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Introduction to Financial Ratio Analysis

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Capital Market Instruments

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The second chapter in our brief look at equity analysis considers some key concepts in finance, followed by an introduction to financial ratio analysis.

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© 2010 Moorad Choudhry, Didier Joannas, Gino Landuyt, Richard Pereira and Rod Pienaar

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Choudhry, M., Joannas, D., Landuyt, G., Pereira, R., Pienaar, R. (2010). Introduction to Financial Ratio Analysis. In: Capital Market Instruments. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230279384_22

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