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

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has issued a concepts statement that will guide GASB in establishing accounting and financial reporting standards for U.S. state and local governments ...

The Fed balance sheet is a financial statement published once a week that shows what the Federal Reserve (Fed) owns and owes.

When investing, assessing a company’s assets and liabilities is a basic requirement to determine what the company is worth. Thankfully, public companies file their financial statements with the ...

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 ...

Assets generate income and appreciate in value, while liabilities drain resources and depreciate over time. Do you want to improve your net worth? Probably so. But if you’re like many people, you ...

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.