In this production we will examine, in much more detail, what you can learn from the public information contained in the 10-k that a publicly traded company publishes to the Securities and Exchange Commission. If you are wanting to start a business or educate yourself as an employee or investor in a company, then the 10-k is a great source of information.

In this production we are going to explore how to start analyzing a company’s financial information. We will be specifically exploring where you can find sources of information that help you analyze financial information so that you can invest or start a business with confidence. In future episodes, we will take an even deeper dive into specific analysis of this information you can get from these sources.

In this episode we are going to explore, at a high level, how to assess company financial information that resides on financial statements.

One of the best ways to understand accounting is to relate the conceptual framework of the accounting field to your own personal life. In this episode, we will discuss how financial statements can be understood if we translate our financial lives into the framework of these statements.