Assets generate income and appreciate in value, while liabilities drain resources and depreciate over time. Do you want to improve your net worth? Probably so. But if you’re like many people, you ...

A significant report for every business leader to review, at least annually, is the balance statement. It gives business leaders insight into the financial health of the company. To get a true picture ...

We once asked a banker and chief executive about his decision to lend to a startup technology company that later became a big success. The banker took out a sheet of paper and wrote two words: "assets ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. When investing, assessing a company’s assets and liabilities is a basic requirement to ...

When it comes to a company’s taxes, there are two important categories to understand: assets and liabilities. Tax liability is anything that a person or company owes taxes on, such as income or ...

Asset management is an integral part of accounting basics that deals with the monitoring and maintenance of valuable items owned by an individual or an entity. Assets contribute significantly to the ...

Discussing total assets vs. total liabilities leads to pondering balance sheet tactics. With a strong balance sheet, a company can wield its financial resources to make money, stop a dwindling bottom ...

usiness firms use a financial analysis technique called asset vs. liability management (ALM) to mitigate risk due to a mismatch in their assets and liabilities. A mismatch occurs when assets and ...

The balance sheet provides a look at a business at a snapshot in time, often at the end of a quarter or year. In some cases, the accounts on the balance sheet -- assets, liabilities, and equity -- can ...

This report is one of a series on the adjustments we make to GAAP data so we can measure shareholder value accurately. This report focuses on an adjustment we make to our calculation ofeconomic book ...