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• Processes and methods of financial statement analysis
• Framework for evaluating a company�s “quality of earnings”
• Identifies potential problem areas that need to be investigated
• Analytical tools and techniques to meet the objectives of different user groups

Essentials of Financial Analysis

Full
of valuable tips, techniques, illustrative real-world examples,
exhibits, and best practices, this handy and concise paperback will
help you stay up to date on the newest thinking, strategies,
developments, and technologies in financial analysis.

“Essentials
of Financial Analysis is a concise guide with the necessary resource
base for improved client selection by any professional whose practice
is outside the field of financial analysis. I wish that Essentials of
Financial Analysis had been available to me twenty-seven years ago when
I formed an engineering firm. Its use is highly recommended.”
�A. Ray Howland, PE, President, The Howland Company, Inc.

Numbers are the language of business. This book helps you make sense of
them�fast. John Tracy is a master at pulling the meaningful figures out
of the pile of numbers generated by the accounting department. Here he
offers a quick review of both the basic financials as well as more
advanced accounting tools, including

Income statements and cash flow statements Budgeting and evaluating
business investment performance Capital investment, operating ratios,
benchmarking tools, and more

Readers will not only understand the theory behind all of these topics but see how to apply them in real situations.

The author is well-renowned and highly successful.
* Figures and examples are revised and spreadsheet ready templates are provided.
* Offers quick tips and cutting-edge ideas.
* Totally revised new edition of a highly successful book.

SBN: 0471391832
Format: Hardcover, 648pp
Pub. Date: April 2002
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated

FROM THE PUBLISHER
* Discusses issues not covered in other books, including best practices budgeting, closing the books, and control systems.
* Includes interest factor tables, sample forms for data entry, sample report formats for internal as well as external reports.
* Features flowcharts and checklists for key control points in the major accounting processes.

The accounting department that strives to adopt
best practices enjoys a host of benefits, not the least of which
include improved customer service, cycle times, product quality,
and profitability, as well as reduced error rates. Building upon his
benchmark resource, renowned accounting authority Steven Bragg
adds sixty new best practices for improving both efficiency and
accuracy in the third edition of Accounting Best Practices. This
seminal reference comprises close to 300 best practices in all, making
it the most comprehensive collection available. As with its
predecessors, Accounting Best Practices, Third Edition covers a wide
variety of accounting functions. The author also includes an
all-new chapter, “Internal Auditing Best Practices,” reflecting how
this function has increasingly become the province of the Chief
Financial Officer; nineteen best practices are explained. Bragg further
contributes a number of new risk and investor management best
practices to the finance chapter and expands the accounts payable
chapter to forty total best practices, the most of any chapter in the book.