1. Finance & Accounting Tips
                                    
                                        Overview of the balance sheet
                                            
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                                        Limitations of the balance sheet
                                            
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                                        Accrual accounting
                                            
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                                        Income statement
                                            
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                                        How to common-size the income statement
                                            
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                                        Financial statement ratios
                                            
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                                        The DuPont framework and return on equity
                                            
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                                        Debits and credits
                                            
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                                        Understand a company's operating cycle
                                            
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                                        How to compute days' purchases in payables
                                            
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                                        The current ratio and liquidity
                                            
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                                        Leverage ratios
                                            
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                                        When to capitalize or expense costs
                                            
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                                        Timing of revenue recognition
                                            
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                                        The statement of cash flows
                                            
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                                        Earnings management
                                            
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                                        What is depreciation?
                                            
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                                        Forecasting financial statements
                                            
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                                        Dividends and stock buybacks
                                            
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                                        Loan payments: Understand interest and principal
                                            
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                                        Price maker or price taker and the impact of overhead costs
                                            
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                                        Activity-based costing (ABC) and overhead
                                            
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                                        Cost-volume-profit analysis
                                            
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                                        Contribution margin and the sales mix of products
                                            
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                                        Save early, save often
                                            
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                                        Take the 401(k) match
                                            
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                                        Making extra payments
                                            
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                                        Low introductory interest rates
                                            
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                                        LIFO, FIFO, and FISH
                                            
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                                        Different depreciation methods
                                            
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                                        Capital asset pricing model (CAPM)
                                            
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                                        Sarbanes-Oxley and internal controls
                                            
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                                        What is a derivative?
                                            
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                                        Accounting for gift cards
                                            
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                                        What is beta?
                                            
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                                        What is an IPO?
                                            
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                                        Components of a compensation package
                                            
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                                        Impairment
                                            
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                                        Earnings per share
                                            
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                                        Calculate a car payment
                                            
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                                        Deferred taxes
                                            
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                                        Foreign currency transactions
                                            
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                                        What do auditors do?
                                            
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                                        Steps in creating a personal budget
                                            
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                                        Pensions
                                            
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                                        Obtaining financial information
                                            
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                                        Internal controls
                                            
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                                        Standards and variances
                                            
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                                        What is corporate governance?
                                            
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