Guide to Financial Reporting
and Analysis
Eugene E. Comiskey
Charles W. Mulford
ISBN: 0-471-35425-2
Hardcover Pages: 638 Copyright: 2000
Navigate A Sea of Financial
Complexity
Due to the intricacies of
contemporary business transactions, the numerous standards issued by the Financial
Accounting Standards Board (FASB), and the vast variety of accounting and disclosure
practices with their ever-changing terminology employed by reporting companies, financial
statements and related disclosures have become very complex. This complexity can impede
the work performed and the decisions reached by all users of financial statements-especially
equity and credit analysts. Guide to Financial Reporting and Analysis is designed to
remedy this situation by offering practical, user-friendly guidance. Through the use of
contemporary financial statement examples, extant generally accepted accounting principles
are explained and their application is demonstrated. Here are indispensable resources,
including:
- Comprehensive,
point-by-point summaries and glossaries provided with each chapter
- Hundreds
of examples of contemporary financial disclosures taken from actual, highly recognizable
companies
- Thorough
information on how reporting and disclosure rules impact reporting practices-and the
implications these practices have for analysis
- Goes
beyond anecdotes and integrates throughout relevant findings from the financial reporting
and analysis research literature
. . . and much more, to help
working professionals gain clarity and begin making better-informed decisions today by
taking advantage of the rich treatment offered in this timely, much-needed guide.