Reading and Understanding the "Financial Times" (Paperback)

This engaging and practical guide selects topical Financial Times articles with recurrent themes and provides engaging analysis, unravelling the key points and explaining the financial and economic data. This book will enable you to engage with corporate finance in any context; be it at work, on the television, in radio reports or on the internet.

Structured around 11 key topics in finance, ranging from classical exposition of financial markets and institutions through to current issues surrounding private equity, risk management and hedge funds, each chapter sets the scene and analyses the chosen articles. Particular attention is paid to detailed explanation of key terminology (crucial for when you need to file that urgent report at work or look into reviewing your mortgage).

Reading and Understanding the Financial Timesleaves you to ponder your findings and research further with self review questions andsuggested data and web-based activities on the book’s website so that next time you read the Financial Times you will be able to do your own analysis.

“The Financial Timesis an indispensable tool for today’s decision makers.”

Do you want to read and understand the FT with confidence?

Do you want to see the financial theory you have poured over in your studies in action?  

Do you want a career in Finance?

Do you already have a career in Finance?  

YES?

Then this is the book for you.

Reading and Understanding the Financial Times incorporates a selection of topical FT articles with recurrent themes relating to some of the most important issues in the world of corporate finance. From the private equity take over bid for Boots to the recent Northern Rock credit crisis, the chosen articles are analysed in depth leaving you armed with a new vocabulary of key financial terms and ready to conduct your own analysis next time you read the FT for business or pleasure.     

Book Blog

Visit the book’s website at www.pearsoned.co.uk/boakes to access the author’s regularly updated blog for his take on current business news as it unfolds, download podcasts with further article analysis and check your understanding with suggested hints to in text questions.  

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“An excellent learning tool, bringing real-world examples to a very wide range of key financial concepts. Brings financial theory to life and makes the FT articles accessible to everyone. Very clear explanation of what really happens in financial markets – an excellent practical introduction to corporate finance.”

Eoghan Harrington, Investment Banker

“This book is an excellent choice for finance professionals or those who just enjoy reading the finance section of the paper to get an understanding and engage in some of the more topical and complex financial issues. The use of current events as a learning tool sets it apart from other books and puts you in the middle of a discussion on financial theory.”

Brian Shaw, Finance Director – LEGOLAND, California