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A balance sheet is a type of financial statement that lists a company's assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity. The assets should be in "balance" and equal the total liabilities and ...

Financial statements are documents used to communicate to end-users a business's financial circumstances in an efficient and effective manner. Four basic financial statements exist: the balance sheet, ...

Few companies thrive and grow without some kind of outside financing. Acquiring assets, launching projects, expanding into new locations or business sectors -- these all take capital, and lots of it.

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What separates a strong balance sheet from a weak one? In this podcast, Motley Fool senior analysts John Rotonti and Bill Mann discuss: Assets, liabilities, and when more liabilities can actually be a ...