FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
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Author: BREALEY
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To discuss: Reason for providing balance sheet of a company in a snapshot and income statement in a video. Whether the statement of cash flow shall provide like a snapshot or a video.

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Generally, balance sheet of a company shows company’s financial position as on a particular date. It is a financial statement that reports company’s liabilities, assets and shareholder’s capital at a specific point in time. It is one of the financial statement that gives a clear view of what company owes and what it owns.

Income statement is another financial statement reporting company’s financial performance over a specified accounting period of time. It is also known as statement of revenue and expenses or profit and loss statement. It captures all transactions and events during the year, so it is more like a video.

Thus, the statement of cash flow is as like the income statement, that reviews all the activities during a year. So it is also provided like a video.

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