"The history of accounting is as old as civilization, key to important phases of history, among the most important professions in economics and business, and fascinating. Accountants participated in the development of cities, trade, and the concepts of wealth and numbers. Accountants invented writing, participated in the development of money and banking, invented double entry bookkeeping that fueled the Italian Renaissance, saved many Industrial Revolution inventors and entrepreneurs from bankruptcy, helped develop the confidence in capital markets necessary for western capitalism, and are central to the information revolution that is transforming the global economy."
--Gary Giroux

Core Concepts book cover imageCore Concepts of Financial Analysis: A User Approach

by Gary Giroux

ISBN-13: 978-0471467120


Based on a formal six-step process for analysis and decision-making, this book employees an external focus, with particular emphasis on credit and equity investment decisions.  This concise yet comprehensive treatment of the subject covers financial statements, accounting information, stock market information, economic and industry information, and other sources for recommendations and decisions.  Assuming a reasonable understanding of basic accounting and finance principles the book expands from these principles to structure financial analysis for specific recommendations or decisions.


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