FIN 501 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Cash Flow, Cash Flow Statement, Financial Statement

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Finance
• Course: FIN 501
• Professor: Edward Blinder

Document Summary

Annual report to stockholders good source of financial information about a company. The globe and mail shamrock able to request annual report. Internet convenient varies but provides recent quarterly or annual financial reports o. Sedar electronic achieve of company filings with the canadian securities regulatory agencies. Disclosure regulation requires companies making a public disclosure of material nonpublic information to do a fairly without preferential recipients: material nonpublic information any information that could reasonable by expected to affect the price of a security. Securities and exchange commission requires companies to disclose not only financial statements but also material information about their companies to the public. Reveal the hard facts about a company"s operating and financial performance. Balance sheet accounting statement that provides a snapshot view of a company"s assets and liabilities on a particular date. Income statement summary statement of a firms revenues over a specific accounting period, usually a quarter or a year: net income= dividends + retained earnings.