The Financial Numbers Game: Detecting Creative Accounting Practices 1st Edition

Praise for The Financial Numbers Game

"So much for the notion 'those who can, do-those who can't, teach.'Mulford and Comiskey function successfully both as collegeprofessors and real-world financial mercenaries. These guys knowtheir balance sheets. The Financial Numbers Game should serve as asurvival manual for both serious individual investors and industrypros who study and act upon the interpretation of financialstatements. This unique blend of battle-earned scholarship andquality writing is a must-read/must-have reference for seriousfinancial statement analysis."
-Bob Acker, Editor/Publisher, The Acker Letter

"Wall Street's unforgiving attention to quarterly earnings presentsever-increasing pressure on CFOs to manage earnings andexpectations. The Financial Numbers Game provides a clearexplanation of the ways in which management can stretch, bend, andbreak accounting rules to reach the desired bottom line. This armsthe serious investor or financial analyst with the healthyskepticism required to drive beyond reported results to a clearunderstanding of a firm's true performance."
-Mark Hurley, Managing Director, Training and Development GlobalCorporate and Investment Banking, Bank of America

"After reading The Financial Numbers Game, I feel as though I'vetaken a master's course in financial statement analysis. Mulfordand Comiskey's latest book should be required reading for anyonewho is serious about fundamentally analyzing stocks."
-Harry Domash, Investing Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle andPublisher, Winning Investing

The Financial Numbers Game identifies the steps businesses may taketo misstate financial performance and helps its readers to identifythose situations where reported results may not be what they seem.