How to Read a Financial Report: Wringing Vital Signs Out of the Numbers

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Product Description An updated new edition of the comprehensive guide to reading and understanding financial reports Financial reports provide vital information to investors, lenders, and managers. Yet, the financial statements in a financial report seem to be written in a foreign language that only accountants can understand. This new Eighth Edition of How to Read a Financial Report breaks through that language barrier, clears away the fog, and offers a plain-English user's guide to financial reports. This updated edition features new information on the move toward separate financial and accounting reporting standards for private companies, the emergence of websites offering financial information, pending changes in the auditor's report language and what this means to investors, and requirements for XBRL tagging in reporting to the SEC, among other topics. Makes it easy to understand what financial reports really say Updated to include the latest information financial reporting standards and regulatory changes Written by an author team with a combined 50-plus years of experience in financial accounting With this new edition of How to Read a Financial Report, investors will find everything they need to fully understand the profit, cash flow, and financial condition of any business. From the Back Cover Whether you're a manager attempting to get a clear picture of your company's performance, an investor trying to determine if a business is a sound investment, or a lender who needs to measure an organization's creditworthiness, the information contained in a financial report is the most valuable source of information at your disposal. Now only if it was written in a language you could read! For more than thirty years, the number-one resource professionals have turned to for help in cutting through the haze of