Teaches the accounting skills needed in the financial industry.
Full of exercises on constructing and interpreting:
Income Statements Balance Sheets Cash Flow Statements Supplementary Tables such as Fixed Asset Analysis, Depreciation, Debt Paydown
Why the bottom line rises or falls and how different accounts affect each other.
Special supplements on difficult concepts such as debits and credits and cash flow statements.
Alastair Matchett has worked as an investment banker in New York and London. He conducts seminars in basic and advanced financial analysis for major investment banks on both sides of the Atlantic and has helped hundreds of new analysts master their job skills.
CONTENTS
Part 1: The Basics Fundamentals of accounting: balance sheet, income statement, credits and debits, links between income statement and balance sheet. Part 2: Accounting for Financial Analysis
The accounting concepts analysts much understand about the balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement. Part 3: Ratio Analysis
Using Accounting skills in financial analysis. Ratio analysis, profitability, capital efficiency, and financial management. Appendices:
Additional exercises on credits and debits and cash flow statements.