Fundamental-analysis

Terry Carroll's book delves not too deeply into NLP, so if you are hesitant or even negative towards NLP, don't let it stop you from checking it out. This book does a MUCH better job of preparing someone for the psychology of stock market investing than overhyped disappointments like Mark Douglas' "Trading in the Zone." Very good choice for market timers/stock traders, especially if paired with Sy Harding's "Riding the Bear."
Good guidance within about getting to "know" yourself and the level of risk you are comfortable with.

This is a wonderful book that covers all aspects of investing. It will be helpful to the first timer as well as those who want to continue their investment knowledge. The first few chapters take you through the basics of investing. The final chapters explain investment timing and predicting economic conditions. 'Personal Portfolio Management' will help you through all investment problems by breaking them down so that you can understand and master them. I recomend this book to anyone who is interested in understanding the ideas and theories in personal portfolio management.

Some time ago, I was browsing through the bookstores in Singapore searching for some good books on the Bond Markets ( I already own Fabozzi). I chanced upon this particular book and decided to take the risk. But after 662 pages of intense analysis of the Yield curve by the author, I have come to the conclusion that the return is commensurate. But beware that the author at places is too academic and goes off on a tangent.

This book should not be considered for an introductory course to mechanics, ever. The text contains very few examples and the problems following each chapter are no easy task, even with 4 hours of lecture a week. The introduction of index noatation and tensors seemed to assume that the reader had some prior knowledge. Also, not all derivations of formulas are given, some are just thrown at your face with little explanation of how they came about.

For those who want a book for introductionary mechanics, go elsewhere. As the other reviewer said, this book is not about Mohr's Circle. This book lays a strong foundation for the study of finite element methods in solid mechanics and to other areas of numerical analysis of solid mechanics. The narrative is clear and in just enough detail to keep the student interested. Over complication of the subject matter and drag are avoided by, for instance, avoiding inclusions of simple derivations that can be performed by the reader himself, should he understand the previous chapters.

I am hope Dr.Hjelmstad admits only advanced undergrads and grad students to his course based on this book. It is sure to go way above the heads of lesser students.

Disregard the two negative reviewers: They should go back to the Mohr's Circle and run around it naked with their thumbs in their mouths. If you really desire to learn the stuff, this is a great book. The author has a unique perspective on teaching mechanics. It is written with flair and finesse; its playful narrative is a rarity in books written on the same topic. It serves as an excellent introduction to continuum mechanics, and finite element methods, and I believe, it fills a previously unoccupied niche-a modern and streamlined treatment of the Fundamentals of Structural Mechanics-rather gracefully.

Disclaimer: I have only read parts of this book.

I am a student in economics, and a student in the market, as well as a fairly serious amateur buy-and-hold investor. Based mostly on the introduction, it is easy to identify this author as possessing only a cursory understanding of his subject matter.

In attempting to justify his basis for the book, he dismisses the 'efficient markets' and 'random walk' by stating that they are wrong by common sense, with no real argument whatsoever. There are many intelligent arguments, with hard evidence, for and against these popular theories. The author doesn't seem to realize this, and attempts to sound like he knows what he's doing just by mentioning them. Dismissing competing ideas simply with an appeal to common sense is ridiculous.

Later, he says that to have success with fundamental analysis requires being able to analyze stocks "as well as anyone else." So, you need this book, apparently. But, on the very next page, he dismisses going to a professional for stock advice by noting that, in one study, only 22% of professionals beat the market averages. It would seem that professionals would be some of the best at analyzing stocks, but they are unable to beat the market averages. So, the secrets in the book are supposed to allow you to outperform "the pros"? Mentioning that professional money managers usually fail to beat the market averages also contradicts his "common sense" dismissal of efficient markets. (The efficient markets theory basically says that the current price of any stock is an accurate reflection of all available information, implying that the future performance of is unpredictable and an investor's results are based on luck).

He states that the markets are beatable because the market overreacts to breaking news, sending stock prices too high or too low than should be. Again, the reader is expected to take this on little more than faith. For a long time this was believed to be the case, but recent research by economists seems to show that while overreactions to news do occur, the market is almost as likely to undervalue the importance of news, and that it is impossible to tell which are which.

Such serious flaws in the premises for a book indicate the author does not really understand his subject matter. There are much better books on the market which teach well-argued, balanced approaches, and are able to admit that opposing ideas do have merit. Look elsewhere, or at least read the sample pages available here before you buy.

I think I was cheated by the name. This is NOT a good book, at all, IMHO. The book didn't provide any pratical means to do the fundamental analysis. Most of the contents are explanation of concepts, things like company report, definition of ratios, which you can find a lot on the internet. Another feature of this book is its fake examples, which means there is no real example to illustrate how to do things in real world.
I doubt if the author ever made a penny through his "approach", if he had one. He must have made a lot through writing books. 50 books like this?

The fundamentals deal with numbers, so a lot of books on the subject read like accounting primers. But this one led me through the green eye shade stuff and explained what it meant and how to put it to work to study companies. A good overall treatment of the topic, nice illustrations too.

This feels like one of those books produced so that it can be put on the syllabus and students are forced to purchase it. It looks harmless enough, as small as it is, but I agree with the previous reviewer who said it is simplistic and plodding. This book has no soul and the components are not well enough articulated to really understand what separates the good legal analysis from the bad. Granted, most legal writing books fail miserably at teaching the substance of legel writing so that students are able to make conscious improvements, but this book is no help. If you're not forced to buy this and are just looking for a good legal writing supplement, pass this one up.

If your goal is to prepare effectively and efficiently for legal practice, do not use this book. Not a soul actually uses the CREAC formula advocated here, and all you end up doing is unlearning terrible habits you were made to acquire during your first year. Use Aldisert or Neumann instead. The techniques taught in those books conform to real practice, and you will look much more competent and professional if you use them than if you do anything this book advises you to do. If you are not a captive audience, avoid this book at all costs. If you are made to use it in your first year skills course, take CREAC with a grain of salt and be prepared to fix the damage during your first summer job. The technique advocated by this book is simplistic, plodding, and simply does not begin to meet even minimal standards of professional legal writing.

I struggled my first year learning how to write legal memos, and my Professor was no help. Someone suggested that I read this book and it was a life saver. It clearly explains how to write both an objective and persuasive memo. It teaches you how to structure paragraphs and layout the memo. The book also has full examples of both an objective and persuasive memo, which you can use as a guide. It also explains how to write a clear and precise law exam. My grades and legal writing improved substantially because of this book; it also helped prepare me for my summer associate positions. I still use the book today improve my writing and I suggest it to any law student struggling with legal writing or writing exams. I think for any law student this book should be on your shelf.

This book use very simplistic explanation of FTIR Spectroscopy. It is oriented on non-technical person with no background in physics. At the same time the terminology used requires that background. Result: confusion and disappointment. Not to mistake an honorable reader, the word "Fundamentals" in the title should be replaced with something like " Introduction.... for technicians".

This book is excellent for the person new to the concepts and applications of FTIR spectroscopy. Smith uses clear and concise language that is easy to interpret. Other books about the same subject are very difficult to read, and the language is too technical. This book provides an excellent base to build your knowledge of the subject on. Hats off to Dr. Smith - his book has helped me a lot.

I have used this text three times for teaching a fatigue course.

This text is well written. It is clear and understandable in the presentation of concepts. It covers the right amount of material for a one semester undergraduate elective course in fatigue, however, it's too basic for gradutate level study. The three apporoaches to fatigue life analysis (stress-life, strain-life, and crack growth) are clearly explained along with a cursory but useful coverage of Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics. Examples are clearly laid out. One nice feature is the summary of important concepts and equations at the end of each chapter. Another nice feature is chapter 6 which compares and reviews the strenths and limits of applicability of each method.

A full chapter should be added regarding the statistical considerations of fatigue analysis (this important topic is completely skipped). The notation used is inconsistent and confusing at times, particularly with regard to stress/strain amplitude versus range. The homework problems are sub-par. There are relatively few numerical problems compared to typical texts. There are incompletely defined problems and misleading/confusing problems. This is the weakest part of the text.

The book is fairly good for basics, but not up to date.

It appears I'm the only person not from ithaca to review this book. I assume they're using this text at Cornell, or ithaca college, but I used this text at Texas A&M. Perhaps it was the instructor, but i didn't think that this book was that bad. Some of the proofs and explainations and examples were pretty lousy, but the assignment problems were pretty diverse, and i thought most of the explainations and examples were adequate. What i'm trying to say is that this text isn't that bad....

Granted, the semester is young, but so far this book's not too bad. Especially considering last semester I had to endure part of the McCallum/Hughes-Hallet series of calculus books for Multivariable/Vector Calculus. In comparison, this book has far more practice problems where you just work out the equations, rather than having to contend with applications and word problems while still wrestling with the concepts. While the examples are a little convoluted, at least they draw parallels to the problems, something the McCallum et al. series does not. In short, this may not be the best math book, but it could be a lot worse.

This is the required text for a math class I am currently taking. While the book is not spectacular, it is written at an elementary level and it is not mired in proofs, so one can learn the material simply by opening the book and reading. A definite strength of this book is that it covers a wide range of problems, from ordinary DE's to some PDE's. But it also includes whole chapters on applications to mechanical and electrical systems(circuits), as well as numerical methods and Laplace Transformations. The book is clearly written as an introductory text, but it covers a broad range of material applicable to higher level courses.