Financial Modeling - 2nd Edition: Includes CD
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Financial Modeling - 2nd Edition: Includes CD
Simon Benninga
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0262024829

Book Description

Too often, finance courses stop short of making a connection between textbook finance and the problems of real-world business. Financial Modeling bridges this gap between theory and practice by providing a nuts-and-bolts guide to solving common financial models with spreadsheets. Simon Benninga takes the reader step by step through each model, showing how it can be solved using Microsoft Excel®. In this sense, this is a finance "cookbook," providing recipes with lists of ingredients and instructions.

Areas covered include computation of corporate finance problems, standard portfolio problems, option pricing and applications, and duration and immunization. The second edition contains six new chapters covering financial calculations, cost of capital, value at risk (VaR), real options, early exercise boundaries, and term structure modeling. A new technical chapter contains a potpourri of tips for using Excel®.

Although the reader should know enough about Excel™ to set up a simple spreadsheet, the author explains advanced Excel® techniques used in the book. The book includes chapters dealing with random number generation, data tables, matrix manipulation, and VBA programming. It also comes with a CD-ROM containing Excel® worksheets and solutions to end-of-chapter exercises.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Excelent book.......2007-09-24

Is an excelent book to learn and undertand how to creat financial models in excel.

I strongly recomend it.

Romer iragorri

5 out of 5 stars I thought I did a review for this book immediately when I received it! It was really good! It's like the best textbook!.......2007-09-16

Beninnga states things very clearly.
And the sophistication is great.
No matter what level you are in, it's good for you.
And these knowledge are really useful in real world!
I mean,I'm really gonna keep this book for myself after I finish the degree.

5 out of 5 stars Strongly recommended to practitioner.......2007-09-03

The book has great practical value. It also applies to those who wish to implement financial models in other computing environment than Excel.

4 out of 5 stars Good Cookbook.......2007-08-23

Very good on giving an introduction on many modeling techniques.
Exceptionally recommended for the new babe.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent book.......2007-07-19

All students of finance must have one, It's great, If I'd have had it when I was student oh, I'd save a lot of time, now I'm teacher of finance and I recomend all my students to buy it.
Restaurant Financial Basics
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • great info for my clients
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Restaurant Financial Basics
Raymond S. Schmidgall , David K. Hayes , and Jack D. Ninemeier
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ASIN: 0471213799

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A complete, practical guide to managing restaurant business finances
One of the keys to a successful restaurant business is strong financial management. This book equips readers with the tools needed to manage the finances of foodservice establishments effectively. Written by expert authors with extensive experience in the field, this accessible resource is filled with valuable information that can be applied to day-to-day operations. It offers concise, down-to-earth coverage of basic accounting topics-including pricing, budgeting, cost control, and cash flow-as well as more specialized information, such as how to establish menu prices.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars great info for my clients.......2007-06-27

I am an accountant and this books gives me great ideas to share with my restaurant clients

4 out of 5 stars Must have...........2007-05-12

This is an excellent book that must be a part of your business library. As essential as any cookbook

5 out of 5 stars Highly recommendable.......2006-03-11

I used this book to teach financial management of restaurantes to pupils in a culinary school. It was very usefull and I highly recommend it, especially the chapter where you find the different forms of calculating the price of a dish.

5 out of 5 stars Helpful.......2002-10-11

This book provides confidence for people out here (like myself) that are considering starting their own business. No other texts on the subject have covered the pertinent issues as comprehensively as I would have liked. Very information and truly helpful.
Keeping the Books: Basic Recordkeeping and Accounting for the Successful Small Business (Keeping the Books)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Great book for small business owners....
  • Your Business at a Glance
  • Great for the Basics
  • Excellent introduction
  • Save your money; don't buy this book.
Keeping the Books: Basic Recordkeeping and Accounting for the Successful Small Business (Keeping the Books)
Linda Pinson
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ASIN: 1419584383
Release Date: 2007-01-02

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The premier resource for basic bookkeeping and business record management, Keeping the Books is a comprehensive, yet down to earth, treatment of one of the most important, yet often neglected, aspects of running a business. User-friendly and packed with easy-to-understand illustrations, worksheets, and forms, this popular financial reference tool is completely updated, and replete with the variety of IRS forms that entrepreneurs have to be familiar with. From updating car and transportation expenses to exploding the myths around independent contractors, the author presents everything a small company needs to know to maintain proper records.

Following the roadmap outlined in Keeping the Books, entrepreneurs will learn how to:

Prepare and analyze financial statements to stay in touch with the heartbeat of their businessSet up bookkeeping systems to keep track of financial detailsMaintain the required IRS records necessary to stay out of troublePlan for required taxes due

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4 out of 5 stars Great book for small business owners...........2006-12-12

This is one of my two favorite accounting books for small business owners. The other is "Small Business Accounting Simplified" by Daniel Sitarz. These books present a lot of the same information, but they have slightly different perspectives on small business accounting and I think both viewpoints are useful and complimentary. Establishing your accounting system is serious business, so I would consider purchasing both. It's a small investment considering how important and time consuming this area could be for small business.

With that said, this book will help you to understand the basics of accounting and the advantages and disadvantages of various methods of keeping your books. It is very streamlined, practical and will help you to get your books together quickly using the easiest system that is appropriate for your business.

This is a very non-intimidating book and first time business owners will really like it. The other book I recommended above by Sitarz is more involved and may be something you want to get down the road. If you are a very small business, this book may have all you need and you may appreciate that it lacks some detail that might be unnecessary.

Both books that I mention are adequate to get a small business up and running. However, if you are not a numbers person by nature or have an aversion to accounting, this might be the best place to start. As part of my livelihood I do small business consulting and this title and the one I mentioned in the first paragraph are the two books I most often recommend for a new small business.

5 out of 5 stars Your Business at a Glance.......2005-11-08

This is an excellent book that teaches you to chart: where you would like to go on your business journey; where you are; and what you need to do to adjust your journey towards your profit goals.

Long before reading this book, I had asked an Accountant the difference between fixed and variable assets - he really didn't answer my question. In fact, he seemed to be annoyed that I would ask such a question.

But this book gives the answer in a very succinct description, with supporting information.

Above all, this book walks the small business owner through:
1. Record Keeping;
2. Business Accounting;
3. General Ledgers;
4. Financial Statements; and,
5. Taxes.

And this is definitely a resource to keep referring to, until you have mastered the process of growing profit.

4 out of 5 stars Great for the Basics.......2005-09-21

This is an excellent book for those learning to keep books, or needing to brush up on their bookeeping skills. It is very detailed, and simplified. I found it easy to follow and understand.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent introduction.......2005-06-12

This book is a very good introduction to bookkeeping. If you majored in finance and are an erolled agent with the IRS, you probably won't need this book. People with a much more limited knowledge of bookkeeping will benefit greatly.

1 out of 5 stars Save your money; don't buy this book........2005-03-20

Considering the high cost of this book, it was definitely not worth it. Most of the information in this book could have been accessed for free through the IRS. I should have paid attention to the negative reviews that were written by other people to not buy this book. In addition, the entire book deals with single-entry bookkeeping. It tells you that you should hire an accountant or a professional payroll firm to do other types of bookkeeping. Most people like myself, who buy self-help books, are financially challenged, and buy these books to learn how to do everything themselves. We cannot afford to hire outside help.
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    Budgeting Basics and Beyond, Second Edition provides managers with a hassle-free resource that's guaranteed to make the budgeting process easier, less stressful, and more effective. This updated edition features new information on service and nonprofit applications, types of financial models, Web-based budgeting and planning solutions, and much more. From preparing and presenting budgets to monitoring results against budget figures and handling any budget problem that comes up, this Second Edition is a go-to reference for every budgeting issue. Packed with case studies, illustrations, exhibits, forms, checklists, graphs, samples, and worked-out solutions to a wide variety of budgeting, planning, and control problems, this Second Edition is both a handy desk reference and problem-solver for today's financial and nonfinancial managers in public practice and private industry.
    Basic Finance: An Introduction to Financial Institutions, Investments and Management
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      Herbert B. Mayo
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        John D. Martin , and J. William Petty
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        Healthcare Finance: Basic Tools for Non-Financial Managers (Health Care Finance (Baker))
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        Health Care Finance: Basic Tools for Nonfinancial Managers, Second Edition is a practical financial management text for those who need basic financial management knowledge and a better understanding of health care finance. Using actual examples from hospitals, long-term care facilities, and home health agencies, this text includes practical information for the nonfinancial manager charged with budgeting. This user-friendly text is a thorough revision.

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        3 out of 5 stars Ok basic, but not too helpful.......2006-02-26

        This book gives a good basic overview of the health care finance. Its best feature is that it is applied to health care only, so you don't have to go through other business models. I cannot see using it in the future though - if you are planning to manage your office/work on a budget/evaluate your organization from a financial stand point, this is not the book you will need.
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        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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        • Great book when paired with another one.
        • Great for project managers
        • A fine overview for nontechnical managers.
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        Customer Reviews:

        3 out of 5 stars A Bit Too Theoretical.......2002-09-24

        This is not a bad book. It covers a lot of ground. But at times it gets a bit too theoretical, rather than being down to earth. I saw the reviews that liked it, but several of them were by financial managers. For those of us who are not financial managers, there is quite of a bit of mathematics and theory. For example, for capital budgeting there is a whole chapter of mathematical formulas with a small paragraph saying no one really uses the formulas - they use calculators or computers. But there was no discussion about what calculator or computer program to buy or how to do the calculations with a calculator or computer. The book is also pretty much out of date, espeically in areas like the tax chapter.

        4 out of 5 stars Easy to read and understand for the non-technical person.......2001-12-16

        This book does a great job of helping managers understand the financial world. It takes the basics of finance and accounting and describes them in a very non-technical and easy to understand manner. I am a degreed accountant with a strong finance and economics background and find it difficult to explain things to business owners and managers in a way that makes sense to them. This book resolves that problem. By the time they read through it once we can at least talk together and I don't feel like I am using a foreign language.
        A very valuable book that should be required reading for anyone who goes into business for theirself or moves up the corporate ladder to a position where understanding these things is beneficial for their career. While it is not a treatise on the details of accounting and finance it will give you a broad enough scope to understand what you should be doing and why things work the way that they do. A recommended read.

        5 out of 5 stars Great book when paired with another one........2001-06-15

        This is a very readable book about business finance and accounting. I have used it, along with a study guide I prepared for it, to help train people who were becoming instructors for business training classes. It certainly helps to be able to discuss the material in the book with someone who knows more about what's in it than you do. Even so, Droms does a good job with his material and you can use the book for later reference -- I do. You'll get even more out of this book if you order another book to go with it. That book is "Business Basics Bestseller #1." [...]

        5 out of 5 stars Great for project managers.......2000-06-16

        It is concise and easy to understand. Helps you understand basic accounting and business finance without having a background in accounting.

        4 out of 5 stars A fine overview for nontechnical managers........1999-07-07

        Professor Droms has re-edited his well known book: FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING FOR NONFINANCIAL MANAGERS. I, for one, am very glad to see that it continues in print and available.

        This book provides remarkable insights into why things financial are the way that they are. His examples are clear and understandable. His explanations are coherent and make sense.

        Perhaps, the only critique I can make for this useful and easier to follow book, is that it is too short.

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        ASIN: 0071417729

        Book Description

        Limitations in today's software packages for financial modeling system development can threaten the viability of any system--not to mention the firm using that system. Modeling Financial Markets is the first book to take financial professionals beyond those limitations to introduce safer, more sophisticated modeling methods. It contains dozens of techniques for financial modeling in code that minimize or avoid current software deficiencies, and addresses the crucial crossover stage in which prototypes are converted to fully coded models.

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover.......2006-03-10

        I found this book informative and extremely accessible. It's incredulous that all these dorks keep insisting that the title of this book rings false for them. The content does provide a great deal more than the title alone suggests but one could see that by glancing at the content prior to buying the book. What I enjoyed most about it was the matter of fact, easy tone which conveyed so much so simply.

        2 out of 5 stars Hands On Programming.......2006-03-06

        Lately I've been making heavy use of Amazon's Table of Content look up capability. I think that I didn't use that well enough when I purchased this book. More on that.

        I like to buy books as reference material. Things should be easy to find. I bought this book when I was first getting into building Automated Trading Strategies. I had the impression that this would help me.

        I no longer support that impression. The Table of Contents has no reflection whatsoever on the financial perspective of the book. If you are looking for inspiration on programming a particular financial capability, one is left with scanning the book sequentially from front to back. There is no detailed table of content. One learns very early in programming that random access may be a trifle harder, but in the end it is much faster. No random access here.

        I get the impression the book includes a few financial snippets, but nothing that really builds on anything else. I could be wrong. My attention span was never long enough to persist in finding out stuff in the book.

        On the bright side of things, if I was learning .VB and wanted to learn it in within the Financial Modelling world, it might be a good book to pick up.

        But as other reviewers suggest, VB isn't a heavy hitter. I grew up with C/C++. Lately, I've been using C# substantially in my Financial Modelling.

        So... I'd give this one two thumbs down due to it's lack of ability to be used as a reference. I'm sure there is good info in there somewhere, but how does one find it easily?

        I'd instead pick up the O'Reilly book C# Essentials, your favorite Financial Book, and try things out that way.

        1 out of 5 stars A very misleading title.......2005-10-19

        The book is a jumble of basic financial concepts and way-too-simple VB.NET syntax explanations, which makes me wonder who are its target readers? How many financial professionals will ever want and/or be able to master .NET? As a computer programmer in a financial orgnization, I definitely want to learn a bit more about financial modelling, but this is certainly NOT the book to start with. It's far better to get familiarized with the basics by reading a pure finance or trading book.

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        This book is written at the delicate interface between financial analysis and computer programming. You could say that it's a book on financial modelling that spends a lot of time telling you how to program. Perhaps more accurately, it is a book on computer programming but written with the vocabulary and direction necessary to have the computer programs automatically select and evaluate investment opportunities.

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        A Basic Guide for Valuing a Company, 2nd Edition
        Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
        • good conceptual overview
        • Great resource for novices
        • ....unnecessarily and excruciatingly verbose!
        • Professional approach with simple expaniations, easy to use
        • Excellent on both the "art" and "science" of valuation.
        A Basic Guide for Valuing a Company, 2nd Edition
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        ASIN: 0471150479

        Book Description

        The Groundwork of Company Valuation for First-time Buyers and Sellers

        A Basic Guide for Valuing a Company has helped thousands of first-time buyers and sellers realize a fair, substantiated value for small businesses. Now in its Second Edition, this book covers common valuation techniques and myths, tips for determining tangible and intangible values, sample balance sheets and income statements, and approaches to valuing start-up technology and dot-com businesses.

        This nuts-and-bolts guide addresses publicly traded and privately held firms, including traditional brick-and-mortar companies and the intellectual property industry. With a clear, concise writing style, the author walks readers through common practices for valuing, from collecting data to arriving at a saleable figure for all types of businesses, including professional practice, manufacturing, wholesale distributors, and a variety of retail operations. This new edition features perspectives on nontraditional valuation practices, guidance for using an excess earnings method, and an abundance of case studies from actual companies.

        In order to make the most profitable decisions, before putting a business on the market or making an offer to acquire one, every beginning business purchaser and seller should read A Basic Guide for Valuing a Company, Second Edition.

        Customer Reviews:

        2 out of 5 stars good conceptual overview.......2001-01-01

        Good overview of valuation concepts, but if you want to sit down and actually come up with a number, try "Unlocking the Value of Your Business".

        5 out of 5 stars Great resource for novices.......2000-05-11

        Will Yegge has the unique ability of being able to present a difficult subject in a logical, intelligent, concise and interesting manner.

        Even though I have no background whatsoever in accounting, I was able to follow the information in this book and use it as my primary guide in valuing a company that I was interested in purchasing. It is a great resource for novices.

        3 out of 5 stars ....unnecessarily and excruciatingly verbose!.......1999-11-27

        Although his work on valuation techniques is straightforward in later chapters, the 1st several chapters do not do an adequate job of explaining the psychology of business valuation, buying or selling or the 'intangible' of business value. Words such as 'steeds' and 'pestilence' belong in literature, not reference manuals. Are Cliff Notes available to decipher just what these chapters are trying to communicate? I am trying to buy a business;lots of hard work lay ahead. Why must this book start off so unclear?

        5 out of 5 stars Professional approach with simple expaniations, easy to use.......1999-07-25

        In preparation to sell my business for appx $10MM I sought many references on how to make a professional presentation and and use methodology that would be reasonable and logical to lead to a sale. Wilbur has doen a great job with this and his other book, How To Sell A business. I recommend that anyone read there two before putting a package together. I have had many favorable comments from both principals and brokers concerning the structure of the presentation I was able do make using Wilbur's help.

        4 out of 5 stars Excellent on both the "art" and "science" of valuation........1998-12-10

        Just what I needed as a small business owner who needed a basic understanding of both the art and the science of valuing my company. Heavier read than it looks, since I didn't needed to know everything about non-related businesses. I did need to know how what factors must be considered and how complex some deals could be. Yegge speaks from experience and that is obvious, helpful and most comforting.

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