The Portable Financial Analyst: What Practitioners Need to Know Contributor(s): Kritzman, Mark P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0471267600 ISBN-13: 9780471267607 Publisher: Wiley OUR PRICE: $58.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2003 Annotation: "Risk is an inescapable feature of investing, and risk, more than anything else, is what this fine book is all about." -Peter L. Bernstein Praise for this Second Edition "For those looking for a serious introduction to the concepts and tools of quantitative financial analysis, this is a great book. The focus is economics and statistics as applied to financial markets. Though the topics are technical, the author's wit and good sense of humor are evident throughout." "This book is an essential resource for the thoughtful practitioner and serious student of finance. Kritzman straightforwardly introduces the reader to tools and concepts of huge significance in finance and investment management today. Neither brain candy nor mental steroids, this book is solid intellectual protein. Buy it. Study it. Bulk up." "This is a wonderful collection of wide-ranging essays on financial analysis written by a preeminent practitioner in a remarkably lucid style . . . don't leave home without it!" Praise for the First Edition "In one book, Mark Kritzman covers the key tools of modern investment practice. Clear, concise, and always to the point, the treatment is succinct but never superficial. This valuable volume should be included in the library of every serious investor." "Mark Kritzman makes the recondite transparent, the technical accessible, and the horrendously complex elegantly simple. Keep this book close at hand and you won't have to figure out these difficult issues again (and again and again)." |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Finance - General - Business & Economics | Investments & Securities - General |
Dewey: 332.6 |
LCCN: 2003057656 |
Series: Wiley Finance |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" (1.25 lbs) 272 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Financial professionals are faced with increasingly technical topics that are theoretically complicated but practically necessary in determining the trade-off between risk and return. The Portable Financial Analyst, Second Edition is a unique collection of essays that address the heart of every analyst's and investor's dilemma: how to make decisions in the face of unknown forces and how to assert some control over the outcome |