How to Use Financial Statements: A Guide to Understanding the Numbers

by Bandler, James

• ISBN13: 9780786301973
• ISBN10: 078630197X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-06-22
• Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Summary

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 that have been promoted to a job that requires reviewing financial statementsInvestors that have accumulated enough savings to begin looking at alternativesSpouses that have suffered the loss of the member of the family who has always dealt with financial mattersReaders who work in non-financial areas and have no interest in investmentsThis practical guide includes:An overview of financial statements­­what they are and what they tell usA thorough, yet basic introduction to the accrual conceptsEasy to understand explanations of profit and lossStatement of cash flows and special reporting issues

Table of Contents

What are Financial Statements and What Do They Tell Us?	p. 1
Who Uses Financial Statements and What Do They Look for?	p. 8
An Introduction to the Accrual Concept	p. 14
The Statement of Financial Position or Balance Sheet	p. 22
The Profit and Loss or Income Statement	p. 34
The Statement of Cash Flows	p. 42
Following a Transaction through the Financial Statements	p. 56
Special Inventory Valuation and Depreciation Reporting Issues	p. 61
Intangible Assets and Amortization	p. 72
Service Companies	p. 79
What are the Rules that Prepares of Financial Statements Must Play by?	p. 87
Some Basic Tools of Financial Analysis	p. 101
Application of Financial Ratios to Analysis of the Growth of the Easy Company	p. 111
The Limitations of Financial Statements	p. 121
Appendix	p. 125
Glossary of Terms	p. 135
Index	p. 143
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