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 ...

Amortization and depreciation are accounting methods used to allocate the cost of assets over their useful lives. Amortization applies to intangible assets like patents and trademarks. Depreciation ...

A business wants to deduct expenses against revenues in the most effective fashion possible. But being effective doesn't mean that you always deduct an expense immediately. Depreciation allocates the ...

Lou Seno is Chairman Emeritus and Special Advisor to the JSSI (Jet Support Services Inc.) Board of Directors. Prior to joining JSSI, Mr. Seno held senior management positions at the business aircraft ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. For real estate investors, managing cash flow is king. You ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Computers, office chairs and factories all wear down and lose value over time. Depreciation is how accountants factor that fact into their number-crunching. A depreciated five-year-old computer isn't ...

When companies invest in assets, they expect those assets to last a certain number of years. Over time, they’re depreciated based on their remaining serviceable life and any potential saleable value ...