Here are nine things investors should watch for as possible warnings of accounting gimmickry:
1. Overly Aggressive Performance Targets: The...

Earnings can be as pliable as putty when a charlatan heads the company reporting them. Eventually truth will surface, but in the meantime a lot of...

All you need is to look over the earnings forecasts publicly made a year ago to see how much care you need to give to those being made now for next...

When managers want to get across the facts of a business to you, it can be done within the rules of accounting. Unfortunately, when they want to play...

When managers want to get across the facts of the business to you, it can be done within the rules of accounting. Unfortunately, when they want to...

A tax loophole is something that benefits the other guy. If it benefits you, it is a tax reform.