In the New Millennium
New Edition
Whether you're an investor, a manager, or a senior executive, this book shows you how to analyse financial information so that you can read and understand the bottom line. It takes you through the basic accounting concepts and conventions which are the foundation of financial reporting. It then examines the details normally shown in company annual reports, with comments on what to look for and how to analyse the information provided, to assist you in making the best investment decisions.
Topics include:
- evaluation of the dividend policy
- what is creative accounting?
- the annual report and director's report
- auditor's report
- notes to financial statements
- assessing the market
- assessing a company's future
- and much, much more.
This book will help you become an informed and critical reader of company reports and will help you in making good investment decisions.