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The Accounting Equation And How It Helps In Your Fundamental Analysis
By The Bedokian Portfolio  •  August 30, 2020
Those who had studied accounting or have had an accounting subject back in school would have encountered the accounting equation, which is: Assets = Liabilities + (Owners’ / Shareholders’) Equity Or: A = L + E For the uninitiated, the accounting equation shows that a company’s assets are made up of debt (liabilities) and shares issued to shareholders (equity). The equation forms the basis of the double entry accounting system which is universally used by accountants worldwide. The practical application of this equation is shown in a balance sheet, which is one of the three financial statements reported by companies. Here is an example of the A = L + E in real life: Fig.1: Balance Sheet (excerpted from Singtel 2019 Annual Report, p139) From Figure 1, you can see that 48,914.1 (A) is equal to 19,105.1 (L) plus 29,807.7 (E). So how does it help in my fundamental analysis (FA)?...
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By The Bedokian Portfolio
My first encounter with the financial markets started in the aftermath of the 2008/2009 Global Financial Crisis. Before this, I had no notion of what investment and trading were, although I had learned about economics, business management and accounting back in my university studies. I was a trader when I first started, albeit an amateurish one, and trading was just a side hobby of mine ...
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