Dictionary Of Finance & Investment Terms Paperback – January 1, 1998

Was helpful in understanding terms

An excellent addition to anyone's financial library, this book will help acquaint you with common and esoteric terms in finance and investing. The cover is a very durable, heavy paperback which ought to stand up to pretty frequent use.

Anytime I have a finance question, I refer to this book. Great purchase.

excellent price

This is a must-have, if you 're out of college for years or you're in the field but forget the meaning of some terms sometimes and need a quick but thourough reference, this is THE one. Sure, you can find the same concept by spending 1/2 hour on the web searching for the meaning of some term, why don't just use this book for just 1/2 minute???I like reading Fortune magazine and Harvard Business Review, but sometimes I came across some concepts that I couldn't understand, I looked up for the term on google.com, but it was so painful spending 1/2 hour for one term because my time is limitted. Then I got this book, and I never have to go online or call my friends up for the meaning of some financial terms, I'll just look it up in this dictionary.Don't underestimate this dictionary, it has everything you need as a professional or just a occasional reader of some finance magazines.Pick out Leveraged Buyout, I bet that if you don't know the term, you'll spend tons of time online to look for it, however, you'll have it in this dictionary.Another reason why this book is so great is that if you spend time online for the terms, you may not get an accurate meaning of the term and sometimes conflicting meaning because the very same term may be used in some other context. This book is strictly financial.I wrote this review as a payback for the authors for writing such a wonderful dictionary.

I find myself somewhat amazed at the financial analysts and brokers who find this book unsatisfactory. The poignant analogy coming to mind is offering the book "Accounting for Dummies" to a CPA. Of course it is unsatisfying. A book like this is not aimed at seasoned professionals in the field; rather, it's intended audience is grounded in those with little or no exposure to the securities/financial fields.I have been involved in securities litigation consulting for almost a decade now. As my consulting practice has grown, I have hired many individuals, most of whom are not well-versed in securities/financial jargon. In significantly all cases, these new employees feel ill-at-ease initially when reviewing case files and documentation due to the learning ramp and educational abyss. I have found if I offer them a copy of the DICTIONARY OF FINANCE AND INVESTMENT TERMS (DFIT) on their first day, the learning curve is flattened and becomes much shorter in duration. As a matter of fact, several of my employees have taken the initiative to take their DFIT home to look for particular words/phrases common to their daily routines. By derivation, this makes the employee feel much less out of place and instills some level of motivation relative to their work (this has been a definite intangible benefit to my practice).I keep one in my office and although I don't crack it very often, there are times when I'm not as familiar with a word/phrase and then, I rely on DFIT. This is similar to the situation of reading a book, seeing a word you can pronounce and know but aren't quite certain of its EXACT meaning. Let's face it, with over 5,000 entries in DFIT, most professionals, even those entrenched in the field, will find themselves fuzzy on certain words and phrases.While DFIT is not a panacea, it certainly fills the void. I would recommend this book for anyone new to the finance/investment fields and most professionals who deal on the fringes of these industries. ... I don't really see how one can go wrong here (particularly given that many reference offerings go for hundreds of dollars).

Whether you are a finance student, busienss student, professional financier, or have any level of involvement in finance, then this book is my #1 recommendation for you!Don't you sometimes run into a term that you have no idea what it means? Or a term that you've heard before but can't put your finger on its exact meaning? What about the times that you argued with a friend or a colleague about the exact meaning of a financial term? Even better, don't you enjoy it when you introduce a new term to your friends and come out as the guy who knows about finance more than they do?If you answered yes to any of those questions then this book is for you.Enough said :)

If you are looking for a portable reference for financial and investment terminology in a dictonary format, this book is for you. The preface, the "how to get the best out of the book" page, the A-Z definitions and abbreviations/acronymns are the additional advantages that make this book an easy-to-use reference for the average individual trying to keep up with the financial world's jargon. It is especially helpful for defining terms mentioned in your 401-K or mutual fund prospectus.

Better condition than expected

Satisface las expectativas que tenia. En excelente estado y muy interesantes. El único prtoblerma es cuando no se saber la traduccion previa al Ingles.