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"Financial Modeling", "Excel", 1111 pages; I think this is something like my idea of hell.

I have Herodotus to cool me down when it all gets too much

Imagine. Slumming with Herodotus when you need a break!

John wrote: "I have Herodotus to cool me down when it all gets too much"

Very nice!

How is it?

Good. Re-performing much of it in excel with an eye on pythonising (or better understanding python finance packages).
You need to know when to pay attention and when to gloss over - full concentration for the whole book and you’ll never get through it.

It’s sections are:
1. Corporate Finance
2. Portfolio Theory
3. Options
4. Bonds
5. Monte Carlo methods

Gotcha. Are you working on your portfolio or for industry?