The Secret Language of Financial Reports: The Back Stories That Can Enhance Your Investment Decisions
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2008
McGraw-Hill Professional (Verlag)
978-0-07-154553-2 (ISBN)
McGraw-Hill Professional (Verlag)
978-0-07-154553-2 (ISBN)
Helps you read a company's annual report so you can make informed investment decisions for yourself. From reading the fine print to interpreting what isn't accounted for, this guide presents a road map for seeing past the noise and jargon in company reports in order to infer "the real story" behind a company's financial performance.
Wise investors uncover a company's real story.
The Secret Language of Financial Reports helps you read a company's annual report like a good book so you can make informed investment decisions. From reading the fine print to interpreting what isn't accounted for, this authoritative guide provides a road map for seeing past the complexity and jargon in company reports in order to understand what is and is not communicated there. Through numerous diagrams, insightful analogies, and real-world based examples, it deconstructs and explains the critical aspects of an annual report by revealing 14 underlying “secrets.”
In The Secret Language of Financial Reports, Mark E. Haskins demystifies the process of creating annual reports in order for you to fully understand the main purposes, fundamental premises, basic content, embedded compromises, and inherent shortcomings of these documents. He offers detailed coverage of:
Balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flow The auditor's report, financial statement notes, and management's discussion and analysisStrategies for applying the information you decipher
Wise investors uncover a company's real story.
The Secret Language of Financial Reports helps you read a company's annual report like a good book so you can make informed investment decisions. From reading the fine print to interpreting what isn't accounted for, this authoritative guide provides a road map for seeing past the complexity and jargon in company reports in order to understand what is and is not communicated there. Through numerous diagrams, insightful analogies, and real-world based examples, it deconstructs and explains the critical aspects of an annual report by revealing 14 underlying “secrets.”
In The Secret Language of Financial Reports, Mark E. Haskins demystifies the process of creating annual reports in order for you to fully understand the main purposes, fundamental premises, basic content, embedded compromises, and inherent shortcomings of these documents. He offers detailed coverage of:
Balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flow The auditor's report, financial statement notes, and management's discussion and analysisStrategies for applying the information you decipher
Mark Haskins received his MBA from The Ohio State University and his Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University.
Part I-Purpose, Parts and Process
1. There's Trilogy
2. It's Storytelling
3. It's a Language
4. There's a Trilogy within the Trilogy
5. It's as Simple as 1-2-3
Part II - Seeing What's Not Always Obvious
6. It's Old news
7. It's Full of Choices
8. It's Imprecise
9. It's Imcomplete
10. It's Blessed (Most of the time)
11. It's Important
12. It's a Global Challenge
13. It's Political
14. It's Not Always as simple as 1-2-3
Endnotes
Glossary of Fundamental Accounting and Finance Terms
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.1.2008 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 35 Illustrations |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 185 x 231 mm |
| Gewicht | 551 g |
| Themenwelt | Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Rechnungswesen / Bilanzen |
| ISBN-10 | 0-07-154553-0 / 0071545530 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-07-154553-2 / 9780071545532 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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