Graduate Prerequisites: QSTMO 712 or 713, QSTAC 710 or 711, QSTQM 716 or 717, QSTMK 723 or 724, QSTFE 711 or 722. - This course is designed to develop skills in interpreting and analyzing the financial reports prepared by firms for investors and creditors. The following topics are covered: 1) analyzing profitability and risk, (2) understanding the major accounting choices affecting financial statements and managerial incentives that influence these choices, (3) assessing the quality of earnings, (4) using cash-flow based and earnings-based valuation models. The course also includes a brief review of some important accounting principles, emphasizing areas that were not covered in AC 710. [Lectures, exercises, exams, and project.]

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