The clear-cut information and forms you need to buy a business! If you're ready to acquire a business, make sure you protect your interests and get the best deal possible with The Complete Guide to Buying a Business. It shows you how to: ind the right business analyze the seller's numbers make sense of the tax issues negotiate a payment plan prepare and sign a sales agreement close the deal protect yourself from existing liabilities prevent the seller from competing against you work with l...

The easy way to master an intermediate accounting courseIntermediate accounting courses are required for students seeking bachelor's degrees in accounting and often for degrees in finance, business administration, and management. Intermediate Accounting For Dummies provides you with a deeper and broader level of accounting theory, serving as an excellent course supplement and study guide to help you master the concepts of this challenging program.W...

Today's world of personal investing is not a friendly place. Individuals are assaulted with an unending barrage of financial news, "expert" advice, investing tools, trading systems, and more, to the point where they are overwhelmed. As a result, most people simply entrust their portfolios to third-party advisers and, in doing so, lose control of their financial security.Nobody is more familiar with this situation than author Leland Hevner. As President of the National Association o...

This text is designed to teach accurate financial accounting, which has the communication of relevant financial information to internal and external users as its primary subject. This volume represents to focus on new directions with special emphasis on concepts, rational, measurement, and reporting. With this in mind, I have attempted to impart these principles in this book. All of the financial terms are described using easy-to-understand terminology, as are the financial ratios. I belie...

FXstreet.Com’s 2013 Best Book Award!The Sensible Guide to Forex: Safer, Smarter Ways to Survive and Prosper from the Start is written for the risk averse, mainstream retail investor or trader seeking a more effective way to tap forex markets to improve returns and hedge currency risk. As the most widely held currencies are being devalued, they're taking your portfolio down with them—unless you're prepared.For traders, the book focuses on reducing t...

Praise for Running a Public Company: From IPO to SEC Reporting"Steve Bragg's book is an essential read for anyone contemplating a public offering or taking on leadership responsibility in a public company. Not only does he explain the complicated aspects of registration and reporting, he provides practical examples of policies, procedures, and controls to keep a public company on the right track. This book is easy to follow and will continue to be a resource for th...

Win the high-stakes game of short selling!Short selling is growing in popularity—and for good reason. A smart shorting strategy can yield impressive profits while decreasing portfolio risk.All About Short Selling reveals what you need to excel in this exciting form of trading—without making the classic “beginner’s” mistakes. An expert in the field, Tom Taulli provides a comprehensive game plan for playing—and winning—the short-selling game....

Most small business owners learn early on that it's much cheaper to do their own books (alone or with the assistance of a bookkeeper or accounting clerk) and have them reviewed by an accountant than to have a CPA on staff. With a steady supply of entrepreneurs opening new businesses, there's a real need for a one-stop accounting reference busy owners, bookkeepers, and accounting clerks can use to access the specific information they need quickly and accurately. Accounting at Your Finge...

One of history's top-selling investment guides--800,000 copies sold!--is now updated for a new generation of investorsPraise for previous editions of Understanding Wall Street:"One of those rare publications that delivers exactly what it promises . . .consistently good."--Barron's"Among the best for the novice investor."--Los Angeles Times"A good practical education on the stock market."

50 RULES FOR BEATING THE STREET IN ANY MARKET CONDITIONS INVESTINGThe go-to stock-investing guide for more than a decade, Stock Market Rules gives you the knowledge and clarity you need to invest like the wizards of Wall Street.This proven guide reveals the unwritten rules on which Wall Street investors have long relied to help you draw outsized profits even in volatile markets. Stock Market Rules, Fourth Edition, analyzes 50 maxims to show you which one...

This book is a must-read for entrepreneurs and new business owners. Income tax law can be complicated and overwhelming, and business owners may not be aware of the essential steps they need to take to comply with tax law. The author offers a straightforward overview of income tax terms and principles that business owners should be aware of in order to minimize income taxes, such as the different types of business entities, rules for deducting business expenses, home office deductions, pass...