What's the best finance textbook to use to learn corporate finance on your own?

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Damodaran's is pretty nice

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The Berk & DeMarzo textbook is the clearest and most thoughtful comprehensive resource.

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Depends on what level are you trying to acquire. I know you’re an associate, but for all the analysts, interns or anyone soon to be interviewing for analyst positions I recommend reading the “Investment Banking: Valuation, LBO’s and M&A” textbook by Joshua Rosenbaum and Joshua Pearl, and to combine this with the Breaking Into Wall street 400 Questions to be prepared for interviews

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Principles of Corporate Finance by Brealey and Myers

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Breaking into Wall Street guides

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