How to Read a Financial Report (9th Edition): The gold standard when it comes to reading & understanding financial statements and reports. For the amateur/novice just getting started or the professional looking to hone their skills, this book offers invaluable insight, tools, and knowledge to greatly improve your financial acumen and understanding of financial statements, the lifeline of any business and the capitalist economic system. If you want to up your financial & accounting “game”, this book is for you!

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Business Financial Information Secrets (1st Edition): Ever wonder what, when, why, and how a business generates and presents financial information and operating results. Well, this book is precisely what the doctor ordered! Take a deeper dive into the thinking, logic, and strategies of how businesses produce and present financial information (reports and statements), raise & manage critical capital to fund operations, proactively manage cash flow (the blood line of every business), analyze operating results, and the ultimate question, is a business being truly transparent with their financial statements. Wonderful tools, tips, and perspectives are provided, along with a crash course in financial “lingo” and “secrets”, to improve your financial & accounting literacy swiftly & efficiently.

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Accounting For Dummies (7th Edition): Now in its 7th edition and for good reason. AFD offers the best of both worlds, for both the novice looking to gain a fundamental understanding of language and logic of business “accounting” to the seasoned professional focused on expanding their skillset to help their company improve profits and cash flows. In the spirit of the Dummies brand, AFD is delivered in an easy-to-understand format that allows the reader to consume material in small bits and bytes or tackle more complex material, all at your own pace, and explained in plain English. And as with all our books, essential accounting, financial, and planning tools & analyzes are included to ensure your venture into accounting is extremely well rounded and relevant to succeed in today’s rapid paced economic environment.

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Accounting Workbook For Dummies (2nd Edition): The most recent addition to our stable of accounting and financial books, AWBFD 2nd Edition has been recently updated to include a wide range of new material that is relevant for the real-time and digital accounting world we now live in. At its heart, AWBFD 2nd Edition provides a wonderful workbook to assist your evolution from simply learning about accounting to testing your skills and knowledge. Over 50 questions with supporting answers are provided, ranging from understanding the most basic accounting concepts and processing financial transactions to diving deeper into how businesses may utilize different accounting methods and theories to, shall we say, help “massage” the numbers. For those looking to improve not just their accounting knowledge but ready to take the leap into learning how accounting can be used to improve financial operating results, this workbook is a must.

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Cash Flow For Dummies (1st Edition): In the black (profit) but where’s the green (cash)? Confused well you won’t be as with this book you’ll learn to master the concept of why profit /= positive cash flow, how to identify and access sources of untapped cash, what the cash flow statement really says about a company’s health, & most importantly, real life tips & techniques available every day to maximize internal cash flow.

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Small Business Financial Management Kit for Dummies (1st Edition): Need to get a handle on the financial side of your small business, well look no further as this is it? From preparing financial statements to securing financing to improving profitability to maximizing cash flow, this book provides real life tips, tidbits, and tools to help your business grow and succeed in today’s rapid-fire economy!

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The Comprehensive Guide on How to Read a Financial Report (1st Edition): Gain a deeper understanding of what the numbers in a financial report actually mean, where the numbers come from, how the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement are intimately connected, and most importantly, where the company is actually headed. For those looking for a deeper dive into how “Books get Cooked”, this is it!

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