Investment Banking For Dummies. Matthew Krantz
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Investment Banking For Dummies®, 2nd Edition
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2020934912
ISBN 978-1-119-65859-7 (pbk); ISBN 978-1-119-74871-7 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-119-74872-4 (ebk)
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Table of Contents
1 Cover
2 Introduction About This Book Foolish Assumptions Icons Used in This Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here
3 Part 1: Getting Started with Investment Banking Chapter 1: Introducing Investment Banking What Investment Banking Is How Investment Banking Is Done Turning Into an Investment Banking Pro Putting Investment Banking to Work Chapter 2: The Purpose of Investment Banking: What Investment Bankers Do Putting the For-Sale Sign on Corporate America Helping Investors Decide Whether to Buy or Sell Digging Into the Role of the Trading Desk Chapter 3: How Investment Bankers Sell Companies Getting Companies Ready for Sale on Public Markets Seeing What Sell-Side Analysts Do Examining a Sample Research Report Chapter 4: How Investment Banking Is Used in Mergers and Acquisitions Come Here Often? The Basics of Mergers and Acquisitions Tools Used to Analyze the M&A Deal Why Many M&A Deals Go Wrong Chapter 5: How Investment Banking Is Used in Leveraged Buyouts In This Corner: Introducing the Players Aiming for the Right Targets in a Leveraged Buyout Finding the Exit
4 Part 2: Digging In: Performing Investment Banking Chapter 6: Finding the Data: Documents and Reports Finding What You Need on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Website Getting Data in a Format You Can Work With Paying Attention to the Non-Financial Information