Interpreting and Analyzing Financial Statements

1. Introduction to the Income Statement and the Balance Sheet. Activity 1: Examining Total Assets: Comparing Companies. Activity 2: Examining Assets Within the Automobile Industry. Activity 3: Examining How Assets are Financed: Comparing Companies. Activity 4: Examining Net Sales: Comparing Companies. Activity 5: Examining Net Sales Within the Retail Industry. Activity 6: Examining Net Income and Return on Sales within the Auto Industry. Activity 7: Fortune 500 Companies. Activity 8: Test Your Understanding: A Review of Chapter 1. Activity 9: Internet Research: The Global 500 List. 2. Introduction To Analysis. Activity 10: Ratio Analysis: Current Ratio. Activity 11: Ratio Analysis: Debt Ratio. Activity 12: Ratio Analysis: Rate of Return on Net Sales. Activity 13: Ratio Analysis: Asset Turnover. Activity 14: Ratio Analysis: Rate of Return on Total Assets. Activity 15: Test Your Understanding: A Review of Ratio Analysis. Activity 16: Trend Analysis: Income Statement. Activity 17: Trend Analysis: Balance Sheet. Common-Sized Statement Analysis: Income Sheet. Activity 19: Common-Sized Statement Analysis: Balance Sheet. Activity 20: Test Your Understanding: A Review of Trend Analysis and Common-Sized Statements. Activity 21: Internet Research: Using the Forbes Web Site. 3. Interpreting and Understanding Amounts on Financial Statements. Activity 22: Service, Merchandising or Manufacturing Company. Activity 23: Cash and Cash Equivalents. Activity 24: Short-Term Investments. Activity 25: Accounts Receivable. Activity 26: Inventory. Activity 27: Property, Plant, and Equipment. Activity 28: Long-Term Investments. Activity 29: Current and Long-Term Liabilities. Activity 30: Stockholders Equity. Activity 31: Transactions Affecting Total Assets. Activity 32: Transactions Affecting Total Liabilities. Activity 33: Transactions Affecting Total Stockholders Equity. Activity 34: Transactions Affecting Net Income. Activity 35: Multiple-Step Income Statement. Activity 36: Which Financial Statement? Activity 37: Test Your Understanding: Interpreting and Understanding Amounts on the Balance Sheet. Activity 38: Test Your Understanding: Interpreting and Understanding Amounts on the Income Statement. Activity 39: Ethics Affecting Financial Statement Amounts: Accounts Receivable. Activity 40: Ethics Affecting Financial Statement Amounts: Inventory. Internet Research: Using the Edgar Database. 4. Further Your Understanding. Activity 42: Recent Business Article. Activity 43: Current Market Interest Rates. Activity 44: Examining Bond Yields. Activity 45: Examining the Prime Rate and Bond Yields: Using The Wall Street Journal. Activity 46: Examining the Bond Market. Activity 47: Examining the Bond Market: Using The Wall Street Journal. Activity 48: Examining the Bond Market: Using the Internet. Activity 49: Examining the Dow Jones Industrial Average: Using The Wall Street Journal. Activity 50: How to Read Stock Quotes: U