Calculating the change in assets on a company's balance sheet is an important step when analyzing a business or stock. The direction of these changes can be indicative of a company's health and future ...

Salary and wage changes can happen for a variety of reasons. It's important for employees and employers alike to understand how these changes affect employee pay, whether it's computed at a yearly or ...

The cash flow statement reveals a lot about a business that you can't immediately find on the income statement or balance sheet. For example, many companies are profitable on the income statement, ...

Charities and other nonprofit organizations are known best for the charitable causes they serve, but increasingly, they are using strategies and techniques borrowed from the for-profit business world.

When a customer cuts back on orders and loses his volume discount, or you negotiate a better price for a bigger buyer, this can change your revenue projections. In addition, your overhead and ...

Estimate demand function to understand initial product pricing vs. quantity. Use derivative for the revenue equation to find marginal revenue changes. Marginal revenue derivative is a tool to guide ...

Available-for-sale securities are adjusted on balance sheets to reflect fair market values. Changes impact stockholders’ equity via Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income or Loss. Monitoring these ...

Daniel Jassy, CFA, is an Investopedia Academy instructor and the founder of SPYderCRusher Research. He contributes to Excel and Algorithmic Trading. Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC ...