When you want to know a company’s financial health, it helps to look at its balance sheet. But if you’ve never seen a balance sheet before or don’t know how to read one, all you’ll see is a collection ...

Convertible notes can be potent tools for a business. These borrowing instruments can be exchanged for stocks if the investor so desires. Giving such a valuable option to investors allows the issuing ...

Create this important document to show investors the true net worth of your business, and to keep track of your financial trajectory. If the income sheet shows what you’re earning, the balance sheet ...

A sole proprietor often withdraws money from business profits. Because he likely does not receive a regular paycheck from the business, withdrawing business funds is how he pays himself for the work ...

Strong balance sheets give management more flexibility. Previous unproductive investment at General Electric weakened its balance sheet and left it debt-laden. Honeywell's strong balance sheet leaves ...

Stressing plans to stay flexible, the Federal Reserve indicated Wednesday that it intends to pull back further from the policies it implemented during the Great Recession, namely its injection of ...