You are an investor interested in investing in a company. How do u determine which company to invest in? You read companys' financial statements. What are financial statements? They are statements that suppose to reflect a company's "true & fair view" of their financial position. All right, back to human world. You are looking for love (partner, relationship whateva). How do u determine who to look for? ?_? May I say, most of us, read other ppl just like FS. Standard FS vs Relationship FS ASSETS ASSETS ----- ----- Current Assets Current Assets -------------- -------------- Cash Cash Receivables Heritage Potential Inventories @@?? Non-Current Assets Non-Current Assets ------------------ ------------------ Investments Investments PPE (Property, Plant & Equipment) House, Car & ?? Intangibles Education Background Others Height (can be Liability) Weight (can be liability) Age (can be liability) Sweet & Caring temper Good-looking LIABILITIES LIABILITIES ----------- ----------- Current Liabilities Current Liabilities ------------------- ------------------- Payables ST Credit Card debt?? Non-Current Liabilities Non-current Liabilites ----------------------- ----------------------- Loans Student Loan Mortgages of various kinds Provisions Possible future payments to parents XD Others Height (can be asset) Weight (can be asset) Age (can be asset) Careless Fiery EQUITY EQUITY ------ ------ Contributed Equity Given by parents Reserves @@?? Retained Profits Saving Habits STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE ---------------------------------- Sales Salary (or from parents) COGS Daily expenditure Gross Profit Daily Saving Borrowing Costs Loans repaid Advertising Expenses Shopping Expenses Administrative expenses Utility Expenses NPAT Net yearly income Extraordinary Expenditure ---@@ ?? Earnings for xx year Net Income for xx year ------------------------------------------------------------------------ um....this is very random. Any suggestions are welcomed XD But you get the point. Let me ask you again. How do you judge a company? By looking at their financial statements? -WRONG- FS are just a starting point & guideline. It can be manipulated - look at the big corporate collapses such as Enron & Worldcom & various others. They were the top recommendations by analysts - so what? Their FS looked superb - so what? So how do you judge a person? By looking at those conditions that I've listed? Do they really tell you something? Do they really give you an inside depth of who ppl really are? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is inspired by some chat & reading of various o2 postings ----------------------------------------------------------------------- XD Please don't ask me how to analyse a company. The more I studied, the more I am confused. It seems we can never beat the market (except for some very intelligent/lucky ppl??) Since we cannot solely rely on FS, some ppl have suggested alternative ways (including the popular topic of triple bottomline reporting etc.). But there's still no absolute answers. So are relationships. lol~ but let's pray for the best of everyone and -WORLD PEACE- XD -- "To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best." ~Thackeray --

※ 发信站: 批踢踢实业坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 203.51.19.254 >.< I was wondering how come I typed so much and I only got $8p. And I just found out that the amount of money you got is determined by the length of time you spent on your posting... So I should start my typing in ptt & not copy & paste >.< ※ 编辑: amepluie 来自: 203.51.19.254 (10/11 12:20)