Capital Cash Flows: A Simple Approach to Valuing Risky Cash Flows Richard S. Ruback* This paper presents the Capital Cash Flow (CCF) method for valuing risky cash flows. I show that the CCF method is equivalent to discounting Free Cash Flows (FCF) by the weighted average cost of capital. Because the interest tax shields are included in the cash flows‚ the CCF approach is easier to apply whenever debt is forecasted in levels instead of as a percent of total enterprise value. The CCF method retains
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What is a budget? A budget is a forecast of revenue‚ expenditure and profit. Most budgets are revised annually. What does it achieve? There are two (often overlapping) reasons for producing a budget. One is to persuade potential investors that your company is a good bet. The other one is to plan your business finances – how much money do you have and how do you plan to use it? How much revenue do you need to generate to achieve your target profit? Is your business plan viable or does it need adjusting
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1. There are many criticisms about budget‚ but using budget can increase sales‚ decentralize and empower to lower level. According to the reading articles‚ budgetary can replace the fixed performance target with openness and transparency. And also management can give employees more freedom to manage. For example‚ Musimundo did not have budget before 2004. After 2004‚ it had established budget system. The budget was separated in two ways which were bottom-up and top-down. Employees who are at the
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Unit 330 Agree a Budget Before developing a draft budget I have the previous financial year’s budget‚ income statements and the cash flow for my consideration within the future budget. It was really helpful although the new orders are due within the next year and I had to recalculate income and variable expenses. I have prepared a list of all the incomes and expenses and put them together to use as estimations for developing a draft budget. This list should always be prepared before the start
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Below are the solution: Question 1 Prepare a new contribution report for February‚ in which: * The static budget column in the contribution report is replaced with a flexible budget column. * The variances in the contribution report are recomputed as the difference between the flexible budget and actual columns. Answer Particulars | Static Budget | Flexible Budget | Actual | Variance | Unit (pounds) | 200000 | 225000 | 225000 | 0 | Revenue | 1600000 | 1800000 | 1777500 |
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Eight Steps to Forecasting • Determine the use of the forecast □ What objective are we trying to obtain? • Select the items to be forecast • Determine the time horizon of the forecast □ Short time horizon – 1 to 30 days □ Medium time horizon – 1 to 12 months □ Long time horizon – more than 1 year • Select the forecasting model(s) |Description |Qualitative Approach |Quantitative Approach
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Finance Cash Management Learning Objectives 1. Describe the various receipts and payment 2. Explain the difference between cash flow and profit 4. Explain the difference between cash flow accounting and accruals accounting 5. Understand why a company holds cash. 6. Explain various cash management objectives and decisions. BM059-3-2-MF Managing Finance Cash Management Slide 2 of 56 Learning Objectives 6. Describe the role of treasury function 7. Understand management of surplus cash 8. Prepare
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Product Levels: Core benefit Core benefit is the fundamental service or benefit that the consumer is really buying. Here‚ in washing machines‚ “Clean clothes” can be called the core benefit. Basic Product Basic product involves adding features‚ benefits to ensure that product offers a differential advantage from the other one’s product in the market. Basic product of any washing machine is the features that get the work of washing clothes done. Expected product Expected product is a set
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Statement of Cash Flows Preview of Chapter Usefulness and Format Usefulness of the Statement of Cash Flows Provides information to help assess: 1. Entity’s ability to generate future cash flows. 2. Entity’s ability to pay dividends and obligations. 3. Reasons for difference between net income and net cash provided (used) by operating activities. 4. Cash investing and financing transactions during the period. SO 1 Indicate the usefulness of the statement of cash flows. Usefulness
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U.S. Economy 2004-2005 EC303 05/01/2013 The U.S. economy has seen its share of glory and uncertainty over the last century. Going from a leading economic giant to the assumed financial capital of the world‚ each year brings new challenges for the economy. This paper will examine and highlight growth‚ price level‚ interest rates and monetary policy during 2004 and 2005. Gross domestic product (GDP) is the market value for all goods and services produced‚ also known as economic output‚ within
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