Financial Statements Are Helpful to Predict the Future Performance of a Company

question 15

Multiple Choice

Financial statements are helpful to predict the future performance of a company for all of the following reasons except _____.

• A)the evaluation of management's past performance gives clues to its ability to generate future returns
• B)the assets and liabilities of a company provide clues to a company's future prospects
• C)financial statements are required to give formal projections of management's assessment of the next period's financial results
• D)past performance is often a good indicator of future performance

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