It is an often-overlooked truth, but the ability for investors to accurately see what is going on at a company, and to be able to compare companies based on the same metrics, is one of the most vital parts of investing.
Today's financial markets are experiencing record earnings and profit margins and previously buried costs are just beginning to make their way into the bright lights of honesty and transparency.The debate about how to account for corporate stock options given to employees
and executives has been argued in the media, company board rooms and even in the U.S.
Congress. After many years of squabbling, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued FAS Statement 123 (R), which calls for the mandatory expensing of stock options beginning in the first company fiscal quarter after June 15, 2005.
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