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Investment bankers in the movies may be best known for roaming the concrete alleys of Wall Street, ears glued to their cellphones, constantly on the hunt for deals. But much of the most important work done by investment bankers is done in front of a computer screen, examining rows of numbers and statistics using spreadsheets and other financial analysis tools. In Chapter 7, you find out how to make sense of all the information that’s contained in financial statements and why these documents are so precious to investment bankers and vital to their success.

Investment bankers know it’s not necessary to read financial statements from cover to cover like a book. Financial statements, like For Dummies books, can be read in sections — you jump to areas that interest you at the time. Additionally, some of the best insights that come from the financial statements result from putting the numbers through the paces by applying financial ratios, which we introduce you to in Chapter 8.