Includes index.

You can't always trust the numbers -- Spotting assumptions, estimates, and biases -- Why increase your financial intelligence? -- Profit is an estimate -- Cracking the code of the income statement -- Revenue : the issue is recognition -- Costs and expenses : no hard and fast rules -- The many forms of profit -- Understanding balance-sheet basics -- Assets : more estimates and assumptions (except for cash) -- On the other side : liabilities and equity -- Why the balance sheet balances -- The income statement affects the balance sheet -- Cash is a reality check -- Profit? : cash (and you need both) -- The language of cash flow -- How cash connects with everything else -- Why cash matters -- The power of ratios -- Profitability ratios : the higher the better -- Leverage ratios : the balancing act -- Liquidity ratios : can we pay our bills? -- Efficiency ratios : making the most of your assets -- The building blocks of roi -- Figuring roi : the nitty gritty -- The magic of managing the balance sheet -- Your balance sheet levers -- Homing in on cash conversion -- Financial literacy and corporate performance -- Financial literacy strategies -- Financial transparency : our ultimate goal.