Reviews for The Business of Investment Banking: A Comprehensive Overview

The average rating for The Business of Investment Banking: A Comprehensive Overview based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-06-30 00:00:00 Rocco Constantino This is a very well written book. Often with dry subject matter like this and an academic bent to the material, one plans to be bored into a brain cramp. Here the authors' excellent command of the language lead to wonder, "Could these guys write fiction?" 5 stars on this point. The material is well-covered. It was written before the real estate crash of '07-'08, and therefore the biggest downturn they cover is the fallout from the early 90's S&L Crisis. I am certain that if they revisited their own work they'd be down on leverage. The one big weakness of the book is that the authors' assume what is good for the firm is good for the executives. REITs get too big because CEO pay is based on size. They missed that. Thumbs down to the book designer, he or she has left the font much smaller than it should be, while the white space is much too big. Well worth the time.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-12-19 00:00:00 Newlyn Stephenson It was an okay read. Most of the things are already covered in the books by Jesse Livermore and Edwin Lefevre. I found that in most of the places, the text was a direct copy of the other books.