision-making process Spot extraordinary stock opportunities Determine the financial strength or weakness of any company Pinpoint undervalued stocks on any domestic or foreign exchange Use state-of-the-art analysis tools to find out when to buy and when to sell Manage your portfolio Generate significant returns year after year after year! Written in a lively, accessible style, packed with easy-to-read charts and tables, and featuring a gold mine of sophisticated investment software, Cyber-Investing makes it easier than ever for novices and seasoned investors alike to pick stocks like the pros!

Wall Street Research: Past, Present, and Future provides a timely account of the dramatic evolution of Wall Street research, examining its rise, fall, and reemergence. Despite regulatory, technological, and global forces that have transformed equity research in the last ten years, the industry has proven to be remarkably resilient and consistent. Boris Groysberg and Paul M. Healy get to the heart of Wall Street research—the analysts engaged in the process—and demonstrate how the analysts' roles have evolved, what drives their performance today, and how they stack up against their buy-side counterparts. The book unpacks key trends and describes how different firms have coped with shifting pressures. It concludes with an assessment of where equity research is headed in emerging markets, drawing conclusions about this often overlooked corner of Wall Street and the industry's future challenges.

An informative guide to successful investing, offering a vast array of advice on how investors can tilt the odds in their favour.