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Accounting A Brief Introduction

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ISBN-10: 032413097X

ISBN-13: 9780324130973

Edition: 2002

Authors: Alastair Matchett

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Accounting: A Brief Introduction, teaches the accounting skills needed in the financial industry. This text/workbook contains extensive exercises on constructing and interpreting financial statements.
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Book details

List price: $134.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Cengage South-Western
Publication date: 11/28/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 228
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.50" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 1.100

Alastair Matchett has trained thousands of financial analysts, associates, traders, brokers, and financial managers in locales from leading firms on Wall Street to London and around the world. He started his career at a major investment bank in London working on billion-dollar mergers and acquisitions. He has managed a portfolio of private equity investments at a leading UK venture capital house and has taught hundreds of participants in training programs at major firms in London and New York.

Introduction
The Basics
The Balance Sheet
The Parts of a Balance Sheet
Assets: The resources side of the balance sheet
The funding side of the balance sheet
Resources must equal funding
Building a Simple Balance Sheet
Close the Deal #1
Divisions within a balance sheet
Close the Deal #2
Introducing BandJ's
Close the Deal #3
The Income Statement
Overview
Revenue
Expenses
Matching expenses to revenues
Journal entries on the Income Statement
Close the Deal #4
Links
Net income and retained earnings
Revenue and current assets
COGS and inventories
Interest and the balance sheet
Checkout Test
Accounting for Financial Analysis
About Part 2
The Balance Sheet
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Accounts receivable
Inventories
Prepaid expenses
Prepaid expenses and the income statement
Other current assets
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable
Accrued expenses
Accrued expenses and the income statement
Working Capital
Operating working capital
Close the Deal #5
Debt
Short-term debt
Long-term debt
Tangible Long-Term Assets
PPandE
Depreciation
Intangible Long-Term Assets
Goodwill
Amortization
Other intangible assets
Investments: More Intangibles
Close the Deal #6
Other Long-Term Liabilities
Equity
Common stock and APIC
Treasury stock
Retained earnings
Other equity accounts
Close the Deal #7
Income Statement Review
Revenues, COGS and SGandA
Cost of goods sold (COGS) recap
SGandA recap
Interest income and interest expense
Other income statement accounts
Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT)
Taxes
Deferred tax liability
Deferred tax asset
Close the Deal #8
The Cash Flow Statement
Cash from operating activities
Cash from investing activities
Cash from financing activities
Close the Deal #9
Checkout Test
Ratio Analysis
Introduction to Ratios
Profitability
Capital Efficiency
Financial Management
Close the Deal #10
Your Billion Dollar Deal: Tests and Summarizes everything you've learned
Appendices
Debits and Credits
The Cash Flow Statement
2000 Coca-Cola Annual Report
Index