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Author | : Bonita Kramer |
Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2009-02-08 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0071543880 |
QUESTIONS about STATEMENTS? Find All the Answers Here! Are you considering buying a small business? Do you want to invest in a Fortune 500 company? Are you trying to sell your own business? Balance sheets and income statements are essential to helping you make informed decisions regarding important business transactions. But unless you're an accountant, these documents can be intimidating hodgepodges of columns, rows, and numbers. Don't fret. Financial Statements Demystified is just the tool you need. Devoid of confusing business jargon, this engaging and easy-to-follow guide defines basic financial statement terminology and explains the components of the four most common financial statements: Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Stockholders' Equity, and Statement of Cash Flows. You will learn how to read, interpret, and use pivotal data from these sources--each of which will help you make accurate financial decisions without having to go back to school. This confusion-busting guide covers: An overview of financial statements--what they are and what they tell us Easy-to-understand explanations of profit and loss Statement of cash flows and special reporting issues How to spot fraudulently misstated financial statements Quizzes at the end of each chapter to help test your knowledge Simple enough for a novice but in-depth enough for a seasoned investor, Financial Statements Demystified will help you understand the four main financial statements.
Author | : Leita Hart |
Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2004-11-15 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0071490442 |
There’s no easier, faster, or more practical way to learn the really tough subjects Accounting Demystified provides you with a working knowledge of accounting basics, covering financial, cost, budget, and tax accounting. This self-teaching guide comes complete with key points, background information, quizzes at the end of each chapter, and even a final exam. Simple enough for beginners but challenging enough for advanced students, this is a lively and entertaining brush-up, introductory text, or classroom supplement.
Author | : Leita Hart |
Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2011-10-07 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0071770976 |
Accounting information and tips you can take to the bank! You may not know the first thing about debits, credits, and cash ratios now—but when you’re done with this book, you’ll be able to juggle profits and losses with your eyes closed and read any balance sheet like it’s a good novel. Accounting DeMySTiFieD, Second Edition, is a curriculum-based, self-teaching guide that makes learning accounting easier than 1-2-3. With graphs, plain-English explanations, and real-life examples, it starts with the fundamentals—such as basic financial terms, balance sheets, and cash flow statements—and eases you into the more complicated stuff, like adjusting entries, double entry bookkeeping, profit ratios, and liquidity. Completely updated and revised to cover finance terms, theories, and best practices, Accounting DeMySTiFieD teaches you the ins and outs of accounting in no time at all. This fast and easy guide features: A complete overview of financial statements, GAAP rules, transactions, cost, budgets, and tax accounting Proven accounting insights, tips, strategies, and techniques Chapter-ending practice exercises, quizzes, and final exam to reinforce your knowledge and chart progress Tons of examples to show how accounting works in the real world Simple enough for a beginner but challenging enough for a more advanced student, Accounting DeMySTiFieD is your shortcut to mastery of this otherwise complex subject.
Author | : John Whiteley |
Publisher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 2015-08-04 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781515359616 |
Learn how to read financial statements for small business companies. Each financial statement category and item explained in easy to understand language. The key areas of interest of third parties, including investors, owners, banks and IRS are revealed to the reader. This book will serve as a useful guide when receiving your financial statements from your accountant. The books is also useful when evaluating a potential business to purchase.
Author | : Geri B. Wink |
Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages | : 403 |
Release | : 2010-12-10 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0071738843 |
Accounting as easy as 1-2-3! Do you know the difference between FIFO and LIFO? Can you use the word dilutive in a sentence? Does the phrase "amortization of bond premiums" mean anything to you? No one said the journey to becoming a CPA is easy--but with Intermediate Accounting DeMYSTiFieD as your travel companion, you're guaranteed a smooth ride. An easy-to-use self-teaching guide that reviews and expands upon core Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Intermediate Accounting DeMYSTiFieD covers everything you need to ace your exams and take a big step toward the career of your dreams. The book provides a fresh review of all the basics, so you can easily glide into more advanced principles. You'll learn how to generate accurate and reliable financial statements, maintain proper internal controls within a company, and locate international accounting standards. This fast and easy guide offers: Tactics for maintaining solid internal controls within a business Strategies for creating accurate financial statements Techniques for overcoming common accounting errors Quizzes and a final exam for gauging what you've learned Tips and examples for mastering more advanced accounting theories Simple enough for a novice but challenging enough for a veteran CPA, Intermediate Accounting DeMYSTiFieD is a shortcut to decoding key accounting concepts and principles.
Author | : Davis W. Edwards |
Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2013-07-05 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 007181275X |
FUEL your portfolio with SMART ENERGY INVESTING ELECTRICITY. BIO-FUELS. NATURAL GAS. OIL. They power the world. And if you know what you're doing, they can power your investment portfolio. Energy Investing DeMYSTiFieD provides the information, insight, and tools you need to immediately start investing in this exciting industry. Written in a clear, easy-to-understand style, this go-to guide helps you diversify your portfolio with profit-driving investments in energy commodities, options, stocks, and bonds. Chapter-ending quizzes and a final exam help prepare you for energy-related industry examinations, such as GARP's Energy Risk Professional, the NASD Series 3, and the CFA Institute's Chartered Financial Analyst examination. Energy Investing DeMYSTiFieD shows both new and experienced investors how to make wise decisions to diversify and expand their investments. This fast and easy guide provides: An overview of all the energy markets, including crude oil, refined petroleum products, bio-fuels, natural gas, coal, electricity, and more Detailed coverage of commodity futures, commodity options, stock, and bond investments Examples of effective strategies for generating high returns in this exciting market A handbook-style reference containing option formulas, conversion relationships, product descriptions, maps, and other commonly used investing reference material Simple enough for a novice but challenging enough for an experienced investor, Energy Investing DeMYSTiFieD helps you take full advantage of today's booming energy market.
Author | : Paul Lim |
Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2014-07-18 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0071809783 |
Get in the mix with smart asset allocation How you combine your different assets can be more important than the actual assets you invest in. This easy-to-understand guide shows you how to balance risk vs. reward using various mixes of stocks, bonds, real estate, foreign currency, derivatives, commodities, and alternative investments. Asset Allocation DeMYSTiFieD explores strategic and tactical asset allocation strategies, along with modern portfolio theory in which future risks and returns are weighed based on history. Packed with practice exercises and chapter-ending quizzes that reinforce what you learn, this practical, hands-on guide provides all the knowledge and insight you need to build a solid portfolio, whether you're looking for short-term gains or long-term growth. This fast and easy guide features: A detailed overview of the underlying principles of asset allocation Proven methods for increasing longterm returns while managing risk Tools and techniques for determining investment personality and goals Simple enough for a novice but challenging enough for an experienced investor, Asset Allocation DeMYSTiFieD helps you make smart strategic decisions to build a powerful portfolio.
Author | : Troy Alton Adair |
Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2006-01-05 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 007148678X |
There’s no easier, faster, or more practical way to learn the really tough subjects Corporate Finance Demystified offers a comprehensive introduction to corporate finance principles, the time value of money, including present value, amortization schedules, and more. This self-teaching guide comes complete with key points, background information, quizzes at the end of each chapter, and even a final exam. Simple enough for beginners but challenging enough for advanced students, this is a lively and entertaining brush-up, introductory text, or classroom supplement.
Author | : Leonard Eugene Berry |
Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2010-12-10 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0071741976 |
The simple solution to complex accounting You don't need a genius IQ to ace your financial accounting curriculum. The only prerequisites are a little discipline and a comprehensive tutorial devoid of confusing jargon. Financial Accounting DeMYSTiFieD presents all the concepts and skills you need, in a language you understand. Designed to let you learn at your own pace, it explains all the rules for preparing and reporting accounting information to parties outside an organization. Then, you'll get details on basic financial accounting concepts, valuing inventories, accounting methods, stockholder's equity, receivables, and more. Featuring end-of-chapter quizzes and a final exam, Financial Accounting DeMYSTiFieD teaches you the ins and outs of financial accounting in no time at all! This fast and easy guide offers: Expert coverage of financial statements, cash and short-term investments, receivables, cash flows, liabilities Tips, techniques, and insights that drive home key financial accounting principles and theories Hundreds of worked-out examples, chapter-ending quizzes, and a final exam to reinforce learning and pinpoint weaknesses Specific recommendations if you're having difficulty with certain subtopics Simple enough for a beginner, but challenging enough for an advanced student, Financial Accounting DeMYSTiFieD is a shortcut to developing a working knowledge of accounting practices.
Author | : David Hey-Cunningham |
Publisher | : Allen & Unwin |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2006-03-01 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1741764254 |
Financial Statements Demystified . takes the reader simply and lucidly through the elements of financial statements, ratio analysis and the theories and assumptions upon which accountancy is based.' Trevor Sykes Here is a book to unravel the mysteries of company financial statements. Financial Statements Demystified is a thoughtful, detailed, user-friendly introduction to the financial statements that form the basis of modern business throughout the world. Are you bamboozled by company annual reports? Do you think there is more going on than is shown by the accounts? Is the language of financial statements foreign to you? Most people do not really understand the information given in financial statements. Few of us know how to interpret that information. Yet making sense of financial statements is critical to success and effectiveness in business, not-for-profit organisations and government. David Hey-Cunningham's book helps those in business without an accounting background, as well as accounting novices and students, to understand and interpret financial statements. It will also help you understand and guide the performance of your business by employing critical but simple financial ratios. Using International Financial Reporting Standards, this book is a reference for everyone doing business to keep and turn to.