Investment Banking for Dummies

By: Matthew Krantz, Robert R. Johnson PhD CFA CAIA

Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray

Enrich your career with a review of investment banking basics

One of the most lucrative fields in business, investment banking frequently perplexes even banking professionals working within its complex laws. Investment Banking For Dummies remedies common misconceptions with a straightforward assessment of banking fundamentals. Written by experts in stock market proceedings, this book runs parallel to an introductory course in investment banking. It clearly outlines strategies for risk management, key investment banking operations, the latest information on competition and government regulations, and relationships between leveraged buyout funds, hedge funds, and corporate and institutional clients. With this reference, you can ace investment banking courses and grasp the radical changes that have revamped the stock market since the financial crisis.

• Thoroughly addresses the dramatic financial changes that have occurred in recent years
• Outlines expectations to prepare you for the future
• Teaches the practical aspects of finance and investment banking, how to value a company, and how to construct a financial model

No serious business student or banking professional should be without the basic knowledge of issuing bonds, stocks, and other financial products outlined in this excellent resource.

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Loved this book!

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I really enjoyed the material and the voice was not boring. This information is invaluable.

very nice primer to investment banking ....

very nice primer to investment banking ....highly recommended.

... a nice supplement to this book would be a workbook for the spreadsheet analysis presented ... but again there may already exist specialized software somewhere in the market today ...

Educational but Redundant

This book is a wonderful way to build one background knowledge about investment banking and about investing. I was a little bit annoyed at how redundant the chapters were. Perhaps that way by design, because these types of Dummy books are not meant to be read from cover to cover.

Overall, I'm glad I read it. I feel more knowledgeable for sure.

The case study towards one of the latter chapters is very helpful. The history of investment banking was interesting and the history of the classic estimate will make a great conversation.

Comprehensive content well read

Good cover of the topics, sufficient for any person interested in IB.

Good reading even for difficult technical topics

Good

Solid. Straight forward. Not a lot of behind the curtain looks into the industry, but still thorough.