Accounting Basics

An investment's internal rate of return (IRR) is the discount rate that makes the net present…

Future value (FV) refers to a method of calculating how much the present value (PV)…

Adjusted present value refers to the net present value (NPV) or investment adjusted for the…

Working capital is money available to a company for day-to-day operations. How It Works (Example):…

Shareholders equity is a measure of how much of a company's net assets belong to…

Financial ratios can help to make sense of the overwhelming amount of information that can…

Revenue, also called sales (or turnover, in the UK), refers to the value of the products and…

Compared with the income statement or the balance sheet, the cash flow statement gets perhaps…

Net cash flow refers to the difference between a company's cash inflows and outflows in a…

Financial statements are without a doubt the most important resource for any individual investor. All…