Financial statements report the business activities and financial performance of a company. Learn how they are used by executives, investors, and lenders.

Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society committee, and has a degree in accounting and finance from DePaul University. Katrina Ávila Munichiello is an experienced editor, ...

You can create your own investment statements with a template from the Microsoft Office website. These free templates include a "Statements" category with predesigned forms for the Excel program. A ...

Draft a personal financial statement -- it's easy -- to see how well you're doing. If you learn a little bit about investing in stocks, you'll learn that publicly traded companies in the U.S. are ...