Introduction Financial forecasts are‚ quite simply‚ your forecast of how your business will perform financially over‚ say‚ the year ahead. Preparing forecasts will help you to assess your likely sales income‚ costs‚ external financing needs and profitability. Financial forecasts are essential if you need to raise money from a third party‚ such as a bank. But they also provide you with the means to monitor performance on‚ say‚ a monthly basis and thereby exercise effective financial control - arguably
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Financial Forecasting CheckPoint FIN/200 Axia College of University of Phoenix Write a 200- to 300-word explanation of the reasons the following types of companies would need a financial forecast: brand new company‚ family-owned company‚ and a long-standing corporation. The reason type of companies such as brand new companies‚ family-owned companies‚ and long-standing companies would need a financial forecast is to develop projected financial statements; a series of pro forma. The information
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in Business Administration CASE STUDY ON FINANCIAL PLANNING AND FORECASTING Submitted by: NARVI M. MONTANO MBA Student Submitted to: PELILIA C. VELOSO‚ CPA‚ LLB‚ DBA Professor First Semester Academic Year 2010-2011 Financial Planning and Forecasting Case Study ________________________________________ ENTREPRENEURIAL DECISION MAKING: CONNECT CABLE CONTRACTORS ________________________________________ Caldwell Cable Company is responsible for providing and maintaining
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1. Why does Mr. Butler have to borrow so much money to support this profitable business? The company faces a shortage of cash. Liquidity of the company is bad. (Liquidity = liquidity asset / liquidity liabilities) Cash (=$31K) / Short-term liability (=$404K) Don’t have enough funds available to meet the expected sales target 2. Do you agree with his estimate of the company’s loan requirements? How much will he need to borrow to finance his expected expansion in sales (assume
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Financial and Economic Forecasting The Civilian Unemployment Rate By: Doug Hanig Due: 5/15/12 Doug Hanig Professor Hecht Finc-411 3/12/12 Part 1 A. Civilian Unemployment Rate (FRED Database) Government Agency: US Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor statistics B. The government would be interested in this forecast for many reasons. By forecasting the civilian unemployment rate‚ the government can have an idea of how stable
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be doing more to show consumers what the company is capable of providing‚ no matter how big or small. In my mind‚ there are multiple issues with the majority of their social media accounts. Increasingly‚ their Facebook contains personal posts (mostly about dogs‚ admittedly) and content unrelated to the actual company itself. It gives an extremely unprofessional appearance. Their Instagram does a much better of sharing content that’s relevant to the company. It is primarily just excerpts of their more
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business: Cartwright Lumber Company Nature of the business: Retail distribution of lumber products Overview The Cartwright Lumber Company had been found in 1994 as a partnership by Mark Cartwright and his brother-in-law Henry Stark. Later in 2001‚ Mr. Cartwright bought out Stark’s shares and incorporated the business. Now‚ Mr. Cartwright is a sole owner and president of the company. The business is located in the Pacific Northwest region and does the retail distribution of lumber products in the
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Why does the company need funds? First‚ Butler Lumber Company in the spring of 1991 anticipated a further substantial increase in sales. It means there are more working capital associated with the company’s increasing sales volume. Second‚ although they have good profits‚ the company had experienced a shortage of cash. The company’s current borrowing from Suburan National Bank almost reaches the maximum loan that SN Bank would make. Meanwhile‚ the SN Bank now asks Butler Lumber to secure the loan
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Summary of Issue Evaluate and contrast the financial performance of the two major retailers‚ Sears and Wal-Mart‚ including identifying differences in their respective retailing strategies. Analytical Approach A number of ratios could be calculated to compare the two retail companies but‚ given the importance of return on equity (ROE) as an indication of the creation of value‚ it was decided to focus first on this ratio through a Du Pont analysis: Du Pont: Wal-Mart: 3‚526/117‚958 * 117
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Cartwright 1. Why has Cartwright Lumber borrowed increasing amounts despite its consistent profitability? Cartwright lumber has had to borrow substantial amounts of money due to the fact that the firm is a growing company with sales rising quickly. In order for the company to sustain this growth rate‚ they will have to get additional external funding. Growth in sales nearly doubled from 2001 to 2003‚ with a percentage growth of 18% and 34% in 2002 & 2003 respectively. While sales are growing steadily
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