Whether you're evaluating a company's stock price, assessing itscredit quality, or determining valuations for a merger oracquisition, deciphering the messages embedded within a company'sfinancial statements is critical-especially after the recent demiseof so-called "solid" companies. This workbook will help you do thisand much more, by allowing you to hone your skills and test theknowledge you've gained from reading Financial Statement Analysis,Third Edition.

Question-and-answer sections within this workbook correspond toeach chapter of Financial Statement Analysis, Third Edition, so youcan use this guide in conjunction with the actual text.Alternatively, you can use the self-administered tests that arealso a part of this workbook to independently practice the skill ofreading and understanding financial statements. Either way, usingthe Financial Statement Analysis Workbook will help you expand yourskills in reading and analyzing financial statements-so you cansuccessfully put your hard-won knowledge to work in the real world.

MARTIN FRIDSON is Managing Director at Merrill Lynch & Companyand a member of Institutional Investor s All-America Fixed IncomeResearch Team. His other books include How to Be a Billionaire, ItWas a Very Good Year, and Investment Illusions, all published byWiley. He is a past governor of the Association for InvestmentManagement and Research.

FERNANDO ALVAREZ is Clinical Associate Professor in the BerkleyCenter for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Stern School of Businessat NYU. His current research focuses on the management of cashflows resulting from changes in working capital requirements, thestructure of cash flows, and the sources and uses of capital forthe entrepreneurial firm. His research has been funded by theMacArthur Foundation, the Kaufman Foundation, U.S. Trust of Boston,and Wells Fargo Bank.