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<p>Preface to Fifth Edition Workbook</p> <p>Acknowledgments</p> <p><b>Part One Questions</b></p> <p>Fill in the Blanks on Each Chapter</p> <p>Financial Statement Exercises</p> <p>Financial Statement Items</p> <p>Common Size and Operating Strategy</p> <p>Cash Flows and Life Cycle</p> <p>DuPont Analysis</p> <p>Computational Exercises</p> <p>Arithmetic of Growth Valuations</p> <p>Market Value versus Book Value of Debt</p> <p>Acquisitions Driven by Sales Growth Acceleration without Profit Increase</p> <p>Stock Prices and Goodwill</p> <p>Projecting Interest Expense</p> <p>Sensitivity Analysis in Forecasting Financial Statements</p> <p><b>Part Two Answers</b></p> <p>Fill in the Blanks on Each Chapter (Answers)</p> <p>Financial Statement Exercises (Answers)</p> <p>Financial Statement Items</p> <p>Common Size and Operating Strategy</p> <p>Cash Flows and Life Cycle</p> <p>DuPont Analysis</p> <p>Computational Exercises (Answers)</p> <p>Arithmetic of Growth Valuations</p> <p>Market Value versus Book Value of Debt</p> <p>Acquisitions Driven by Sales Growth Acceleration without Profit Increase</p> <p>Stock Prices and Goodwill</p> <p>Projecting Interest Expense</p> <p>Sensitivity Analysis in Forecasting Financial Statements</p>

<p><b>MARTIN S. FRIDSON</b> is Chief Investment Officer at Lehmann Livian Fridson Advisors, a New York-based investment management firm founded on fundamental security analysis. He is past President of the Fixed Income Analysts Society.</p> <p><b>FERNANDO ALVAREZ</b> has been a faculty member at Babson College, Rutgers University School of Business, NYU-Stern, and Columbia Business School. His research interests include the interaction of strategy, financial statement analysis, valuation models, and stock market reactions to business decisions.

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