J.B. Maverick is an active trader, commodity futures broker, and stock market analyst 17+ years of experience, in addition to 10+ years of experience as a finance writer and book editor. Andy Smith is ...

If you're interested in investing, you've probably read quite a few articles that say "do your homework" before buying a stock. Reading and understanding a balance sheet is part of that homework.

Intangible assets include operational assets that lack physical substance. For example, goodwill is a fixed asset, as are patents, copyrights, trademarks and franchises. A company's intangible assets ...

Jared Ecker is a researcher and fact-checker. He possesses over a decade of experience in the Nuclear and National Defense sectors resolving issues on platforms as varied as stealth bombers to UAVs.

As businesses shift toward knowledge-based industries and digital innovation, intangible assets are becoming increasingly important in financial reporting, mergers and acquisitions, and overall ...

Assets and revenue are very different things. For one, they appear on completely different parts of a company's financial statements. Assets are listed on the balance sheet, and revenue is shown on a ...

An asset is anything that an individual or business owns that has monetary value and can be sold for cash. There are four main types of assets: liquid, illiquid, tangible, and intangible. Knowing what ...

Businesses today have challenges capturing innovation and even more of an uphill battle with intangible asset valuation and management. These non-tangible assets are over 80% of the average business’ ...