Albert Long has just been awarded a large academic scholarship. As he had already saved enough money
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Albert has obtained the company's annual report and has completed a very thorough ratio analysis. However, he has relied heavily on financial statements to perform the ratio analysis and only skimmed the other components of the annual report. You are a good friend of Albert's and explain to him that, although ratio analysis provides a good indication as to a company's financial strength, there is much more information available that an informed investor should consider before making any investment decisions.
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Albert has asked you to help him investigate RBC Financial further. Other than ratio analysis, give him four examples of information that an investor might want to examine in order to fully understand a business. Where might this information be available?
Financial Statements
Financial statements are the standardized formats to present the financial information related to a business or an organization for its users. Financial statements contain the historical information as well as current period’s financial...
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Financial Accounting A User Perspective
ISBN: 978-0470676608
6th Canadian Edition
Authors: Robert E Hoskin, Maureen R Fizzell, Donald C Cherry
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