If you're interested in investing, you've probably read quite a few articles that say "do your homework" before buying a stock. Reading and understanding a balance sheet is part of that homework.

A few months ago, we published a column entitled, “Understanding Financials: Your Income Statement.” To re-read that e-column, click here. The balance sheet is another of the financial statements ...

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At the 67th Annual Meeting of the National Association for Business Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Monetary policy is more effective when the public understands what the Federal Reserve does ...

Discover how share premium accounts are positioned on balance sheets and their strategic financial uses, including issuing bonus shares and expense coverage.

A balance sheet is a financial statement that provides a broad overview of a given firm's assets, liabilities and shareholders' equity. This important document gives management and other interested ...

Liquidity is often misunderstood and mismeasured, especially when investors rely on global M2 or dollar-converted central bank balance sheets. A more accurate framework focuses on the Federal ...

Insurance companies confound many Americans, with costly premiums that often provide no obvious benefit during good times and with difficult processes to follow when you do need to make a claim. Yet ...

See the affect appraisal capital has on company balance sheets when asset appraisals exceed book values, and explore its ...