Fundamentals of Financial Management

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I returned my book in the same condition as when I received it and was it was rejected as the binding being broken. Now I have to pay for the book. Advise to anyone if you rent a book make sure there is absolutely nothing wrong and that it does not appear to be used otherwise you will have to buy the book. Very disappointed.

I was extremely pleased the text had arrived well before the start of the first class session. The text itself was in immaculate condition and the price saved me approximately $90.

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I realize after ordering the book that i needed it by a certain day. I contacted the seller and they had my book to me in two/three days. I didnt care if i had to pay more - they didnt even bother me about that. The seller email me back and said i will have it to you as quick as i can. Thanks!!!

Brigham & Young's book is prescribed for the CFA curriculum. I find Fundamentals of Financial Management to be excellent in all respects. Twenty years ago, I studied earlier editions of Fundamentals and Intermediate Financial Management while earning my MBA. I was impressed then and I am even more impressed with the authors efforts now.

The table of contents organizes topical material in a progressive and logical manner. Chapters exploring financial management and markets, cost of capital, capital budgeting, cash flow estimation and risk analysis, capital structure and leverage, and divident policy provide readers with a solid foundation of these concepts.

I am very impressed with the authors continued commitment to accuracy. (The authors offer a $10 reward to the first person who discovers material errors.) What a pleasure it is to read chapters and illustrative examples knowing that there aren't many miscalculations or sloppy mistakes.

Colorful graphic presentations and chapter-end review questions make this book wonderful to read. The CD-ROM has thus far provided me helpful chapter review quizzes which are "graded" on the spot, and the book provides a myriad of website references for further study and inquiry.

Truly a 5 star book! I highly recommend this to any investment professional or serious student of finance.

I never write reviews, and this one will be short. However. I was surprised by all of the negative comments, so I wanted to say that I enjoyed this textbook. I used it for two semesters in corporate finance courses and found it to be well organized, easy to read and understand, and with good practice problems/activities. My only knock on the book would be its tendency, especially in the practice problems, to dumb down the math. That being said, I'm sure it was done intentionally to reach a wider audience of business schools. Overall, I'm glad my professors chose this book, and I have referred to it multiple times for other classes.

The text presents all the basic concepts of finance in simple, easy to understand language. The vignettes tie concepts in to current affairs and the breakaways provide deeper insights. The companion excel models are easy to use and understand. The self-test and end of chapter questions are clear and accurately test comprehension. Although I got the book for a finance course, I believe it is written well enough that a non-academic audience would find it valuable.

Now I am working for a financing related field where I am handling "capital budgeting", "corporate or project valuation" and "project finance". When I went to college, the Brigham
was the famous and reputable textbook but I didn't know why.
But while working in the real world, I have recognized that the book is very very helpful for reconfirming my finance knowledge as well as understanding any areas I didn't grasp in the past.
For beginners, I would like to strongly recommend "abridged edition" which is very brief but covering almost all significant financial topics, NEVERTHELESS, it is very understandable. I think it's the first MUST-READ for finance-major students.

This book was purchased as recommended by the teacher. It is great for general theory and understanding.

However this book has most examples showen by instructing you to type on a texas instrumnet financial calculator.

So I consider it a bad choice for leaning the fundementals by example.

Examples:

In the book it tells you to type in sequence of calculator keys on a finacnial calcualtor, so you realy will fail to learn the fundemenatls by example.

This book is bad for leaning by example in my opinion and I would not recommended this book if you have another choice.

Also, the CD comes with power point slides but no notes, so you cannot review slides and learn in your own time.

The same problem with Quiz on CD, you cannot check your answers and review and learn.

I am an accounting professional with 15+ years in corporate accounting. A friend asked me to help with their finance course associated with this book. I couldn't believe how poor Fundamentals of Financial Management is set up. Key here is that it's "fundamentals". Very difficult to find information needed for course in this book.

Do NOT get the digital version under any circumstances.
Evert ten pages or so there is a big block that says "Text not available due to copyright restrictions"
In that block should be an important graph or otherwise vital illistration.