This updated and revised edition of the best-selling guide shows how to interpret the numbers (and read between the lines) of a financial report. Explains how to cut through the maze of numbers and distill the tangible implications for managing and investing in business. The Third Edition covers changes in the tax laws and depreciation rates and the latest FAS pronouncements on cash flow statements and features an updated treatment of the auditor's standard report. Includes more information on spreadsheets, references, and examples, plus 100 diagrams and charts.
What make this edition unique are several new features that take you beyond simply understanding financial reports to show you how to apply the information they contain, including: A website featuring hotlinks to significant current events, ...
This guide will give you the tools you need to test profitability, liquidity, and cash flow.
This edition reflects recent changes to accounting rules, maintaining its classic focus on helping readers interpret the interconnections among disparate pieces of financial data.
The purpose of this book is to help readers understand the basics of understanding financial statements.
Inspired by the seminal work of Buffett's mentor, Benjamin Graham, this book presents Buffett's interpretation of financial statements with anecdotes and quotes from the master investor himself.
This volume is an exact text replica of the first edition of The Interpretation of Financial Statements, published by Harper & Brothers in 1937.
How to Use Financial Statements explains in clear, easy to understand methods how to read a financial statement. Written for the non-financial professional, this book is ideal for: Professionals...
A history of corporate finance knows hundreds of cases of aggressive or fraudulent application of accounting rules, ... while the following chapters offer a detailed manual (supported by multiple real-life case studies) on various tools ...
The Interpretation of Financial Statements
This updated edition advises investors on how to cut through the public relations jargon, focus on the annual report’s important facts and figures, and use that information to assess a company’s financial health.