David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and an expert in the fields of financial accounting, corporate and individual tax planning and preparation, and investing and retirement planning.

Financial ratios are an indicator of health for any business. They may seem esoteric, but to lenders and investors they tell the true story of a company's financial strength and ability to weather an ...

A common way that analysts and investors measure the performance of a company selling goods is by using financial ratios. One ratio that is useful for evaluating a company's effectiveness in utilizing ...

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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Being an entrepreneur for more than 30 years has taught me how important it is to track data about my business. But, I didn’t always take ...

The quick ratio, also known as the acid-test ratio, measures a company's ability to pay off its current debt. Current debt includes any liabilities coming due within a year, like accounts payable and ...

Traders in bonds and credit default swaps are bombarded with information on the default probabilities implied by credit spreads using a simple ratio. This ratio predicts that the credit spread will be ...

Check both net and gross expense ratios when choosing funds; discounts may be temporary. Aim for funds with low expense ratios to enhance investment returns over time. Passively managed index funds ...

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