Ratio analysis is one of the cornerstones of the financial used by investors and companies alike to judge the effectiveness of business. There are dozens of ratios used to examine profitability, ...

The value of a business depends on so many variables that calculating the market value of a business is more an art than a science. According to Bankrate.com, banks regularly use more than 150 ...

Sean Ross is a strategic adviser at 1031x.com, Investopedia contributor, and the founder and manager of Free Lances Ltd. Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society committee, ...

Gain the skills and knowledge to measure a company's profitability, assess its strengths and weaknesses and understand the main drivers of value. Become an expert user of financial statements.

Life insurers, whose capital buffers shrank during 2008's downturn, emerged from 2009 with a rebound in capital. The reasons? Regulatory changes and a climbing equities market, according to Moody's ...

The totals are revealing, but I wanted to see how the smaller firms are faring against the larger firms. When I did my analysis, I decided there are three groupings that make sense in providing a ...

J.B. Maverick is an active trader, commodity futures broker, and stock market analyst 17+ years of experience, in addition to 10+ years of experience as a finance writer and book editor. David ...

This course is available on the MSc in Accounting and Finance. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit. This course uses ...