Benjamin Graham -- the father of value investing, author of timeless investing classics The Intelligent Investor and Security Analysis, and mentor to Warren Buffett -- advocated buying stocks well ...

Fixed assets and working capital combined make up the major resources used by businesses to generate income. The ability of a company to use these resources efficiently directly affects profitability.

Also known as 'net current assets', working capital is the total of a firm's current, or short term, balance sheet assets minus all current liabilities (often shown as 'creditors: amounts falling due ...