ER Books -- Valuation, Modeling, Etc.
Anybody have any suggestions for a student seeking a career in equity research (preferably covering aerospace & defense, financials, or healthcare) as far as books on modeling and valuation?
I was considering "Best Practices for Equity Research Analysts: Essentials for Buy-Side and Sell-Side Analysts," "Equity Valuation for Analysts and Investors," "Analysis of Financial Statements" by Leopold Bernstein, and "Financial Modeling" by Simon Beninga.
As far as my level of experience, I've had an internship at a buy-side firm, and am an undergraduate economics major.





This is supposed to be a
This is supposed to be a great one. Apparently it comes with a helpful CD as well:
http://www.amazon.com/Financial-Modeling-Simon-Ben...
I would say Best Practices
I would say Best Practices for Equity Research Analysts is more for people that already know how to model and conduct research. Not sure about the other books you mentioned, but I think the BIWS modeling course is very helpful for ER as well.
Hayek: This is supposed to be
This is supposed to be a great one. Apparently it comes with a helpful CD as well:
http://www.amazon.com/Financial-Modeling-Simon-Benninga/dp/0262026287/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343186501&sr=8-1&keywords=financial+modeling
This looks to be the one, yeah. Seems a little dry, though.
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I think the BIWS modeling
I think the BIWS modeling course is very helpful for ER as well.
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Anyone got PDF's of the books
Anyone got PDF's of the books above? Please PM me. :)
Does anyone have any book
Does anyone have any book recommendations for analyzing financial institutions specifically? Thanks.