If you're interested in investing, you've probably read quite a few articles that say "do your homework" before buying a stock. Reading and understanding a balance sheet is part of that homework.

Your balance sheet lists your company's assets, liabilities and equity; it is sometimes called your statement of net worth. A classified balance sheet is merely one that has been arranged so that key ...

An audit is an inspection of a company's accounting records, usually done by an independent certified public accountant. Audits are performed in an effort to determine whether a business is ...

A balance sheet provides a snapshot of a company's assets, liabilities and equity at a specific point in time, while an income statement summarizes its revenues and expenses over a period to show ...

Liability management involves balancing customer deposits and borrowed funds to ensure banks can lend effectively while maintaining stability and reducing financial risks.

Photo: www.SeniorLiving.org via Flickr. A balance sheet is one of the major financial statements companies issue. It shows the financial position of a business at a given point, such as at the end of ...

Last month we looked at P&Ls as the window to a company’s success. Now let’s analyze the balance sheet which is more analogous to looking at the financial health of a company. A review of the balance ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. One of the tools that can be used to assess the performance of your business or organization is a balance sheet. A balance sheet, which ...

Balance Sheet Liabilities Continue to Climb for Private Companies Amid Lease Accounting Transition – New LeaseQuery Report Lease liabilities rose 419% on average, with 10 industries seeing bigger ...

The new lease accounting standard caused lease liabilities for the average company to increase a whopping 1,475 percent, skyrocketing from $4.4 million before the transition to $68.9 million post ...