Stakeholders in a business need a way to conveniently assess the financial position of the firm. The balance sheet is a document designed to do just that. It provides a concise summary of everything a ...

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.

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When you want to know a company’s financial health, it helps to look at its balance sheet. But if you’ve never seen a balance sheet before or don’t know how to read one, all you’ll see is a collection ...

Motley Fool senior analyst John Rotonti walks you through the most important financial statements using Chipotle as an example. In this podcast, Motley Fool senior analyst John Rotonti discusses: How ...

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 ...

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. When you try to understand the financial status of a business, you will need a little accounting knowledge. Most ...

Insurance companies confound many Americans, with costly premiums that often provide no obvious benefit during good times and with difficult processes to follow when you do need to make a claim. Yet ...

Retained earnings are a company's cumulative earnings since it began the business, minus any shareholder dividends that were issued. This figure represents stockholder equity that can be used for ...

If you’ve ever wondered what your bank is invested in, there’s good news for you. Yes, good news, even now with everyone worried about the safety and soundness of their bank — because as it happens, ...

Famed industrialist John D. Rockefeller once quipped that the only thing that gave him pleasure was to see his dividends coming in. A lot of income investors feel that same way, especially those that ...

Looking at the hits company balance sheets take from a pension risk transfer (PRT) to terminate a defined benefit (DB) plan, may cause plan sponsors to change course. There are instances when, after ...