Balance Sheet – Ford Motor Company

In a two- to three-page paper (not including the title and reference  pages), explain the purpose of a balance sheet and analyze Ford Motor  Company’s balance sheet from its 2012 Annual Report (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. In your analysis, you must determine the financial ratios and compare them to industry standards.

Your paper must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in  the Ashford Writing Center, and it must include citations and references  for the text and at least two scholarly sources from the Ashford  University Library.

Required Resources

Text

Epstein, L. (2014). Financial decision making: An introduction to financial reports [Electronic version]. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/

• Chapter 2: The Balance Sheet

Articles

Ford Motor Company. (2014). Ford Motor Company 2012 annual report (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..  Retrieved from  http://corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/en/investors/reports-and-filings/Annual%20Reports/2012-annual-report.pdf

Harper, D. (n.d.). Financial statements: The system (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Investopedia. Retrieved from http://www.investopedia.com/university/financialstatements/financialstatements2.asp