Principles of Finance with Excel

By Simon Z. Benninga

Book Overview

Principles of Finance with Excel is the first textbook that comprehensively integrates Excel into the teaching and practice of finance. This book provides exceptional resources to the instructor and student, combining classroom-tested pedagogy with the full potential of Excel's powerful functions.

In today's business world, computation is done almost wholly in Excel. Excel's ability to combine graphics with computation and perform complex sensitivity analysis with ease provides potent insights into financial problems. Despite this, most finance texts rely heavily on hand-held calculators and ignore Excel. As a result, many students find that after they enter the professional environment, they have to relearn both finance and Excel.

Principles of Finance with Excel is ideal for undergraduate courses in introductory finance or as a reference for finance professionals. A Free In-Text CD for students contains electronic versions of all spreadsheets in the book. A Companion Website -- http: //www.oup.com/us/benninga -- contains lecture notes, PowerPoint Slides, and a Test Bank for instructors.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195301501
• ISBN13: 9780195301502
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 928 Pages
• Weight: 3.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.6" x 1.6" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

The Best of Finance

No questins about this. This is the best Finance book I have ever had. Easy, simple, everything is explained in such an easy way that even if you have no idea about Finance, you will get it. The graphics for Excel talk by themselves. I highly recommend this book to anybody interested in the financial area, either at beginers or higher level. Best book by far!

Principles of Finance with Excel

I wish we had used this book in my financial management class. Unlike most textbooks this one is not dry and tedious; it's actually very readable and practical. If you do most of the excercises and take advantage of the CD, you will gain a real understanding of finance. And as a bonus you can also develop some useful excel skills. Who uses a financial calculator at work? I wanted a finance book that relied heavily on...

Simply the best Intro to Finance book out there

With an undergraduate degree in economics and two years of working experience in Wall St, you can say that I had the chance to read quite a few finance books. I find Principles of Finance with Excel to be hands-down the best Intro-Finance book of them all. Not only does it explains the finance topics very clearly, it teaches you how to apply this knowledge in Excel. This is by far, in my opinion, the best way to learn finance...

Another Masterpiece from Doctor Benninga

This book is by far the best book for introducing students to Finance and Excel. Doctor Benninga is in my opinion one of the best authors out there and he has again gracefully managed to publish a book that will become a classic just like his previous work Financial Modeling. I've had the opportunity to teach some classes of corporate finance and this book is an excellent introductory into the field of finance and the use...

Develop Sophisticated Financial Modeling Skills

As a university teacher of strategic corporate finance and optimal investment, I have watched the financial industry analytics transcend hand calculation with financial calculators to financial modeling with spreadsheet software. Depending on whether the financial specialty is in corporate or banking/brokerage, the job skills requirement can range from corporate cost control to optimal portfolio design. In watching the analytics...