The principles of investing have always been simple : buy low, sell high. The information needed to make these potentially lucrative decisions, however, is often hard to find, difficult to decipher, and not always reliable. This authoritative new book is the essential reference for students who want to learn the rational, rigorous analysis that is still the most successful way to evaluate securities.

Security Analysis on Wall Street explains how the values of common stocks are really determined in today's marketplace and takes a comprehensive look at the entire security evaluation process, as well as the major valuation techniques currently being used by Wall Street professionals.



About the author:

JEFFREY C. HOOKE is managing director of Hooke Associates, an investment banking firm based in Vienna, Virginia. He has broad experience in the evaluation of securities in the United States, Europe, and emerging markets. He was previously a director of Emerging Markets Partnership, an international merchant bank managing $4 billion for institutional clients, and he spent ten years in New York as an investment banker with Lehman Brothers and Schroder Wertheim. he has been an adjunct professor at the business schools of the University of Maryland, georgetown University, and George Washington University. He is the author of M&A : A practical guide to doing the deal (Wiley)