Financial Statement Interpretation books?

[premfan]

I'm looking to broaden my base in financial statement interpretation. Any recommendations?

[bookie71]

Go to a used book store and buy a copy of any good elementary accounting book.

[Munger_Disciple]

What is a really good basic accounting book for investors & businessmen?

[bookie71]

Pyle and White (now has another name) was a good one.  Most any should be good.

[eclecticvalue]

What is a really good basic accounting book for investors & businessmen?

 

For the basics there are two you should look at.

 

Financial Statements- Thomas Ittelson

 

How to read a financial report- John A. Tracey

 

[ExpectedValue]

Martin Fridson's Financial Statements Analysis: A Practitioner's Guide is a pretty good way of sharpening your analyst skills. I like how the book is written, it leans a bit more towards finding accounting errors, but it is great.

 

I am doing a post series where I summarize some of his ideas and then use current examples:

 

http://streetcapitalist.com/2010/10/11/adversarial-accounting-juking-the-stats/