CNBC Explains
Corporate Accounting
Corporate Accounting
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What is the difference between amortization and depreciation? How do these tools work? Khan of the Khan Academy explains with a side-by-side comparison.
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There are many ways a company can be valued, but one important distinction to make is between its value on paper and the value determined by the market. This video follows from the previous series and outlines two hypothetical companies and how their accounting and valuations are created. Khan of the Khan Academy clarifies the difference between market value and book value.
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Want to be an informed investor? Buckle down and learn to read corporate balance sheets. You need to know how to scrutinize overall expenses and revenues in these corporate snapshots i order to to discern profitability and earnings. Salman Khan of the Khan Academy runs through a hypothetical income statement and identifies what each number means.
- By: Elizabeth MacBride, Special to CNBC.com
Star mutual fund managers reveal secrets behind the stock-picking strategies buried in corporate filings.
- By: Tim Mullaney
Investors long looked to Alcoa and Intel as earnings bellwethers, but that view is outdated. These companies are the best read on earnings.
- By: Tim Mullaney, special to CNBC.com
The average corporate CEO makes 373 times the average worker. Here is a look at how CEO pay is structured and why it's rising.
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Want to be an informed investor? Buckle down and learn to read corporate balance sheets. You need to know how to scrutinize overall expenses and revenues in these corporate snapshots i order to to discern profitability and earnings. Salman Khan of the Khan Academy runs through a hypothetical income statement and identifies what each number means.
- By: John W. Schoen
A once-obscure tax dodge known as a corporate "inversion" is turning the tax reform debate upside down. Here's what you need to know.
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How does fair value differ from the historical cost of assets, and why would these valuations fluctuate? Salman Khan of the Khan Academy explains in a simplified example.
- By: Ike Ejiochi
The new NCAA autonomy rules will allow the five most powerful conferences in college sports to create a new definition of "student-athlete."
- By: Ike Ejiochi, special to CNBC.com
CNBC explains the brands, labor battles and big contracts that are X's and O's in the playbook of a huge US moneymaker: the NFL economy.
- By: Phil LeBeau
The rift between the local and national offices of the IAM has become bigger due to differing approaches taken while dealing with the new Boeing labor contract.
- By: Mark Koba
A pension liability is the difference between the total amount due and the actual amount of money the company has on hand to make those payments.
- By: Ben Berkowitz
When it comes to pensions, a guess about a fraction of a percentage point can be worth billions of dollars to big corporations.
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Economy Explained
Americans often check their receipts to make sure they've bought everything they need, and probably to see if what they paid this time is any different from the last trip. The government does the same with the Consumer Price Index. Here are the details.
The producer price index is a key economic measurement especially when it comes to inflation.
CNBC explains: What is a correction? How do they come about? What do they mean for the stock market?
Markets Explained
Here are the facts you need to know about stock market corrections—what triggers them and how long they last.
Little-used SEC Rule 48 is now a buzz word as the market correction has led to wild trading—and the need to control it.
It’s a good day to review circuit breakers. But when do they kick in and how do they work? CNBC explains.
Technology Explained
Virtual reality start-ups are raising billions, and consumer headsets are hitting the market. VR's promise is for real.
Google has patented a way for its driverless cars to communicate with pedestrians and others on the road.
The technological efficiency of terrorist organizations is on the rise, with many popular apps being co-opted by ISIS.
CNBC Explains
CNBC's Phil Han explains what would happen if President Trump started a trade war with Mexico and why he wants to renegotiate NAFTA.
You'll be surprised at what the correlation has been between the high-yield bond market and the overall stock market.
For the Federal Reserve, voting to hike interest rates is really the easy part.
