In your opinion? What would drive your decisions? If you were deciding to invest in a company how would you use their financial statements in your decision making process? What specific information would you review? What would you be trying to determine? What criteria would you use to decide whether or not to make the investment? In addition to the financial statements what other information would you need to make your decision or what other information would be helpful? If you were ranking the financial statement in importance how would you rank them and why?.