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Corporate Finance: Core Principles and Applications + SAndP card (McGraw-Hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Est)
by Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford Jordan
from McGraw-Hill/Irwin
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Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0 
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Disappointing text 
This text is not adequate for an introductory finance course but not advanced enough for higher level finance classes. The textbook fails to provide examples in an easy to read manner. When giving formulas and mathematical examples the text never shows all steps taken when arriving at an answer. Basic definitions and concepts are not explained, but rather mentioned in passing. Chapter descriptions leave more questions than providing answers. Questions at the end of the chapter cannot be answered using the... more info
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Makes the subject as clear as possible 
This book is written in a simple, straightforward style. It's like you're sitting with a friend who knows this stuff really well and is explaining it to you, without loading you down with all the complications you don't need to know at first. That said, as the chapters progress, it introduces lots of "complications" and always gives a full treatment--derivation, intuitive justifications, and formal proof (where appropriate). The authors have given a lot of thought to how to organize the subjects, and they... more info
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Corporate Finance 
I purchased this textbook for a class. The class is kind of advanced and I am having to teach myself from the book. Unfortunately, the book does not give very many examples and only shows the simplest equations then expects to be able to solve the harder ones. Overall, the book is not very helpful/ user friendly.
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