How to Read a Financial Report

Posted on 12 March 2018 by John A. Tracy

Hidden somewhere among all the numbers in a financial report is vitally important information about where a company has been and where it is going This is especially relevant in light of the current corporate scandals The sixth edition of this bestselling book is designed to help anyone who works with financial reports but has neither the time nor the need for an in depth knowledge of accounting cut through the maze of accounting information to find out what those numbers really mean. New Read [ How to Read a Financial Report ] Author [ John A. Tracy ] – kino-fada.fr START OF REVIEW This book is very useful because the authors helps draw the interrelationships among different item lines in financial statements and shows how they all fit together, or use the author s words all three financial statements fit together like tongue in groove woodwork The three financial statements interlock...This book saved my life in Financial Reporting The text book was not computing, and this spoke my language and had helpful visuals.Best part was the one about cash flow from profit and how it departs from net income, the rest was prerequisite information.Best part was the one about cash flow from profit and how it departs from net income, the rest was prerequisite information.Superb guideTaking the time to learn the basics of reading corporate financial statements can help you becomeinformed about your investments, your job and your business decisions John A Tracy provides a clearly written guide to core financial reports He shows you how they fit together and why they matter You will gain confidence as you work through the concepts he explains and begin to use what you learn to dig into the financials of familiar companies In the hands of a lesser teacher Superb guideTaking the time to learn the basics of reading corporate financial statements can help you becomeinformed about your investments, your job and your business decisions John A Tracy prov...My manager recommended this book to me when I mentioned wanting to build a stronger financial business acumen The book went above and beyond in terms of the walk through of a typical financial statement and the interrelationships between the different line items While...This was a surprisingly useful book that I ve gone back to reference several times after the initial read through It s a good guide for students learning the basics, but also it communicates some of theadvanced details like how certain accounts impact each other in each of the financial statements.How To Read a Financial Report is an informative but extremely dull read It s probably most useful as a reference for later One great aspect of this book is its focus on how the three main statements Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow fit together Probably a pretty dec...Good introduction to financial reports and reporting The only thing I did not like was that I had an older edition of the book, so some of the terminology and examples were a little awkward such as one example of a depreciating asset being a t...I am not an accountant or a finance major so I found this book to be very helpful It took a concentrated effort on my part to follow along, but I found that John did an excellent job of reviewing cash flow statemen...

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12 March 2018

John A. Tracy