Book description
Your personal roadmap to becoming fluent in financial reportsAt first glance, the data in financial reports might seem confusing or overwhelming. But, with the right guide at your side, you can learn to translate even the thickest and most complex financial reports into plain English.
In Reading Financial Reports For Dummies, you'll move step-by-step through each phase of interpreting and understanding the data in a financial report, learning the key accounting and business fundamentals as you go. The book includes clear explanations of basic and advanced topics in finance, from the difference between private and public companies to cash flow analysis.
In this book, you'll also find:
- Full coverage of how to analyze annual reports, including their balance sheets, income statements, statements of cash flow, and consolidated statements
- Real-world case studies and financial statement examples from companies like Mattel and Hasbro
- Strategies for analyzing financial reports to reveal opportunities for operations optimization
Reading Financial Reports For Dummies is a can't-miss resource for early-career investors, traders, brokers, and business leaders looking to improve their financial literacy with a reliable, accurate, and easy-to-follow financial handbook.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Introduction
- Part 1: Getting Started with Financial Reports
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Part 2: The Big Show: Annual Reports
- Chapter 5: Exploring the Anatomy of an Annual Report
- Chapter 6: Balancing Assets against Liabilities and Equity
- Chapter 7: Using the Income Statement
- Chapter 8: The Statement of Cash Flows
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Chapter 9: Scouring the Notes to the Financial Statements
- Deciphering the Small Print
- Accounting Policies Note: Laying out the Rules of the Road
- Figuring out Financial Borrowings and Other Commitments
- Mergers and Acquisitions: Finding Noteworthy Information
- Pondering Pension and Retirement Benefits
- Breaking Down Business Breakdowns
- Reviewing Significant Events
- Finding the Red Flags
- Chapter 10: Considering Consolidated Financial Statements
- Part 3: Analyzing the Numbers
- Part 4: How Companies Optimize Operations
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Part 5: The Many Ways Companies Answer to Others
- Chapter 17: How Companies Find Errors: The Auditing Process
- Chapter 18: Government Regulations and Reporting Requirements
- Chapter 19: Creating a Global Financial Reporting Standard
- Chapter 20: Understanding the Analyst–Corporation Connection
- Chapter 21: How Companies Communicate with Shareholders
- Chapter 22: Keeping Score When Companies Play Games with Numbers
- Part 6: The Part of Tens
- Glossary
- Index
- About the Authors
- Advertisement Page
- Connect with Dummies
- End User License Agreement
Product information
- Title: Reading Financial Reports For Dummies, 4th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2022
- Publisher(s): For Dummies
- ISBN: 9781119871361
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