Assets are quantifiable things — tangible or intangible — that add to your company’s value Liabilities are what your company owes to others, whether that’s an investor or a bank that issued a loan ...

Steven Nickolas is a writer and has 10+ years of experience working as a consultant to retail and institutional investors. Dr. JeFreda R. Brown is a financial consultant, Certified Financial Education ...

The balance sheet provides a look at a business at a snapshot in time, often at the end of a quarter or year. In some cases, the accounts on the balance sheet -- assets, liabilities, and equity -- can ...

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.

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

The expanded accounting equation builds upon the basic accounting equation's use of assets, liabilities and equity by ...

Anyone going into business needs to be familiar with the concepts of assets and liabilities, revenue and expenses. If your business were a living organism, these would be its vital signs. Assets and ...

The bulk of the assets held is made up of stocks and bonds, followed by equity built up in homes. Our Chart of the Day is from JPMorgan, which shows that consumers overall are sitting on a record-high ...

The balance sheet provides a look at a business at a snapshot in time, often at the end of a quarter or year. In some cases, the accounts on the balance sheet -- assets, liabilities, and equity -- can ...