Originally Posted by TransWorld

Just one comment. I did a Masters. My courses in Cost Accounting and the capstone corporate Case Studies (which involved extensive analysis of corporate balance sheets) were taught by the former CFO of Cummins Diesel. I got an A in both courses. Our 3 person team in Case Studies were complimented by the former CFO, as being the best, most knowledgeable and insightful team in his 14 years as a professor, teaching that course. He thinks I have a clue how corporate balance sheets work.

At that point in time, he sat on the Board of Directors of 3 Fortune 500 companies. He fired questions at us, much as if we were presenting in one of his Board meetings.