Learn how to analyze a company's balance sheet, including assets, liabilities, and equity, for smarter investment decisions.

Discover why IFRS prohibits LIFO accounting, including issues like distorted financials, outdated inventory values, and ...

HAVE YOU EVER sat in your tax accountant's office for your annual review of your tax return and heard this somewhat common good news/bad news story? He'll say the good news is your sales are up and it ...

Under the generally accepted accounting principles in use in the United States, businesses must write off the value of obsolete inventory. While the total amount of such write-offs must be included in ...

A balance sheet is a financial document that presents the financial status of a business through an accounting of a company’s assets, liabilities, and equity. A balance sheet, when looked at with a ...

A balance sheet is a financial statement that provides a snapshot of a company's assets, liabilities, and shareholder's equity. A balance sheet is a type of financial statement. It gives you an ...

Fortress-like is the term you want to hear. What separates a strong balance sheet from a weak one? In this podcast, Motley Fool senior analysts John Rotonti and Bill Mann discuss: Assets, liabilities, ...