Thursday, May 19

The best way to study finance

Trolling through Google again today, and I'm amazed at what passes for finance tutorials on the internet. Try it yourself -- search for FINANCE TUTORIALS and check out the top returns. They're all just static text, no interaction required at all. Hell, if that was good enough then I'd stick with the textbook and wouldn't be googling for help.

On the flip side, check out these finance tutorials. Unlike the others, these (courtesy of College-Cram.com) actually let you use your own numbers and (gasp!) walk you through the answers.

How many finance students and MBA neophytes can College-Cram save? Ummm... all of them.

Thursday, May 5

How to make business math add up

Here's an interesting activity for you: type BUSINESS-MATH TUTORIALS into Google and look at the results. Choice #1 is a list of 13 (!) tutorials on About.com; choice #2 some company called StaffKit with some 33 topics covered. Choice #3 is College-Cram.com's Business Math page which has 109 tutorials.

Yes, that's one hundred and nine topics, covering everything from fractions and percents to various depreciation methods to financial ratios. It has practically every topic in my business math textbook, at a much lower price tag.

Just thought you'd like to know.