Wiley Finance
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Book 505
Book 597
Praise for Financial Statement Analysis
A Practitioner′s Guide
Third Edition
University Edition
"This is an illuminating and insightful tour of financial statements, how they can be used to inform, how they can be used to mislead, and how they can be used to analyze the financial health of a company."
–Professor Jay O. Light
Harvard Business School
"Financial Statement Analysis should be required reading for anyone who puts a dime to work in the securities markets or recommends that others do the same."
–Jack L. Rivkin
Executive Vice President (retired)
Citigroup Investments
"Fridson and Alvarez provide a valuable practical guide for understanding, interpreting, and critically assessing financial reports put out by firms. Their discussion of profits–′quality of earnings′–is particularly insightful given the recent spate of reporting problems encountered by firms. I highly recommend their book to anyone interested in getting behind the numbers as a means of predicting future profits and stock prices."
–Paul Brown
Chair–Department of Accounting
Leonard N. Stern School of Business, NYU
"Let this book assist in financial awareness and transparency and higher standards of reporting, and accountability to all stakeholders."
–Patricia A. Small
Treasurer Emeritus, University of California
Partner, KCM Investment Advisors
"This book is a polished gem covering the analysis of financial statements. It is thorough, skeptical, and extremely practical in its review."
–Daniel J. Fuss
Vice Chairman
Loomis, Sayles & Company, LP
A Practitioner′s Guide
Third Edition
University Edition
"This is an illuminating and insightful tour of financial statements, how they can be used to inform, how they can be used to mislead, and how they can be used to analyze the financial health of a company."
–Professor Jay O. Light
Harvard Business School
"Financial Statement Analysis should be required reading for anyone who puts a dime to work in the securities markets or recommends that others do the same."
–Jack L. Rivkin
Executive Vice President (retired)
Citigroup Investments
"Fridson and Alvarez provide a valuable practical guide for understanding, interpreting, and critically assessing financial reports put out by firms. Their discussion of profits–′quality of earnings′–is particularly insightful given the recent spate of reporting problems encountered by firms. I highly recommend their book to anyone interested in getting behind the numbers as a means of predicting future profits and stock prices."
–Paul Brown
Chair–Department of Accounting
Leonard N. Stern School of Business, NYU
"Let this book assist in financial awareness and transparency and higher standards of reporting, and accountability to all stakeholders."
–Patricia A. Small
Treasurer Emeritus, University of California
Partner, KCM Investment Advisors
"This book is a polished gem covering the analysis of financial statements. It is thorough, skeptical, and extremely practical in its review."
–Daniel J. Fuss
Vice Chairman
Loomis, Sayles & Company, LP
Book 599
Financial Statement Analysis Workbook
by Martin S. Fridson and Fernando Alvarez
Published 19 March 1991
Whether you're evaluating a company's stock price, assessing itscredit quality, or determining valuations for a merger oracquisition, deciphering the messages embedded within a company'sfinancial statements is critical-especially after the recent demiseof so-called "solid" companies. This workbook will help you do thisand much more, by allowing you to hone your skills and test theknowledge you've gained from reading Financial Statement Analysis,Third Edition.
Question-and-answer sections within this workbook correspond toeach chapter of Financial Statement Analysis, Third Edition, so youcan use this guide in conjunction with the actual text.Alternatively, you can use the self-administered tests that arealso a part of this workbook to independently practice the skill ofreading and understanding financial statements. Either way, usingthe Financial Statement Analysis Workbook will help you expand yourskills in reading and analyzing financial statements-so you cansuccessfully put your hard-won knowledge to work in the real world.
Question-and-answer sections within this workbook correspond toeach chapter of Financial Statement Analysis, Third Edition, so youcan use this guide in conjunction with the actual text.Alternatively, you can use the self-administered tests that arealso a part of this workbook to independently practice the skill ofreading and understanding financial statements. Either way, usingthe Financial Statement Analysis Workbook will help you expand yourskills in reading and analyzing financial statements-so you cansuccessfully put your hard-won knowledge to work in the real world.