THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION FOR THE RETAIL INVESTORS

Abstract

The importance of financial education in general is recognized across the globe today. It has been proven in practice that a citizen who has basic financial knowledge makes better decisions regarding the management of their own wealth and behaves more responsibly. The paper presents a number of aspects of how basic knowledge in the field of accounting in particular can be useful to a small individual investor, that is, any citizen who manages to save part of their income.

Keywords

• accounting
• information
• investor
• decisions
• education.