Langdon / Bonham / Epstein Interpreting Company Reports For Dummies

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-119-99787-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 402 Seiten, E-Book

Company financial reports are a key resource for investors, helpingthem uncover priceless information about a company'sprofitability, or lack thereof, from the figures as well as throughother non-monetary indicators. Details of lawsuits, changes inaccounting methods, liquidations, and mergers and acquisitions canall be ways of detecting red flags if you know where to look.
However the jargon and financial footnotes in financial reportscan be difficult to decipher, and this For Dummies guide onthe subject will help readers to understand company reports andmake sensible investment choices based on publicly heldinformation.
Taking you step-by-step through the finer points of financialreports, this straightforward guide will help you get to grips withthe most accurate way to wade through the numbers, judge acompany's performance, and make profitable investmentdecisions.
This UK Adaptation focuses on the UK financial market, with theFTSE index as the focus of the book.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Langdon, Ken

Bonham, Alan

Epstein, Lita

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.
Part I: Getting Down to Financial Reporting Basics.
Chapter 1: Discovering What Reports Reveal.
Chapter 2: Recognising Different Business Types.
Chapter 3: Discovering How Company Structure Affects theBooks.
Chapter 4: Digging into Accounting Basics.
Part II: Understanding Published Information: AnnualReports.
Chapter 5: Exploring the Anatomy of an Annual Report.
Chapter 6: Balancing Assets Against Liabilities and Equity.
Chapter 7: Using the Income Statement.
Chapter 8: The Statement of Cash Flows.
Chapter 9: Scouring the Notes to the Financial Statements.
Chapter 10: Considering Consolidated Financial Statements.
Part III: Analysing the Numbers.
Chapter 11: Testing the Profits and Market Value.
Chapter 12: Looking at Liquidity.
Chapter 13: Making Sure the Company Has Cash to Carry On.
Part IV: Understanding How Companies OptimiseOperations.
Chapter 14: Using Basic Budgeting.
Chapter 15: Turning Up Clues in Turnover and Assets.
Chapter 16: Examining Cash Inflow and Outflow.
Chapter 17: How Companies Keep the Cash Flowing.
Part V: The Many Ways Companies Answer toStakeholders.
Chapter 18: Finding Out How Companies Find Errors: The AuditingProcess.
Chapter 19: Checking Out the Analyst-CompanyConnection.
Chapter 20: How Companies Soothe the Shareholders.
Chapter 21: Keeping Score When Companies Play Games withNumbers.
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 22: Ten Financial Crises That Rocked the World.
Chapter 23: Ten Signs That a Company's in Trouble.
Chapter 24: Ten Top-Notch Online Resources.
Part VII: Appendixes.
Appendix A: Financial Statements.
Appendix B: Glossary.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Alan Bonham: Since qualifying as a Chartered Accountant,most of Alan's time has been spent training others. He was aDirector at Anderson's Tutors Limited where he preparedstudents for ICAEW exams. From there, he joined Neville Russellwhere he became Training Manager. He then spent 16 years as afreelance lecturer and training consultant specialising in auditand accounting topics.
Most recently, Alan was Director of Training for SWAT Ltd. As partof his role, he was responsible for the development of SWAT'snational programme of CPD training as well as presenting a numberof courses himself. Alan had been Managing Director of PentagonTraining Ltd until the company was acquired by SWAT in October2005.
Alan is now working again as a freelance lecturer - he is oneof the few lecturers who can make auditing interesting. He alsoadvises firms on their audit procedures and offers practical helpin achieving compliance in a cost-effective manner. He has alsoworked with non-accountants, and is the co-author with Ken Langdonof Smart Things to Know about Business Finance which alsodemystifies the language of finance.
Ken Langdon: With a background in technology, Ken hasbeen a trainer and consultant to many of the computer majors aroundthe world. He has lectured in the USA, Australia, and all over theFar East and Europe.
In particular he has taught finance for non-financial managers andworked hard on explaining how the slightly esoteric world offinance reflects the real life world of businesses.
He is the author of a number of books on this and relatedtopics.
Lita Epstein ran the financial accounting lab when sheworked as a teaching assistant as she completed her MBA programmeat Emory University's Goizueta Business School. Afterreceiving her MBA, she managed finances for a small, non-profitorganisation, and the facilities management section of a largemedical clinic.
Now she enjoys helping people develop good financial, investing,and tax planning skills. She designs and teaches online courses ontopics such as investing for retirement, getting ready for taxtime, and finance and investing for women. She is the author ofStreetwise Crash Course MBA and Streetwise RetirementPlanning (Adams Media Corporation). Lita is the co-author ofTrading For Dummies (Wiley), and Teach YourselfRetirement Planning in 24 Hours (Penguin Putnam).