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Earnings quality and accounting tricks

Accounting

How companies flatter their reported profits and cash flow, and how an investor finds it, from Thornton O'glove to Howard Schilit.

8 books on Earnings quality and accounting tricks, 2 of them tier 1, recommended by 5 people including Mohnish Pabrai and Bill Ackman.

8 books · 7 experts

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  1. Financial ShenanigansHoward M. Schilit, Jeremy Perler, 1993
  2. Quality of EarningsThornton L. O'glove, 1987

The best books on Earnings quality and accounting tricks 8

Quality of EarningsQuality of Earnings
T1 Quality of Earnings
Thornton L. O'glove · 1987
Separating reported earnings from the recurring, cash-backed kind.
Open Library
Recommended byRational Capital Investment FundBill Ackman
Financial ShenanigansFinancial Shenanigans
T1 Financial Shenanigans
Howard M. Schilit, Jeremy Perler · 1993
The standard field guide to earnings, cash-flow and metric manipulation.
Open Library
“Some of my favorites include Howard M. Schilit and Jeremy Perler, Financial Shenanigans”Michael Mauboussin
Recommended byMichael MauboussinAnu Hariharan
Accounting for GrowthAccounting for Growth
T2 Accounting for Growth
Terry Smith · 1992
The UK forensic-accounting classic; got its author fired from his broker.
Open Library
The Financial Numbers GameThe Financial Numbers Game
T2 The Financial Numbers Game
Charles W. Mulford, Eugene E. Comiskey · 2002
Open Library
The NumberThe Number
T2 The Number
Alex Berenson · 2003
How the earnings-per-share culture produced WorldCom-style accounting.
Open Library
Creative Cash Flow ReportingCreative Cash Flow Reporting
T3 Creative Cash Flow Reporting
Charles W. Mulford, Eugene E. Comiskey · 2005
How operating cash flow itself gets dressed up.
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Financial Warnings: Detecting Earning SurpriFinancial Warnings: Detecting Earning Surprises, Avoiding Business Troubles, Implementing Corrective Strategies
T4 Financial Warnings: Detecting Earning Surprises, Avoiding Business Troubles, Implementing Corrective Strategies
Charles W. Mulford, Eugene E. Comiskey · 1996
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Quality Financial ReportingQuality Financial Reporting
T4 Quality Financial Reporting
Paul B. W. Miller, Paul R. Bahnson · 2002
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai

Experts 7

The people who wrote this page's books, and the people who recommend them.

Authors 2

CW
Charles W. Mulfordwrote 3 books hereTerry Smithwrote 1 book here

Recommenders 5

MP
Mohnish Pabrairecommends 3 books here
MM
Michael Mauboussinrecommends 1 book here
AH
Anu Hariharanrecommends 1 book hereBill Ackmanrecommends 1 book here
RC
Rational Capital Investment Fundrecommends 1 book here
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