Professional Documents
Culture Documents
MODULE 2
Review of
Business Activities and
Financial Statements
Balance Sheet
Income Statement
Statement of Stockholders’ Equity
Statement of Cash Flows
Historical Cost is
Objective
Verifiable
“Relevance vs. Reliability”
Only include items that can be reliably measured
Considerable amount of “assets” may not be
reflected on a balance sheet, such as
Strong management team, a well-designed supply
chain, or superior technology
Where’s Mickey?
The market value
of the Mickey Mouse
trademark does
not explicitly
show up here.
Statement
of
Cash Flows
11. -.450
-.450 -.450
Int. Exp.
Form 8-K
Entry into or termination of a material definitive agreement (including petition for
bankruptcy)
Exit from a line of business or impairment of assets
Change in the company’s certified public accounting firm
Change in control of the company
Departure of the company’s executive officers
Changes in the company’s articles of incorporation or bylaws
Credit Analysis
Standard & Poor’s (StandardAndPoors.com)
Moody’s Investors Service (Moodys.com)
Fitch Ratings (FitchRatings.com)
Data Services
Thomson Reuters Corporation (Thomson.com)
Capital IQ (CapitalIQ.com)