Gary Giroux provides a valuable and easy-to-use scoring system where investors assign grades to help them in their investment decisions. Earnings Magic is a must-read for any investor in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow 30). Giroux thoroughly analyzes some of the biggest and best known companies."--Andrew McLelland, Assistant Professor of Accounting, Auburn UniversityYOUR KEY TO EVALUATING A COMPANY'S EARNINGS QUALITYWouldn't you like to know as much as you could about a company before you invest in it? Financial information on companies is readily available, but not necessarily easy to interpret.With shrewd tips and state-of-the-art analytical tools, "Earnings Magic and the Unbalance Sheet" arms you with the key strategies and principles to help you evaluate whether a company's bottom line is headed toward excellence or financial abuse. This eye-opening guide expertly walks you through the tangle of potentially inflated earnings and misleading accounting disclosures to determine a company's financial reality.

    

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