Finance (Barron's Business Review)

Not a bad supplement to an intro finance course. Lots of info, could be used as stanalone text in an MBA course. I feel the text is somewhat dated...but the fundamentals are there. Lots of practice questions at the end of each section to test your understanding and can be used for cfa exam preparation.

Clear, concise, good examples. I am an attorney with strong finance background, this book really helped strengthen my understanding of certain areas and as an introduction to other.

There are many inconsistencies in the book. It occasionally contradicts itself or misstates formulas. For someone like myself who is trying to teach themselves finance makes it unnecessarily difficult. Not completely useless, but there are definitely better options out there

Dr. Nikbakht essentially breaks down every topic in finance for the reader to really get a grasp on the material, whether you're learning it for the first time or using it as a refresher. Each chapter has numerous conceptual and computational questions for you to truly understand the material. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn what finance is all about.

required for a college class. Actually reading this book is very helpful for learning/solving for various finance related problems. It explains solutions/problems in a very easy to understand step by step way.

Wonderful resource for those who don't have a background in finance!

Love It!!

I have to books of this series, Economics and this one, Finance. Both have a similar structure and approach, and I like both. Essentially, the books of the series are designed to serve as reference books that cover the most frequently asked questions and main issues in the respective field. It is how the books are structured and their approach that differ them from many other similar books. The books are divided into short sections each dealing with a particular subject, often formulated as a question. it is thus easy to correlate your question with a relevant section of the book instead of leafing through the book for a long time in an attempt to find the answer. The language is mostly non-technical (to the extent possible) and uses real life examples understandable for non-specialist. If you wish, you can skip more technical details but this will still leave you with a fairly good general understanding of the topic. In my case, the book serves as a reliable and quick reference guide on finance, particularly on investing and financing of projects. .