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Essentials of Health Care Finance
I bought the book of Essentials of Health Care Finance, it was delivered on time, however, some papers insided the book are very dirty, I can see the brown oily figure prints. I wish that I can exchange the book ...

Troubling Guide to Alien Territory
This books offers a broad coverage of health care topics for a non-financial person.It is most deeply flawed for its inability to communicate clearly to a lay person.Essentially it is a vocabulary primer of important financial principles and concepts.It requires abstract thinking and the ability to follow mathematical models. Not for beginners
I have finished about 5 different chapters for a Masters degree course I am taking.This book is not for beginners!I am an RN and have been working in business for 10 years.The author assumes that you have hadbasic accounting and the terminology is unfamiliar.There are very fewexamples given so it is hard to take the information and see how it isreally used.I have had to buy another book just so that I couldunderstand this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administration    2. Finance    3. Health/Fitness    4. Hospital Administration    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Medical Economics    8. Practice Management & Reimbursement    9. Accounting    10. Health & Fitness / Health Care Issues   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Finance    5. Taxation - General    6. Business & Economics / Taxation / General    7. Taxation   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Accounting    6. Business & Economics / Accounting / General   

Reviews (54)

sophisticated maths
Neftci takes us on a mathematically sophisticated tour of financial derivatives. The treatment is on a level akin to a senior-level undergrad text on physics or engineering. Indeed, to a reader who might come from that background, there will be a lot of similarities and familiar ideas.
Remarkable Introduction to Serious Math, Serious Finance, and Real-World Applications
Neftci's book is easily grouped into a large number of texts that provide graduate level (considerable more rigorous than the MBA version) introductions to mathematical finance.Some are written for MBA with want to be exposed to as little math as possible without short changing the financial and valuation aspects and with considerable attention to a broad range of financial products and applications (Hull's classic comes to mind).Others are extremely implementation driven and are more a hybrid of finance and computer programming (Duffy, London, Wilmont).Still others are math books that speak above the heads of almost all practitioners and cover the finance topics poorly (or not at all).
Not a useful book
The author tried to circumvent the difficulty associated with the math behind derivative pricing by explaining the sujbect in a simple way that requires the minimum knowledge of math. Unfortunately it was overdone in this respect and therefore led to non-straightforward overelaboration that made simple things even more complicated. There are both typo and non-typo errors in the book, whick could make a fairly long erratum. For example, on p.281, Eq.(28) missed the last term from the previous equation.As mentioned by other readers, the notations were used inconsistently in this book. Again on p.281, the volatility sigma was switched to the one mupltiplied by the asset price without giving a notice. The subscript t was abused for both partial derivative with respect to time t and the function depending on t. English doesn't seem to be the author's first language. One of evidences of this is on p.336, in the second paragraph after Eq.(112), where "the value in current dollars" obviously should be "the current value in dollars". In addition, the author really needs to change his sloppy writing style. Footnotes were definitely abused, many of which are unnecessary. Many equations were unnecessarily written and numbered again and again. For example, Eq.(4) on p.276 is written and numbered again on p.277, and again on p.280.
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Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Applied    3. Banks & Banking    4. Business & Economics    5. Business/Economics    6. Derivative securities    7. Finance    8. Investment Finance    9. Investments & Securities - General    10. Mathematical Economics    11. Mathematics    12. Applied Economics    13. Applied Mathematics    14. Business & Economics / Finance    15. Econometrics    16. Investment & securities    17. Microeconomics   

Reviews (6)

Better than college textbooks
The author wrote this book assuming that non-financial people need to understand accounting, making this easy to read and understandable. Having gone through a college course on accounting, and being forced to use three other books (which were also worthless), I only wished I read this book first. Although it's designed for not-for-profit organizations, it explains the differences with for-profit organizations, and explains why certain things can be done, or can't be done. For anyone who is starting fresh, starting a new company, or planning on taking accounting in college, I would strongly recommend you invest $30 (my accounting textbook was over $100) and the first chapter alone, summarizes the the first 10 chapters of several college textbooks.

small non-profit organization treasurer
This book is not for bookkeepers.It is more for accountants who want to understand non-profit accounting.If a bookkeeper needs to know the proper day to day and month to month entries for this kind of organization, than this book is not for you.
Soporific and Overly Wordy.
Reads like a law textbook. Author often uses three sentences where one would do. Much ink is wasted telling the reader "we won't go into that here, but Chapter "X" deals exclusively with that." Concepts are understandable for those with an accounting background, but definitely would not recommend to someone without a solid grasp of accounting fundamentals. Author should have hired a writer to help him smooth out his writing style. Not recommended. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting    2. Accounting - General    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. CPA (Certified Public Accountant)    7. Financial Accounting    8. Financial statements    9. Non-Profit Organizations Management    10. Nonprofit Organizations & Charities    11. Nonprofit organizations    12. United States    13. Financial reporting, financial statements    14. Non-profitmaking organizations    15. Study Aids / CPA (Certified Public Accountant)   

Reviews (11)

Vacuous
The text is incomplete and irrelevant. Often, an explanation of a concept is begun but it ends suddenly without the actual connection to its accounting treatment. Take "Precollected Revenues on page 54; pages 58-60: show (visual) the account entry along with the description. Learners need to see these accounting entries. It would help to add a few worked examples and model answers for the case studies set out at the end of chapters if this text is intended to be used as a teaching text or we will no longer use it.

Insightful Case Studies
I can see the point of several previous reviewers that certain additional details flesh out end of chapter case studies.However, I found the writing fresh, insightful, and pointed.Multiple end of chapter resources further illuminated chapter material in detail.In conjunction with a thorough professor, this book is an excellent tool for understanding accounting material.

Beyond unacceptable
Verbose and useless!The book says that the only way to learn accounting is to practice doing problems.It sucks at showing you how to do problems.It sucks worst at teaching you the concepts.No matter how many technical or engineering degrees you may have, this will make you feel stupid. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting    2. Accounting (General)    3. Accounting - General    4. Business & Economics    5. Business / Economics / Finance    6. Business/Economics    7. Case studies    8. Business & Economics / Accounting / General   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Reference - General    5. Taxation - General   

Reviews (6)

Excellent intermediate book
The book is a look at credit risk through the glasses of mathematics, and is not a beginner's book. It is a bit dry in the beginning, yet after that I discovered lots of valuable intuitive explanations. While it does require a certain level of probability knowledge, the author walks you through most necessary steps for the presented models. The book covers almost everything needed for an intermediate course on credit modelling. The lack of numerical implementation menthods took the last star.

Amongst the best of a bad lot
The state of theory is in such tremendous flux at present with a majority of research unpublished and a growing consensus that the state of the art is entirely inadequate. No book could possibly please industry researchers at this point, but Philipp contributes some ideas and clarification here and there and some leads which are valuable. He is perhaps a little dismissive and pessimistic when the theory wanders into hard mathematical problems, and to to a large extent his book ends where the fun stuff begins. Nontheless I would recommend, especially to those entering the field.

Academic's Imperfect Idea of the Market
This book on credit derivatives models is written by an academic without a feel for how the market trades in practice.Schonbucher presents the mathematical equations without expanding on the meaning of the models or their application.Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Applied    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Credit    7. Credit derivatives    8. Economics - General    9. Finance    10. Investments & Securities - General    11. Money & Monetary Policy    12. Prices    13. Securities    14. Banking    15. Business & Economics / Finance    16. Investment & securities   

Reviews (5)

GREAT book for learning excel and Finance
I really enjoyed using this book. The author did a great job of explaining the topics...well wortht the time and price.

Not disappointed at all
Great book, step by step approach, but still requires basic knowledge of Excel's core functions. The CD provided is definitely a plus.

No access to Excel files for eBook version
I spent a lot of money on this eBook only to find out that I would not receive the Excel files that go along with it.I am stuck either going through this book without the files that it uses throughout or shelling out even more money to buy a hardcopy version just for the attached CD. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Finance    6. Financial Economics (General)    7. Investments    8. Mathematical Models In Economics    9. Mathematical models    10. Microsoft Excel (Computer file    11. Microsoft Excel (Computer file)    12. Microsoft Visual Basic for app    13. Spreadsheets - General    14. Business & Economics / Finance    15. Excel    16. Financial accounting   

Editorial Review

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Rethinking finances in light of longer lifespans
Some of the negative reviewers missed the main point that Stephen Pollan makes in "Die Broke": In an era of longer lifespans new financial strategies are required. The era of leaving a large inheritance is over. That money will be used, instead, to fund longer lives.
Interesting point of view
If the author believes one's "last check written should be to the undertaker, and it should bounce!" this is the way to do it. I think it's irresponsible to instruct people to spend what they make, but not overstep into debt. Yes, enjoy your hard earned money, give it away if you like when you are alive, but don't think for a minute you won't run out of resources before your last breath if you follow this book. Things I like about this book: I do like the notion of NOT retiring.I think people are "retiring" at an alarming rate in the prime of their productive lives, and for what? Also the idea of spending cash instead of using credit is excellent advice for the instant-gratification age we are in.

He talks a lot but doesnt say much
I bought this hoping for wise advice on financial matters. I instead found this book to be 200 pages of talk without substance. The points it makes (dont retire, quit work, die broke) are remade over and over in different ways without much of any intelligent argument as to why or how. I felt the book was not worth a read at all and was just a bunch of fluff to make up 200 pages. It was poorly organized as well with different subjects per each chapter. For example chap. 8 is "Accountants" through chapter 46 is a one page chapter on "Savings Accounts." I couldnt believe how many words were used that never said anything. Blah! ... Read more

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Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. General    6. Taxation    7. Taxation - General    8. Accounting    9. Business & Economics / Accounting / General    10. Taxation law   

Reviews (28)

Very Good - Highly Recomended
Buy this book and read it. I was looking for a professional, yet easy to read book and this is it. This book will improve your self confidence in approaching financial reports and understanding the numbers.

Investor Beware
This book shows how GAAP rules can be twisted to mask poor financial performance and boost the price of stock.Among the tricks exposed:shifting revenue from one period to another; taking losses at convenient times; and manipulating depreciation schedules to minimize expenses.Each trick is illustrated with real-world examples drawn from SEC cases and civil litigation.I enjoyed the book very much:it's short, readable, and wise.I did, however, wonder about what audience the author was trying to reach.Accountants and financial analysts will already know these tricks and regard the exposition as superficial; on the other hand, readers with no business background at all might be daunted by the accounting technicalities.Probably the ideal reader is a hobbyist-investor who reads business books for pleasure.For such readers, "Financial Shenanigans" offers pleasures galore.

Know more about tricky accounting technique
For those who have taken ACCT 101, there is a good book to learn accounting tricky in detail. This book could be better if changed its text book style, although this makes readers easier to read, a bit boring. The example are not very good as most of the analyzed companies are not well known.
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Subjects:  1. Accounting - Financial    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Financial Accounting    6. Fraud    7. Misleading financial statement    8. Misleading financial statements    9. Personal Finance - Investing    10. Business & Economics / Personal Finance / Investing    11. Criminal investigation & detection    12. Financial reporting, financial statements   

Reviews (1)

Decent review book but could be better
This book was all I needed to pass the exam on my first try, even without any auditing coursework or experience. I'm not sure how it compares to Bisk, but the material is dense and it's hard to read more than a few pages at once. Accordingly, each of the "section reviews" is far too long and should be split up. There are 6 sections that take up 380 pages (much of this is for practice questions and answers), along with a 100+ page outline of professional standards (which there's no need to look at).
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Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. CPA (Certified Public Accountant)    3. Cpa Reviews And Exam Guides    4. Study Aids    5. Study Guides    6. Test Prep    7. Accounting    8. Study Aids / CPA (Certified Public Accountant)   

Reviews (27)

Good book but missing some of Toby Crabel's meat
James Altucher comes closest to describing some good trading strategies.
Excellent strategies with backtested results
# The book presents twenty strategies that are used by hedge funds to profit from various scenarios. James provides excellent quantitative research, cutting through the BS & stating figures which have been backtested. This book provides insight into the world of hedge funds & at the same time, systems which can be tweaked to benefit each type of trader.
Statistically invalid strategies
Most of these strategies do not forward-test very well; the results are based on small sample sizes. If these strategies were so great, then I would expect that the author would be running a hugely successful hedge fund, which is not the case. If you want to "trade like a hedge fund", then you must have access to the best information flow and awesome number-crunching power at funds such as Renaissance, SAC, and Citadel. Being in the hedge fund business, no truly successful hedge fund trades this, or for that matter even has time to write a book about it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Finance    6. Hedge funds    7. Hedging (Finance)    8. Index mutual funds    9. Institutional Investment    10. Investments & Securities - General    11. Speculation    12. Stocks    13. Business & Economics / Finance    14. Investment & securities   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Accounting    6. Business & Economics / Accounting / General   

Reviews (6)

great book for those in finance
This book is great if you're in the field of finance.This is not for the average consumer looking for investment advice.I've been in corporate financial planning and analyis for the past five years and always wondered how equity analysts built their models.This books will give you insight into their thinking and also give enough detail to build your own models.I would have rated it five stars if the book included a CD with his examples in Excel.The author does have website where you can download sample models.

for SELL-SIDE analysts only
I bought this book based on the strong reviews as a complement to Damodaran's classic on valuation, but felt disappointed.
One of the Best
There are reams and reams of investment valuation books on the market -- that is obvious.
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Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Corporate Finance    6. Corporations    7. Finance    8. Investments & Securities - General    9. Investments & Securities - Stocks    10. Stocks    11. Valuation    12. Business & Economics / Investments & Securities    13. Stocks & shares   

Subjects:  1. Accounting    2. Accounting - General    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Financial statements    7. Business & Economics / Accounting / General    8. Financial accounting   

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Diane Kennedy's the Bomb!
I heard her speak at a recent eBay convention & she's a great speaker with great ideas.The book is a must-read for anyone contemplating selling on eBay.She is a professional with good, sound advice.

Great Book, lots of good tips!
Very useful for online sellers and anyone getting some kind of income from casual ebay sales or any other comparable site. Lots of money saving tax tips.

5+++++ stars!!!!
Even if you don't have an Ebay business, this book is so informative for those of us who just don't understand the behind-the-business scene. My husband and I have had a business for years and FINALLY, I now understand what the heck an "S" corporation is and why we have one, as opposed to the "c" corp that we used to have. I HIGHLY recommend this book to ANYONE starting a small business, whether its Ebay or not. Thanks to the authors for putting it in plain English. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer - Internet    2. Computer Books: General    3. Computers    4. Consumer Finance    5. E-Commerce - General    6. Electronic Commerce    7. Income tax    8. Law and legislation    9. Personal Finance - Taxation    10. Popular works    11. Tax planning    12. Taxation    13. United States    14. Business & Management    15. Computers / Electronic Commerce   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Financial    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Finance    6. Financial Accounting    7. Business & Economics / Finance   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Chemistry - Industrial & Technical    4. Fire Science    5. General    6. Handbooks, manuals, etc    7. Hazardous Industrial Materials    8. Hazardous Materials Technology    9. Hazardous substances    10. Industrial Health & Safety    11. Science/Mathematics    12. Technology    13. Chemistry    14. Science / Chemistry / Technical & Industrial