The Secret Language of Financial Reports: The Back Stories That Can Enhance Your Investment Decisions (PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT) - Softcover

Book 8 of 16: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT

Haskins, Mark

 
9780071545532: The Secret Language of Financial Reports: The Back Stories That Can Enhance Your Investment Decisions (PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0071545530 ISBN 13: 9780071545532
Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2007

Synopsis

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 analysis
  • Strategies for applying the information you decipher

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About the Author

Mark Haskins received his MBA from The Ohio State University and his Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University.

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Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0071545530
ISBN 13 
9780071545532
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
304