The Financial Numbers Game: Detecting Creative Accounting PracticesPraise for The Financial Numbers Game "So much for the notion 'those who can, do-those who can't, teach.' Mulford and Comiskey function successfully both as college professors and real-world financial mercenaries. These guys know their balance sheets. The Financial Numbers Game should serve as a survival manual for both serious individual investors and industry pros who study and act upon the interpretation of financial statements. This unique blend of battle-earned scholarship and quality writing is a must-read/must-have reference for serious financial statement analysis." --Bob Acker, Editor/Publisher, The Acker Letter "Wall Street's unforgiving attention to quarterly earnings presents ever increasing pressure on CFOs to manage earnings and expectations. The Financial Numbers Game provides a clear explanation of the ways in which management can stretch, bend, and break accounting rules to reach the desired bottom line. This arms the serious investor or financial analyst with the healthy skepticism required to drive beyond reported results to a clear understanding of a firm's true performance." --Mark Hurley, Managing Director, Training and Development, Global Corporate and Investment Banking, Bank of America "After reading The Financial Numbers Game, I feel as though I've taken a master's level course in financial statement analysis. Mulford and Comiskey's latest book should be required reading for anyone who is serious about fundamentally analyzing stocks." --Harry Domash, San Francisco Chronicle investing columnist and investment newsletter publisher |
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The Financial Numbers Game: Detecting Creative Accounting Practices Charles W. Mulford,Eugene E. Comiskey No preview available - 2011 |
The Financial Numbers Game: Detecting Creative Accounting Practices Charles W. Mulford,Eugene E. Comiskey No preview available - 2002 |
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AAER accepted accounting principles Accounting and Auditing accounts receivable accruals actions adjusted amortization amortization periods amount analysts Auditing Enforcement Release boost cash provided change in accounting Chapter classification Compact D/SEC company’s comprehensive income continuing operations Corp corporate covenant creative accounting practices debt December depreciation discontinued operations earnings management earnings-management EBITDA effects equity estimated example Exchange Commission Extended Amortization FASB fictitious revenue Financial Accounting Standards FINANCIAL NUMBERS GAME financial performance financial statements firms flexibility fraud fraudulent financial reporting GAAP gains and losses Ibid included income from continuing income statement income tax increase Information obtained inventory investments investors LIFO manage earnings ment million nonrecurring items obtained from Disclosure operating activities operating cash flow operating income premature or fictitious pretax pro-forma measures provided by operating quarter recognized revenue restructuring charges revenue recognition Securities and Exchange shareholders shipment shipped sold tax expense transaction Wall Street Journal write-down