Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society committee, and has a degree in accounting and finance from DePaul University. As the name implies, a balance sheet should reveal ...

Few companies thrive and grow without some kind of outside financing. Acquiring assets, launching projects, expanding into new locations or business sectors -- these all take capital, and lots of it.

A balance sheet is a financial statement that provides a snapshot of a company's assets, liabilities, and shareholder's equity. A balance sheet is a type of financial statement. It gives you an ...

A balance sheet displays what a company owns, what it owes, how it's financed, and its shareholders' equity at a particular point in time. An income statement displays the company's revenues and ...

Accounting for a letter of credit on your balance sheet depends on when you use it. One issued by your financial institution acts as a credit substitute. That institution, often a bank, steps into ...

Adam Mortanian is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of PACT Capital Inc., a real estate mortgage, banking and capital advisory firm. If you’re like most financial advisors, your main focus is on ...

A balance sheet provides a snapshot of a company's assets, liabilities and equity at a specific point in time, while an income statement summarizes its revenues and expenses over a period to show ...

Learn how to prepare an up-to-date profit and loss statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flows. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...

Fortress-like is the term you want to hear. What separates a strong balance sheet from a weak one? In this podcast, Motley Fool senior analysts John Rotonti and Bill Mann discuss: Assets, liabilities, ...

Start by looking at cash flow from operations, the section that tells you how much money the company’s main business is actually generating. If that number is positive and growing over time, it’s ...

Learn how companies legally keep assets and liabilities off their balance sheets to maintain favorable debt ratios, and the implications for investors.