Fridson M., Alvarez F. Financial Statement analysis: A Practitioner’s Guide

3rd Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2002. – 413 p.This third edition of ‘‘Financial Statement Analysis’’, like its predecessors, seeks to equip its readers for practical challenges of contemporary business. Once again, the intention is to acquaint readers who have already acquired basic accounting skills with the complications that arise in applying textbook-derived knowledge to the real world of extending credit and investing in securities. Just as a swiftly changing environment necessitated extensive revisions and additions in the second edition, new concerns and challenges for users of financial statements have accompanied the dawn of the twenty-first century.Reading between the Lines
The Basic Financial Statements
A Closer Look at Profits
Forecasts and Security Analysis