Discussion
• Evaluate at least factors that make financial statement analysis essential to management, investors, and creditors. Provide a rationale for your response.
• Imagine you are considering investing in a corporation. Examine the key information you would look for in a company's financial statements and explain why this information would be important to you. Suggest at least two financial statement analysis tools you would use to evaluate this company's financial statements. Provide a rationale for your suggestions.