sheets; (2) income statements; (3) cash flow statements; and (4)
statements of shareholders’ equity. Balance sheets show what a
company owns and what it owes at a fixed point in time. Income
statements show how much money a company made and spent
over a period of time. Cash flow statements show the exchange of
money between a company and the outside world also over a
period of time. The fourth financial statement, called a “statement of
shareholders’ equity,” shows changes in the interests of the
company’s shareholders over time.
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