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Guide to Analysing Companies (Economist (Hardcover))
by Bob Vause
from Profile Books
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
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Economist 
I have not yet read this book but I have read the Economist and it is a first rate publication. I have a Ba in Economics and an MBA in Finance so I plan to eventually order other books from this company.
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Informative but dry 
I think that Vause is too verbose, using 5 lines of mediocre prose to explain what he could and should have explained in 1 line of good prose.
I also think that he doesn't deal directly with the implicit, underlying assumptions of financial analysis. He definitely touches on these concepts, but he doesn't "knock them out of the park." I'm left feeling that he knows a lot more than he's able to clearly communicate.
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Looking beyond the numbers
Concise, insightful and easy to read, this book is an excellent introduction for the ordinary people. The books reliance on examples - both real and fictitious - is what makes it stand out from rest of the crowd.
The first section introduces you to various pieces of information on the balance sheets, income and cash flow statements. There are no complicated equations or quick-fix formulate. Instead, there is discussion supported on the true meaning and significance (or insignificance) of various pieces... more info
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Detailed knowledge volume
Rather than giving a bunch of formulas to use in Excel, this book actually tries to impart you some knowledge of real world.
While the knowledge maybe old hat for experienced stock analysts, it is NOT for new comers to the field.
And for the Excel script MBAs who try to reduce everything to an equation, sorry dudes.
This book attempts to make u first understand the purpose, goal, and results you would get in a analysis, and then goes about teaching you that analysis.
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