Learn how to analyze a company's balance sheet, including assets, liabilities, and equity, for smarter investment decisions.

When investing, assessing a company’s assets and liabilities is a basic requirement to determine what the company is worth. Thankfully, public companies file their financial statements with the ...

The Fed balance sheet is a financial statement published once a week that shows what the Federal Reserve (Fed) owns and owes.

The needs of retired clients are substantially different from those who are still in the process of accumulating assets in anticipation of retirement. Advisers should compare a retired investor’s ...

A significant report for every business leader to review, at least annually, is the balance statement. It gives business leaders insight into the financial health of the company. To get a true picture ...

This report is one of a series on the adjustments we make to GAAP data so we can measure shareholder value accurately. This report focuses on an adjustment we make to our calculation ofeconomic book ...

There are several points on which American generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) differ from international standards. In 2011, the American and international accounting boards worked ...

When a New York waste operator took over a waste hauling and recycling contract for Westchester County last year, the successful acquisition of a multimillion-dollar business opportunity turned into a ...

One of the most poorly understood concepts in asset protection planning is that of the very important role played by liability insurance in such planning. In a great many cases that do not make their ...

This report is one of a series on the adjustments we make to GAAP data so we can measure shareholder value accurately. This report focuses on an adjustment we make to our calculation of economic book ...