How to Read an Income Statement

“How to Read an Income Statement” is the first in a series that cover the basics of understanding financial documents from a quantitative finance perspective. In this video, Arthur Santry covers the general layout and purpose of an income statement, as well as how income statements can be useful on Quantopian. He also walks us through the FactSet Fundamentals dataset and how it can provide information on income statements.

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