Author: Martin S. Fridson
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: wealth, titans, strategies, proven, billionaire
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1999-12-24
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 047133202X
ISBN-13: 9780471332022

"A truly enlightening work filled with fundamental strategies that have worked for others.Martin Fridson documents the essential principles inherent in every billionaire’s success." -Gordon Bethune Chairman of the Board and CEO Continental Airlines Self-made billionaires all have one thing in common: they excel at making money. But hard work, thrift, and focus are only part of the story-you hold the rest of it in your hands. How to Be a Billionaire is the first comprehensive picture of the real strategies and tactics that built the great business fortunes of modern ti

Author: Martin S. Fridson
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: history, wiley, investment, market, stock, extraordinary, moments, year
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 1997-12-22
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 0471174009
ISBN-13: 9780471174004

Who knows when lightning will strike? It did in 1908, and then again in 1915, 1927, and a handful of other years when the stock market soared beyond everyone’s expectations, producing returns on investment that exceeded 35 and even 50 percent. Why do such spectacular periods occur? What, if anything, do they have in common? And most importantly: Can we predict when they will occur again? In It Was a Very Good Year, leading investment authority Martin S. Fridson probes the reasons behind the stock market’s spectacular performance during each of the twentieth century’s te

Author: Martin S. Fridson
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: wealth, titans, strategies, proven, billionaire
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2001-05-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0471416177
ISBN-13: 9780471416173

Praise for HOW TO BE A BILLIONAIRE "A truly enlightening work filled with fundamental strategies that have worked for others. Martin Fridson documents the essential principles inherent in every billionaire’s success."–Gordon Bethune, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Continental Airlines "Martin Fridson has created the ultimate road map to the American Dream. He comes as close to extracting a formula for the acquisition of wealth as any book I have ever read."–Jeff Sagansky, CEO, Paxson Communications "Martin Fridson’s book has a number of very insightful and thoughtful ana

Author: Martin S. Fridson
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: intervention, marketplace, government, case, intrusions, unwarranted
Number of Pages: 309
Published: 2006-05-19
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0471687138
ISBN-13: 9780471687139

What happens when politicians substitute their wisdom for the market’s? The result is usually a government subsidy that provides advantage to a special interest group only–but costs everyone and drains the economy. In Unwarranted Intrusions, well-known financial commentator Martin Fridson turns his sharp eye for uncovering opaque financial reporting practices to the U.S. government and examines the economic reality of some of the most popular yet financially draining subsidies. Fridson debunks programs that claim to provide jobs, encourage savings, provide affordable housing, and preserve

Authors:Martin S. Fridson, Fernando Alvarez,
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: financial, analysis, statement, wiley, finance, master, exercises, workbook, tests
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 2002-07-29
List price: $43.50
ISBN-10: 0471409189
ISBN-13: 9780471409182

Whether you’re evaluating a company’s stock price, assessing its credit quality, or determining valuations for a merger or acquisition, deciphering the messages embedded within a company’s financial statements is critical-especially after the recent demise of so-called "solid" companies. This workbook will help you do this and much more, by allowing you to hone your skills and test the knowledge you’ve gained from reading Financial Statement Analysis, Third Edition. Question-and-answer sections within this workbook correspond to each chapter of Financial Statement Analy

Authors:Martin Fridson, Fernando Alvarez,
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: guide, practitioner, analysis, statement, financial
Number of Pages: 396
Published: 2002-03-15
List price: $80.00
ISBN-10: 0471409154
ISBN-13: 9780471409151

Praise for Financial Statement Analysis A Practitioner’s Guide Third Edition "This is an illuminating and insightful tour of financial statements, how they can be used to inform, how they can be used to mislead, and how they can be used to analyze the financial health of a company." -Professor Jay O. Light Harvard Business School "Financial Statement Analysis should be required reading for anyone who puts a dime to work in the securities markets or recommends that others do the same." -Jack L. Rivkin Executive Vice President (retired) Citigroup Investments "Fridson and Alvarez provide

Authors:Martin S. Fridson, Fernando Alvarez,
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: wiley, finance, guide, practitioner, statement, analysis, financial
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2011-07-05
List price: $80.00
ISBN-10: 0470635606
ISBN-13: 9780470635605

An updated guide to the essential discipline of financial statement analysisIn Financial Statement Analysis, Fourth Edition, leading investment authority Martin Fridson returns with Fernando Alvarez to provide the analytical framework you need to scrutinize financial statements, whether you’re evaluating a company’s stock price or determining valuations for a merger or acquisition.This fully revised and up-to-date Fourth Edition offers fresh information that will help you to evaluate financial statements in today’s volatile markets and uncertain economy, and allow you to get