One of the many metrics that investors use when evaluating a company is return on assets. The greater the return a company can achieve using a given amount of capital, the higher the valuation that ...

Richard Loth has 40+ years of experience in banking, corporate financial consulting, and nonprofit development assistance programs. Eric's career includes extensive work in both public and corporate ...

As an investor, common stock is considered an asset. You own the property; the property has value and can be liquidated for cash. As a business owner, stock is something you use to get an influx of ...

With the increasing use of reimbursement models paying for the longitudinal health status of a patient, health systems’ historical value proposition of simply being the provider of hard assets to the ...

SALT LAKE CITY, June 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Equation, an innovator in financial and clinical healthcare analytics and consulting, is pleased to announce it has been acquired by MedAssets-Precyse. This ...

These are examples of assets not normally easily disposed of. Key Takeaway: Formally, if an asset isn't expected to be cashable within a year, it isn’t considered a current asset. In business, a ...

Twice within the last 10 years, wealthy taxpayers have felt particular pressure to pare down the sizes of their taxable estates as a result of expected changes in the federal lifetime exemption amount ...

While it seems contradictory that assets and expenses can both have debit balances, the explanation is quite logical when one understands the basics of accounting. Modern-day accounting theory is ...