A balance sheet is one of three financial documents that every investor should check when researching a company to invest in. The other two are an income statement, which looks at a company’s profits, ...

In this podcast, Motley Fool analyst Jim Gillies joins host Ricky Mulvey for an in-depth look at how investors can understand a company's balance sheet. Heads-up: This show gets to some more advanced ...

Jim Gillies: A balance sheet, Ricky is just a moment in time. It is, what is the financial position at this moment in time? I think from a more comprehensive analysis of the balance sheet, you should ...

Making sense of a balance sheet is important when you're deciding whether or not to buy shares, because you want to be sure a company you're investing in is not heading for trouble. Tom Stevenson, ...

While you may consider a balance sheet to be an essential financial statement for a company, assessing your own personal assets, equity and wealth in a well-laid-out financial report is equally ...