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You don't have to be a financial wizard to glean the most important statistics about a company. Learn the basics of understanding financial statements in three simple steps.

Many of this year's best performers have one thing in common: a highly valued underlying business. Sound hard to calculate? It's so easy, even my first grader can do it!

You asked for it, so we delivered. This step-by-step guide will show you exactly how we calculated the Texas ratio for our infamous troubled banks list.

You'll find the key to a company's future success buried in the income statement...

Whether you're looking at a company's income statement or balance sheet, common sizing helps you gain insight into the true value of a company.

Now we're using his equation to tell you which companies may be next in line. Could you predict the next Enron?

Even in the context of law-abiding financial reporting, there is so much wiggle room in how accounting items are treated that investors may be missing some important details if they fail to really dig into the numbers.

There's a tool available to investors who want to purge the most vulnerable companies from their portfolios: the Z-score.