Reading Financial Reports for Dummies

Name: Reading Financial Reports for Dummies
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ISBN: 9780470376287

ISBN-10: 0470376287

ISBN-13: 9780470376287

Edition: 2nd 2009

Authors: Lita Epstein

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The second edition includes over 25 percent new and updated information including: New information on the separate accounting and financial reporting standards for private/small businesses versus public/large businesses Updated information that reflects the 2007 law on international financial reporting standards New content to match SEC and other governmental regulatory changes over the past three years New information about how the analyst-corporate connection has actually changed the playing field The impact of corporate communications and new technologies New examples that reflect the current trends Updated websites and resources

Book details

List price: $21.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/9/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Introduction



Getting Down to Financial Reporting Basics



Opening the Cornucopia of Reports



Recognizing Business Types and Their Tax Rules



Public or Private: How Company Structure Affects the Books



Digging into Accounting Basics



Checking Out the Big Show: Annual Reports



Exploring the Anatomy of an Annual Report



Balancing Assets against Liabilities and Equity



Using the Income Statement



The Statement of Cash Flows



Scouring the Notes to the Financial Statements



Considering Consolidated Financial Statements



Analyzing the Numbers



Testing the Profi ts and Market Value



Looking at Liquidity



Making Sure the Company Has Cash to Carry On



Understanding How Companies Optimize Operations



How Reports Help with Basic Budgeting



Turning Up Clues in Turnover and Assets



Examining Cash Infl ow and Outflow



How Companies Keep the Cash Flowing



The Many Ways Companies Answer to Others



Finding Out How Companies Find Errors: The Auditing Process



Digging into Government Regulations



Creating a Global Financial Reporting Standard



Checking Out the Analyst-Corporation Connection



How Companies Communicate with Shareholders



Keeping Score When Companies Play Games with Numbers



The Part of Tens



Ten Financial Scandals That Rocked the World



Ten Signs That a Companyï¿½s in Trouble


Glossary


Index