The Wall Street MBA: Your Personal Crash Course in Corporate Finance

by Reuben Advani

A streetwise MBA that offers you a degree in success Whether you're a novice or an experienced professional, The Wall Street MBA explains the underpinnings of financial valuation, financial analysis, and corporate accounting and describes how each drives corporate America and Wall Street. Peppered with true stories and amusing anecdotes, this concise, easy-to-read, interactive resource teaches MBA concepts by applying theory to real-life examples. You'll learn how to review financial statements, analyze earnings, detect fraud, assess stock prices, value companies, and structure mergers and acquisitions, among other exercises.

Genres: Business, Finance, Nonfiction, Buisness, Economics, Money, Professional Development

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Rushi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very, very basic book. Contains the subjects that a first year business student would learn in undergrad, but with significantly less detail. Read this book if you don't want to sound completely clueless in front of your friends and family that work in finance or accounting. This won't help you if you plan on actually applying finance or accounting information in your future career, education, or personal investing ventures.

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent summary of the principles behind corporate finance and investment banking. The ideal reader would have basic background knowledge of business or accounting, but a careful reader with a dictionary handy can keep up too.

[Luke · Rating 2 out of 5]

The reference to MBA is a bit ambitious. A quick and painless read perfect for someone starting with undergrad studies.

[Sergio Padilla · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great intro and rundown of some important accounting and financial topics, with everyday relevance to people that work in the sector. Written for anyone with a beginners understanding of finance and highly accessible.

Also, love that the author acknowledges many finance books are jargon-filled diatribes mostly written for the author’s peers. Glad that he takes the time to make sure readers understand key concepts

[JediMasterPercy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Things I liked:
1. Decent humor
2. A solid source of formulas I use often
3. Felt like I was learning

Things I didn’t like:
1. It was non fiction

[Katelyn Rahey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great (very light) intro to a lot of finance topics.
Good refresh if needed.

[Paul Adams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great coverage of what can be a dry topic. Infused with humor in the right places to make the read very entertaining.

[Rommel Harlequin Monet · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent refresher / intro-text for the useless ones in your finance/accounting department. Nothing you can't get off Investopedia.

TOC:

PART 1: ACCOUNTING
1. Accounting Basics
2. Balance Sheet
3. Income Statement
4. Cash Flow Statement
5. Fraud and Manipulation
6. Financial Analysis

PART 2: FINANCE
7. Cost of Capital
8. Valuation
9. Wall Street Basics: Stocks and Bonds
10. Wall Street Part Deux: Arbitrage, Derivatives and Hedge Funds
11. Mergers and Acquisitions
12. Currency
13. Real Estate
14. Commodities

[Chan Bryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read the 2nd edition. It's a good introductory book to basic finance concepts for people who have not studied finance before. Like the way how the author presents the concepts with interesting background story and narrative. Definitely worth a read for people who want to understand some accounting and finance.

[Felipe Marcilio · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very basic principles of Finance

A well organized book, but too simple for anyone who works with Finance. This book is aimed at those who are searching for basic knowledge, and certainly does not have not a "MBA"-like content. The first chapters on accounting and corporate finance are good, but the last few are very shallow.

[Vincelight · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a pretty preliminary finance 101 book. Good for those who've never learnt finance in college. For those finance majors, don's waste your time.