A curated list of books, filings and habits that complement an investment banking course and prepare you for interviews.

A classroom or live investment banking course gives structure, but reading widens your understanding. Here are resources that complement formal training.

Technical books

• Investment Banking: Valuation, Leveraged Buyouts, and Mergers & Acquisitions by Rosenbaum and Pearl is a widely used reference for valuation, LBO and M&A fundamentals.
• Valuation by Aswath Damodaran and similar texts deepen your understanding of how to value businesses.
• Standard accounting texts help you master financial statements.

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Market and deal awareness

• Business newspapers and financial news sites
• Company annual reports and investor presentations
• Stock exchange filings and regulator announcements

Following real deals trains you to ask how they were valued and structured.

Practice resources

1. Rebuild models from public company reports
2. Practise Excel shortcuts daily
3. Solve valuation case studies
4. Review interview question lists and answer them aloud

Learning habits that work

• Study consistently in short daily blocks
• Build, do not just read
• Keep a notebook of formulas, concepts and deal examples
• Discuss ideas with peers and mentors

Why books alone are not enough

Reading builds knowledge, but banks test application. A practical investment banking course gives you live modelling practice, feedback and interview preparation that books cannot replace.

Build a reading plan

Week by week, pair each course module with a relevant chapter. When you study DCF in class, read the valuation chapter and then build a model.

Using TWSS material

TWSS participants receive course material and model templates as part of the investment banking course .

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