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Magic Numbers: The 33 Key Ratios That Every Investor Should Know

Magic Numbers: The 33 Key Ratios That Every Investor Should Know

by PeterTemple (Author)

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    Hardcover 2001

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Synopsis

Quickly and accurately calculate key investment ratios Written by a leading finance expert, this book offers simple explanations on how to calculate and interpret key financial ratios. This information is essential for the accurate assessment of a company's financial condition and the true value of its shares. This book is packed with many worked examples from actual company reports and readers will also find many online reference sources-including company Web sites and free software offers. Plus, this book features a supporting Web site at www.magicnumbersbook.com. Magic Numbers is essential reading for individual investors and non-financial executives.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 232
 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 19 Nov 2001
ISBN 10: 0471479241
ISBN 13: 9780471479246

Media Reviews
Book of the Week, .. .investors online or otherwise who want to develop the skills used by financial analysts, will find it hard to go wrong with Magic Numbers. (Sunday Times, 13 January 2002) very good choice.... In just a few pages, each written and laid out with admirable clarity, Temple walks us through...financial measures.... I wish I had this book years ago. (BusinessWeek, February 11, 2002) .. .Magic Numbers elevates itself to more than a mere reference book - it becomes a modern day rallying cry for Enlightenment-style rationalism that would make even David Hume proud. (Portfolio International, February 2002) .. .website...does contain useful downloadable worksheets, calculators and links... (Gulf Business, April 2002)
Author Bio
PETER TEMPLE was born in the North of England. He is a graduate in economics and statistics from the University of Wales, and is a Fellow of the UK Securities Institute. After an 18-year career as an investment analyst in fund management and investment banking, he turned to full time writing in 1988 as a freelance financial journalist and author. His articles cover a wide variety of investing topics, and appear regularly in the Financial Times, Investors Chronicle, Shares, International Fund Investment, and in a number of other publications and financial web sites. In addition to Magic Numbers, John Wiley has published several of his other books, including Hedge Funds - The Courtesans of Capitalism, Private Equity and The New Online Investor.