David Gorton, CPA, has 5+ years of professional experience in accounting. He teaches accounting, helping promote financial education and awareness. David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA ...

Analyzing financial statements helps company leaders determine the opportunities and problems the company faces financially. At its core, the financial statement is a pulse of the financial health of ...

What Else Do Financial Records Include? Other than the most common line items found in financial statements, investors can also read the lesser known items, such as the footnotes, which often contain ...

How many times have you wished or asked for a “relevant” or “true” cost? What this really means is something other than the cost calculated by the financial accounting system for external financial ...

J.B. Maverick is an active trader, commodity futures broker, and stock market analyst 17+ years of experience, in addition to 10+ years of experience as a finance writer and book editor. David ...