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Online Investing Hacks: Spot Hanky Panky With Cash Flow Analysis

Overview Company books are never cooked evenly - at least some of the numbers are real. It's more like they've been microwaved for a few minutes on high rather than baked at 325 degrees until done to perfection. Perhaps the most egregious example of this is Enron, whose saga, along with its master chefs Lay, Skilling, and Fastow, has been beaten to death in the financial press. For all the coverage, hard analysis of the numbers has been hard to find. By putting financial statements under the microscope, one has a chance to spot suspect numbers and cash out of investments whose accounting practices are questionable. Analyzing Enron's and WorldCom's financial statements can help one learn what to look for - and avoid.

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Publisher	O'Reilly Media	File Format	PDF
Date Published	June 2004
Format	Book chapters
Topics	Finance

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