If you're interested in investing, you've probably read quite a few articles that say "do your homework" before buying a stock. Reading and understanding a balance sheet is part of that homework.

A balance sheet shows a company's assets, liabilities and shareholder equity at a single point in time. These financial statements are used to determine a company's health and financial viability at a ...

Fortress-like is the term you want to hear. What separates a strong balance sheet from a weak one? In this podcast, Motley Fool senior analysts John Rotonti and Bill Mann discuss: Assets, liabilities, ...

The new lease accounting standard caused lease liabilities for the average company to increase a whopping 1,475 percent, skyrocketing from $4.4 million before the transition to $68.9 million post ...

Looking out over the busy streets from her hotel room window, Thitiporn (Pom) Yongchaihirun tried to decide when to leave her room to navigate Jakarta’s heavy traffic to make it to the World Bank ...

If you’re interested in investing, you’ve probably read quite a few articles that say “do your homework” before buying a stock. Reading and understanding a balance sheet is part of that homework.