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.

When investors look at assets, they often want to see steady growth. A company whose assets increase over time, especially ...

A few months ago, we published a column entitled, “Understanding Financials: Your Income Statement.” To re-read that e-column, click here. The balance sheet is another of the financial statements ...

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 ...

Some business owners are tempted to leave their balance sheets to their accountants, but it is important for leadership to understand how to read their balance sheets in order to keep an eye on their ...

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 ...

A balance sheet is a company's financial big picture for a particular moment in time. Every financial decision a business makes will eventually land on the balance sheet but understanding how the ...

At the 67th Annual Meeting of the National Association for Business Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Monetary policy is more effective when the public understands what the Federal Reserve does ...

Deferred gains are profits that the business has not yet accepted the money. It is sometimes called unearned revenue, and while it represents a future asset, it is treated as a liability on the ...

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 ...