How To Read A Balance Sheet - Balance Sheet Tutorial In SIMPLE Terms!

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If you're a beginner investor and want to have any chance of success in the world of self-directed investing, you need to know how to read a balance sheet. Fortunately, this balance sheet tutorial is a one stop shop to learn absolutely everything you need to know about the balance sheet.

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We'll go over reading a balance sheet, how to analyze a balance sheet, balance sheet basics, what every single line on the balance sheet means, and most importantly do a quick highlight, one company with a very strong balance sheet in Shopify stock, and one with a very weak balance sheet in Medmira stock.

Knowing how to read a balance sheet can pay off significantly down the road, as it can help you avoid speculative stocks that are prone to high volatility and drastic changes in price, usually for the worse. But it can also help you find some of the best stocks on the markets, ones with strong working capital and in an excellent position to thrive, especially in the current economy.

Because this is a relatively long tutorial on balance sheets, here is a table of contents:

Where to look and where NOT to look for balance sheets: 02:25
General overview of the balance sheet: 03:55
3 main things on a balance sheet: 04:53
Current Assets section line by line: 05:30
Non-Current Assets section line by line: 10:45
Current Liabilities section line by line: 16:00
Working Capital Calculation: 18:52
Non-Current Liabilities section line by line: 20:29
Shareholders Equity section line by line: 22:00
Looking over a strong balance sheet (Shopify): 24:49
Looking over a weak balance sheet (Medmira): 26:20
Conclusion: 29:07