by John Tjia
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Financial modeling is essential for determining a company's current value and projecting its future performance, yet few books explain how to build models for accurately interpreting financial statements. Building Financial Models is the first book to correct this oversight, unveiling a step-by-step process for creating a core model and then customizing it for companies in virtually any industry. Covering every aspect of building a financial model, it provides a broad understanding of the actual mechanics of models, as well as their foundational accounting and finance concepts.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 The Real Deal, 2008-08-29
This book demystifies the black box of financial forecasting. With over twenty fives on Wall Street, and now in a position to teach my son the tricks of the trade, this work is an invaluable tool. No gimmicks. What you see is what you get. Lots of experience behind this text. Step by step instructions, which is the only way to learn -- especially for the generation that still reads the instruction manual !
Next book should be about modeling typical Wall Street transactions, like public to private transactions, or sponsor to sponsor LBOs.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
 Flawed., 2008-07-17
I held very high hopes for this book and was, unfortunately, disappointed. The key limitation that I found was that it relies on so-called plugs to balance the balance sheet in its financial model. I subsequently have spoken to a number of people who work in the world of finance and they all told me this approach is amateurish and highly limited. A half-hour one-on-one tutorial with a former business analyst showed me a far better approach. That tutorial was what I was hoping to get out of this book. By all means read it as an introduction to the area - some aspects are quite good. But you won't walk away with the skills you might be looking for. I didn't.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
simple and to the point, 2008-06-24
Definitely one of the best out there -- you can read it in 2 days and have a decent full blown model done...
The next edition should cover more industries, as models differ a lot depending on industry, etc. For ex: banks and internet companies and manufacturers, etc
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
Great financial modeling book, 2006-11-05
Fantastic financial modeling book! This should be the text (or at least supplemental) for any serious corporate finance or financial modeling class. I wish it would've been metioned in my MBA classes.
The book covers basics of Excel and accounting so you don't need to be an expert on either subject.
The *best* part are the highly-detailed, step-by-step, in-depth models that show the reader how to:
(1) Link the balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows
(2) Repay debt via cash sweep
(3) Make a dynamic model financial model that can be applied to many situations
I have several financial modeling books, a couple of them are very good. This book is peerless as it walks the reader through the modeling process, from beginning to end.
I highly recommend it.
JB
0 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
Need help to complete the model, 2006-02-11
I need a few formulas to complete the model in the book.
chapter 12 page 220
Total debt
Net debt
chater 12 page 221
cash interest expense
average total liabilities
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