Finance professionals agree: a basic understanding of financial statements is essential for independent investors to effectively control portfolio risk while maximizing returns. Understanding Financial Statements gives investors the tools they need to protect themselves from potentially damaging losses by providing:
-- A three-step approach that covers basics of investment reporting, ins and outs of reading statements, and warning signals of misleading data
-- In-depth explanations of systematic and unsystematic risk
-- Dozens of examples, case studies, and graphics to illustrate fundamental concepts