In recent weeks I’ve had something of a wake-up call: several friends and family members have had their houses broken into and some expensive possessions stolen. I’m talking laptops, big-screen TVs, ...

Inventory is one of a company's most important assets, or resources. It consists of the products a business has available for sale and, if the business is a manufacturer, the materials used to make ...

Learn how accounting spreadsheets work with real examples of journals plus when to switch to accounting software. Accounting often starts simple: a few transactions, a basic spreadsheet, and a clear ...

A common way that analysts and investors measure the performance of a company selling goods is by using financial ratios. One ratio that is useful for evaluating a company's effectiveness in utilizing ...

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 ...