a brilliant book

This book is a brilliant and should you read this, and tap into NLP and watch the secret your well on your way, this is a well researched book and it is modern lanuage so its not hard to understand. highly recommended.

Up to usual high standard

Sage 50 for Dummies is up to the usual high standard of the Dummies series - easy to follow, easy to find a specific query, up to date graphics. <br />Recommended for casual users and for bosses who want to understand what is going on.

Bloody good book

I thought that last years edition was good, but having picked up the latest of Drury; I can say I was blown away!

I especially like the little pictures of a roulette wheel; it adds a bit of danger and exicitment to the already thrilling world of management accounting.

BUY THIS BOOK YESTERDAY IF NOT BEFORE

Does what it says on the cover

As with most"DUMMIES" books, this one gives you a good overview of the topic and a basic level of understanding of the subject. Recommended.

Dummies do it again

I have bought a few of the"For Dummies" books over the years and find they always teach me something (even when I thought I was already an"expert"). I didn't have much of a clue on this particular subject but after learning some helpful tips I am already showing a nice profit on my modest investments after only one month.

Too confusing and too much packed in

I bought this book with a view to becoming a bookkeeper (and I was considering buying a course on it). This book totally turned me off the idea as I found it confusing and not very well explained. The information was tightly packed in and they try and explain things briefly, but I just felt confused and totally thick!! <br /><br />I ended up buying a home study bookkeeping course which I find fantastic and realise that I am not thick at all!! I just dont think something like bookkeeping can be explained quickly to the beginner. <br /><br />I think the book has everything in it, but just too complex if you are just trying to learn the basics.

Good content, annoying editing

Warren Buffett's insights are invaluable in any context, so this is no exception, hence the high rating. Here are essentially what seems to be some pretty old letters (1980s?) to the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway essentially cut and pasted into a book. Useful no doubt, plentiful Buffett words of wisdom: I particularly like the stories and sayings he uses to explain a point in simple 'relatable' terms for the reader.<br /><br />However, there is another reviewer who commented that the book's editing is really rubbish. I agree. The arrangement seems a bit arbitrary and I'm not sure exactly what the author is taking credit for, since he doesn't seem to have contributed anything to the content (except the intro). Like with Benjamin Graham's 'The Intelligent Investor' (recommended btw), the essays could have been doing with some commentary and evaluation from the author to give some cohesion and continuity to the 'cutting and pasting'.<br /><br />BUT, if you can be patient and creative with the content there is no reason why you can't get some useful insights from this book. I'm heading back to the original now with 'Security Analysis' by Benjamin Graham (Buffett's inspiration), reading both of their philosophies will give a good grounding in value investing, in my (albiet novice) opinion.

A GODSEND!! Recommended!!!

I have just begun my first year studying Accounting and Finance at university and have found the subject of Financial Accounting extremely difficult. Thanks to this book I am finding my own learning and revision periods are much easier and I am now understanding concepts which I hadnt a clue about in lectures! Thank you to the authors! One tiny issue with the book is that sometimes the double entry questions and examples used are not complex enough for what is needed at my level. Apart from that I recommend this book highly!

Good background text

Technical trading methods are not my style, but you can't go into the market without at least understanding the basics. I prefer the techniques given by Phil Town's"Rule #1", but I felt I needed to better understand the basics of the marketplace and trading. This"dummies" book is not perfect, but it gives a good review of the technical aspects you need to know. A good buy.

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

Perfect for Financial Accounting

Perfect for Financial Accounting as part of Accounting and Finance degree. Very detailed and useful practice exercises.

We're still waiting

Prechter must be thanked for bringing Elliott's Wave Principle to the world and educating a generation of Elliott Wave disciples; but there's a world of difference between being a great theoretician and being a source of well-timed financial advice.

Prechter has been doomy with such reliability, and for so long (1987, 1995, 1998, and 2000 to date) that at SOME point he will be entitled to say"see, I told you so", but no matter how intellectually dazzling his commentary is, the markets do not exist to prove Prechter right and the results of following his trading forecasts (i.e. being monster short of Stocks, Treasury Bonds and Gold) have SO FAR been strongly negative. If the average person followed his advice and sold his house and all his stocks, he would not have experienced financial harm, but instead would have been on the side-lines for the biggest up-moves in stocks and real estate in the whole of human history. So we must tread with caution regarding the timing of Prechter's calls. That's not to say they're valueless, but we must be careful nonetheless.

It's my belief, as a follower of my own home-grown variant of the Wave Principle, that there is SOMETHING to it, but that it has to be used carefully. Further, I believe that if you know the Wave Principle, you know people. And thus, if you know people, you know that SOMEONE out there is going to freak out and short everything they can, and lose themselves a fortune.

The point of this review is therefore not to be negative, but to add some RESPONSIBLE advice that should be be included in this otherwise brilliantly researched and eloquent book. The advice is: read the analysis, note the conclusions but REMEMBER THAT THE"GRAND SUPERCYCLE" IS UNPROVEN AND MAYBE DOES NOT EXIST AT ALL. I would also note that much of his analysis is based on the idea of"mean reversion", i.e. that markets for whatever reason always tend back to some form of average metric. Mean reversion, when it occurs, tends to happen by chance, not compulsion, so also bear in mind that just because things are"out of whack", it doesn't mean they're just about to snap back because you read this book. Perhaps the internet really did change things for good - we certainly don't know for sure one way or the other.

Ultimately the successful practice of the Wave Principle relies very much on the judgement of the analyst, despite perhaps giving the appearance that it is an exact science. There is a big difference between being a responsible analyst and producing horrifying nerve-jangling research. Never forget that Prechter is a superb theoretician and sometimes not a bad analyst, but no more - and note that he has said on the public record that he rarely trades.

This book is probably a"must read", but must be referred to wisely. So don't freak out, don't panic, keep this forecast somewhere in your mind and continue to invest wisely and carefully.

I hope that these words might save some people out there a lot of money.

Accounting for Non-accounting students

Though I had a little trouble with the delivery, I can say that this is a very valuable book and it's worth its money.<br /><br />It cuts to the point, only emphasizes relevant parts and, most of all, it is aimed for NON-ACOUTING STUDENTS. Very good for first-years.<br /><br />If you want to know and understand this global language of accounting, then this might be the book for you!

I never got my access code & kit

Hi,<br />I purchased this item in February and never got a access code or kit with it.

Easy to access information

This guide gives an excellent summary of the standards, well illustrated with the main points and principles extracted and demonstrated. It will give accountancy students essential information in an easily digested way.<br />This will make deeper study of the standards (for students and practioners alike) easier through use of a manual such as Wiley's.Wiley IFRS 2009: Interpretation and Application of International Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards (Wiley Ifrs: Interpretation & Application of International Financial Reporting Standards)

happy buyer

Very happy with the purchase. Recieved the book in new condition as expected. Thank you for that.

excellent

The book is really nice, clear explanations, summaries if you have no time to read the whole chapter :), very useful exercises, and clear explanation for the answers at the end.<br />