Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, economics, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) and has ...

Each quarter every publicly owned company must issue a report card describing profits, losses, sales and other crucial results. It's supposed to be information investors can take to the bank. What ...

When the going gets tough, companies embrace the use of pro forma earnings to cast their results in the best possible light. As a result, the gap between pro forma earnings and earnings from generally ...

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