Transcription of FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS - Pearson
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INTRODUCTION TOFINANCIALSTATEMENTANALYSISUpon completion of this chapter, you should be able to: Understand the decision emphasis of FINANCIAL STATEMENT analysisand why a comprehensive approach is needed to meet this objec-tive. Indicate who uses FINANCIAL statements and how they use them tomake decisions. Show the importance of generally accepted accounting principles(GAAP) to ANALYSIS , which organizations determine GAAP, whyGAAP differs among countries, and the benefits of harmonizingGAAP. Determine the various concepts of capital maintenance andattributes of asset measurement. Articulate the benefits and limitations of the nominal dollar capi-tal maintenance concept and historical cost valuation in financialreporting and ANALYSIS .
Financial statements communicate a firm’s economic events to interested readers. They do so in aggregate form by summarizing an entity’s dealings with people, organizations, processes, and things. In order to analyze this highly abstracted set of data, the analyst must understand the influences on financial statements and
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