Assets generate income and appreciate in value, while liabilities drain resources and depreciate over time. Do you want to improve your net worth? Probably so. But if you’re like many people, you ...

usiness firms use a financial analysis technique called asset vs. liability management (ALM) to mitigate risk due to a mismatch in their assets and liabilities. A mismatch occurs when assets and ...

We once asked a banker and chief executive about his decision to lend to a startup technology company that later became a big success. The banker took out a sheet of paper and wrote two words: "assets ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. When investing, assessing a company’s assets and liabilities is a basic requirement to ...

Assets on a balance sheet include current assets like cash and inventory, and fixed assets like property. Asset turnover and return on assets measure a company's efficiency in using assets to generate ...

Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society committee, and has a degree in accounting and finance from DePaul University. As the name implies, a balance sheet should reveal ...

Asset Liability Management or ALM is a mechanism designed to address the risk faced by banks due to a mismatch between assets and liabilities, which arise either because of liquidity or because of ...

The balance sheet provides a look at a business at a snapshot in time, often at the end of a quarter or year. In some cases, the accounts on the balance sheet -- assets, liabilities, and equity -- can ...

Assets represent any items owned by an individual or a business that have the potential to grow in value. Defining assets isn’t easy, as “any item” is a broad category that encompasses myriad items ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Hans Daniel Jasperson has over a decade of ...