The truth that delivers real results

The teachings of Napoleon Hill have changed my life for the good. I am eternally grateful that he wrote this book. A truly wonderful read and reference. Napoleon Hill is a great man, check him out on you tube too.

sage for dummies

I took lessons in sage, and we all know that things are changing all the time with windows, so why not sage from the days of my lessons , so i purchased this to see if i would learn anything more, and its great for tips all highlighted in speech bubbles....good book and i've had many books from dummies so well worth the purchse, its one of those books you dont have to read from start to finish, it can be used for reference purpose's....great buy ...

Dummies and accountancy ...

.... probably dont mix too well. I'm OK at maths but the concept of accountancy was a bit of a mystery to me until I read this book. It has helped me understand the basics of accounting. That was in fairness all I wanted it to do, so I deem it a success as a book. For people that just want a basic level of understanding this is a good buy.

A starter book

If you are new to share trading this could be a good book for you.<br /><br />When you want to move on to more detailed analysis, (WHEN & WHAT to BUY and WHEN TO SELL) consider other Dummies books.<br /><br />I prefer to use technical Analysis (see TA for Dummies), but if you prefer analysis of Fundamentals, see FA for Dummies.<br /><br />You will need more than in this book alone to trade sucessfully, but you need to get a solid grouding before you start to trade.

The Guru shines through!

This is an excellent down to earth discourse on Berkshire Hathaways business along with amusing asides. It is written, as usual, in laymans terms, and does not seek to confuse like many current publications.<br />Well worth a read, and certainly, you will gain a lot of insight.

Excellent reading for those that are somewhat familiar with Technical Analysis

Having studied techniacl analysis briefly in university, this was an excellent book to get a bit of a refresher. I highly recommend it. Let this be your companion going forward as you study patterns and equity movements.

Not quite for Dummies!

I was just starting out in the bookkeeping world so needed a book that was easy to understand - although it says for Dummies it is quite indepth and took a lot of understanding. It is very informative and well written but did go into a lot of detail very early on and took a lot of determination and re-reading to understand but gave all the appropriate information needed

Great book and easy to understand

I bought this book amongst others to help with my book keeping studies. This book is so clear to understand and really well set out, with questions to test your knowledge at the end of each chapter. Highly recommended from someone who is a beginner.

Make a difficult subject an attractive reading

For me the world of derivatives are a known unknown and after reading the book, it remains like that. Derivatives are complex indeed if you don't have experience or are involve in it, but this book helps to provide an idea about the mechanics of the financials markets. The author guides you in this book telling real stories, some from his own experience, about how derivatives have evolved since its beginnings, covering the whole range of derivatives from futures, options, swaps and credit. <br />Reading the newspaper today, it said that some companies had made some good profits from our country currency valuation against the dollar, thanks to swaps and futures operations --- at least now I have an idea on what they are talking about. I liked this book, I laughed in some parts of it, and for sure I am eager to read more about the subject.

Get your accounts in order!

After starting my own small business I realised I knew nothing about keeping accounts so I bought this book from Amazon. I have been using the recommended system for the last tax year and now that I am about to complete my second self-assessment tax return I am impressed at how simple it is to work out my income and also to calculate how much I have spent in the various tax-deductible categories.<br /><br />I have taken off one star because in some places I thought things were not quite as clear as they could have been - nevertheless this is an extremely useful guide. I noticed that Amazon are promoting this book along with `Understanding tax for small businesses' - I have them both, and together they make it much easier for a novice like me to keep good accounts and fill in a tax return.<br />

A Must Read for AAT and Accountancy qualifactions

I highly recommend this for not only AAT students but anyone trying to understand final accounts and the stanards. <br /><br />Easy to read and understand. A must for any students struggling to get to grips with accounting standards with excellent examples and breakdowns of what the standard means.<br /><br />Will keep this book for continued studies, and cant recommend it enough.

was not delivered

the book was not delivered i contacted the seller and he did not even reply back i am now doing my exams and paid the last of my money on a book that i have not received. <br />there may have been a delivery mistake but the fact is that i do not know what happened with my book and it would have helped if the seller had contacted me to let me know and helped. <br /><br />i am not happy

Great for the small business

Super little book in clear text for the small business - nearly dummy proof!! It makes accounts so much easier at year end.

Very good basic information

As a professional investor, I found most of the information very basic; however, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. People tend to complicate things in life as well as in investing. Warren Buffett preaches investing in companies that possess moats and buying them when the price is reasonable. All this book is trying to do is to help investors assess a company's moat. No, this book alone will not assure investment success, but it adds another tool to the tool box that can help beginning or advanced investors successfully invest in the stock market.<br /><br />- Mariusz Skonieczny, author of Why Are We So Clueless about the Stock Market? Learn how to invest your money, how to pick stocks, and how to make money in the stock market<br />

Suitable for US more than UK

I this book is written much more for a US reader than a UK reader. Obviously it still contains theory that is pertinent to accounting needs everywhere but you have to get thru a lot of US stuff to get to it (everything is in dollars, and set up for how accounts are done in the US - confusing for those new to bookeeping). Obviously Tax in the UK is different to the US.., but it spends a lot of time talking about this. Terminology used is very US too, again, confusing to someone new to bookeeping.<br /><br />I also found it frustrating that a lot of the first entries in the book relate to the difference between accrual and cash accounting methods. As far as I am aware Cash methods are never used but it spends a lot of time (and gives u exercises to do on both methods) on these methods rather than just telling u how to do the one method. Again I think this could be confusing to a person new to bookeeping.<br /><br />I have returned the book and bought Frank Wood's Book-keeping and Accounts instead who is a well known UK bookeeping/accounts author . Its much more professionally written, less confusing and takes u through the syllabus for both OCR, IAB and AAT exams.

Double Entry

I bought this book to learn the basics of Double Entry - I found it really easy to understand, the examples make things clear for you and the 'test your understanding' sections are really good for drilling the information in rather than just reading text all the way through. <br /><br />Would definitely recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn or refresh on double-entry.

luke warm

I did not have a maths/physics background, so I read this book. Beware - by the time you get to stochastic processes you might be hopelessly lost. This book is great for maths undergrads who have not done any maths for years. For those with a non maths background, stochastics will be hard to understand from this book. More explanation is needed.<br />Expectancy is treated in a basic fashion - fair enough - but then it is hard to understand it when it keeps surfacing later.<br /><br />Therefore it depends on your background. Interactive classes will always be important. I look forward to reading Neftci and then coming back to this and moving on to Hull.

Management Accounting for Decision Makers

They are good seller.I have recv the book as i have been told.<br />Good service with reasonable price

A good clear guide to tax issues

This book does exactly what is says on the cover - it provides wide ranging information of tax issues for those with little or no previous knowledge. It has sections on tax areas such as self assessment and property issues, laid out in an easy to read stle with key points highlighted.

Tedious self-promotion

I've just finished a Masters in Finance and Commodities. I think Asia is the future of economic growth in the next 20 years. So I thought I'd get on well with Jim Rogers.<br /><br />After reading about 1/3 of his book, which was intended to be light reading on a 14 hour flight, I gave up and read a deep mathematical textbook instead for light relief.<br /><br />His style is like one of those stock selection web pages :"If I told you a secret that could make you lots of money, would you believe me? ... Many others laughed at me, but now I am a millionnaire ... I foresaw a coming boom that would multiply my money tenfold in ten years ....". These are not quotes, but you get the idea.<br /><br />Jim Rogers clearly knows his stuff. His books are actually full of facts and his insight. But the writing style surrounding those facts is so annoying, and there's so much repetition of the same ideas over and over again, that I really can't be bothered to read any more. I bought another of his books at the same time and will be selling it unread.<br /><br />