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Investment Banking For Dummies, 2nd Edition
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Investment Banking For Dummies, 2nd Edition

by Matthew Krantz, Robert R. Johnson
July 2020
Beginner
400 pages
11h 12m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 18

Trying Your Hand at Investment Banking with a Case Study

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Understanding why firms buy versus build

check Seeing how firms can afford to pay a premium over market value

check Discovering how goodwill is created on the balance sheet

check Finding out how pro forma financial statements are constructed

check Seeing how deals are constructed

Congratulations! You’re an investment banker. Well, at least you will be one in this chapter. After you read this chapter, you’ll know how to piece together the complex framework of a merger or acquisition deal. You’ll need to use your cunning, and things you’ve discovered in other chapters, to forge a mishmash of financial data into a cogent plan for a company looking to buy another one.

Investment bankers advise companies on ways to increase their value and ultimately the value of stock held by the owners of the firm. There are many different ways that companies can transform themselves and add value for stockholders. One of the most popular methods ...

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