eVal

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Summary: Great software for finanical analysis!
Review: the best thing for this software is that its really easy to use. I can import data from a lot of sources such as marketguide or global access and instantly, within one minute or so, get all the data and have eval done all the analysis for me. Before using eval, I often have to do all the analysis by myself, which can take for hours and even days to finish. Just 30 something bucks, and it can save me hundreds of hours. I sincerely recommend this to everyone.

Rating:
Summary: Great software for finanical analysis!
Review: the best thing for this software is that its really easy to use. I can import data from a lot of sources such as marketguide or global access and instantly, within one minute or so, get all the data and have eval done all the analysis for me. Before using eval, I often have to do all the analysis by myself, which can take for hours and even days to finish. Just 30 something bucks, and it can save me hundreds of hours. I sincerely recommend this to everyone.

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Summary: Excellent book, buggy software
Review: This book is simultaneously concise and illuminating. The approach of standardizing financial statement analysis through software is very powerful, and the authors back up their approach with convincing research. I would recommend this book for use by any MBA financial statement analysis class, and it is very useful for practioners as well.

Be careful with the software, though. There are quite a few mistakes in the data sources, so that often assets don't add up to liabilities + equity. Also, there are a number of bugs in the underlying software, so that the calculations should always be double checked.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent book, buggy software
Review: This book is simultaneously concise and illuminating. The approach of standardizing financial statement analysis through software is very powerful, and the authors back up their approach with convincing research. I would recommend this book for use by any MBA financial statement analysis class, and it is very useful for practioners as well.

Be careful with the software, though. There are quite a few mistakes in the data sources, so that often assets don't add up to liabilities + equity. Also, there are a number of bugs in the underlying software, so that the calculations should always be double checked.