Financial analysis is understanding a business’s past performance and projecting future financial health. Determining the fiscal status of a firm is often a complex undertaking, involving the study of several types of financial statements.

The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven emirates on the eastern side of the Arabian peninsula, at the entrance to the Persian Gulf. Much of the work force in the UAE are foreign expatriates - hence the country's population makeup being so diverse, with Emirati citizens being a minority in their own country.