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Originally Posted by red sky
Under US GAAP you cannot write up assets which is why impairments and consequently net income are not valuable measures for oil and gas companies. Unfortunately that is what the newspapers always seem to use for their headlines.
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Is the reserve value being written down an impairment though? I thought it would be more like a marked-to-market situation? (Clearly this wasn't my favorite portion of the CFA curriculum!)