Through the Great Depression and the current recession, despite the Enron and Arthur Andersen meltdowns and a slew of legislation, the balance sheet – an indicator of a company’s health – has remained ...

A balance sheet for a sole proprietorship is similar to a balance sheet for any other kind of business in that it shows how much the business entity owns and owes. Sole proprietorships are closely ...

What is a Balance Sheet? Recall that a balance sheet is a financial snapshot which shows the current health of the business as measured in terms of its assets and liabilities. Assets include items ...

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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, ...

Tim Bennett explains what a balance sheet is for, including the type of information it contains, and how you can use it. See all of Tim's video tutorials here. Don't miss the latest investment and ...

Now let's take a closer look to see how strong this balance sheet is by analyzing it with some common balance sheet ratios. There are about a half-dozen different ratios we can use to determine a ...