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This book teaches core model building. Accounting concepts are refreshed while learn techniques behind projecting an income statement, cash flow statement, balance sheet, and supporting schedules are learned. The book continues into concepts and practical uses of valuation including building an accurate set of comparable companies, understanding precedent transactions, and conducting discounted cash flow analyses.

This book explores the fundamental concepts of Mergers and Acquisitions, understanding how to effectively analyze a potential Merger or an Acquisition. The processes and common practices behind looking for targets are learned. The book continues with creating an accretion dilution analysis, analyzing the fundamental impact of an acquisition, and further building a complete merger model as done by Wall Street Analysts.

A Leveraged Buyout is a fundamental, yet complex acquisition commonly used in the Private Equity industry. This book will explore the fundamental concepts, benefits, and drawbacks of a Leveraged Buyout including understand how to effectively analyze a Leveraged Buyout and building a fully consolidated model. The book will further analyze the fundamental impact of such a transaction and calculate the expected return to an investor interpreting the variables and wide array of financing structures to understand how to maximize IRR.

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The Technical Guide to Investment Banking was designed as a workbook companion to Financial Modeling, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Leveraged Buyouts. Full of examples, exercises, and case studies, through repetition, this will help one hone skills and concepts learned in the aforementioned text books. For educators, this book can be a useful companion to adapt homework and exams to curricula. Several chapters on interview preparation also makes this book applicable to those trying to break into a career on Wall Street.