Download or read book Beginner's Handbook and Guide to Financial Statements and Financial Ratios written by Paul Borosky Mba and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading and understanding financial statements and financial ratios is a critical skill needed by investors, finance students, accounting students, and business students. Without this skill, investors are left with selecting stocks based on 'water-cooler' conversations or because they like the company name. Not a great foundation to build a retirement portfolio. As for students, without a solid foundation with understanding financial statements, specifically, the income statement and balance sheet, and financial ratios, passing basic business courses will be exceptionally difficult.Unfortunately, investors are not given a crash course on financial statement and ratio analysis, before being allowed to invest. As for students, their professors are just too busy with preparing lectures, grading papers, and attending conferences to offer in-depth assistance with grasping concepts of financial statements and ratios. This leaves the financial statement and ratio foundation building to you, the reader.This book is structured to help investors and students quickly and efficiently learn to read and understand a company's income statement, balance sheet, and popular financial ratios used in financial analysis and business courses. For each financial statement line item and financial ratio, I first define the line item or ratio in 'finance terms.' This is the technical definition used in most business courses. Next, I offer the term or definition in understandable, or laymen's terms by employing an 'In other words' segment. The last parts for the financial statements and ratios review, is the 'analysis tips' and financial ratio formula. For this segment, professional tips for analyzing trends, or changes, in the financial statement line items or financial ratios is conducted, using in-depth discussions and visual aids, such as graphs and charts.In the end, my wish for you from reading this book is a thorough understanding of financial statements and financial ratios. Further, I hope that you will use this book as a quick reference guide for future use.