SOURCES OF FINANCE There are various sources available to meet short term needs of finance. The different sources are discussed below: 7.1 Trade Credit: It represents credit granted by suppliers of goods‚ etc.‚ as an incident of sale. The usual duration of such credit is 15 to 90 days. It generates automatically in the course of business and is common to almost all business operations. It can be in the form of an ’open account’ or ’bills payable’. Trade credit is preferred as a source of finance because
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___________________________________________________________ Stocks have historically had much higher returns than bonds. Can these excess returns be justified by the higher risk attached to stocks‚ or are there alternative explanations? The following is an abbreviated history of studies and models that articulate the logic of stock returns; included are both support for and alternatives to the equity risk premium. Edgar Lawrence Smith’s 1924 book Common Stocks as Long Term Investments […] was immediately
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The Net Present Value‚ Mergers and Acquisitions Michael D. Black Trident University Module 5 CASE Finance 501: Strategic Corporate Finance Professor: Walter Witham June 15‚ 2012 Net Present Value‚ Mergers and Acquisitions Abstract Financial managers must understand the value of dollars invested today in order to make decisions as to what capital ventures are worth pursuing for business growth. The money a business is willing to invest in new equipment or expansion
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ANALYSIS A BRISTOL MEYERS SQUIBB AMYLIN MERGER ANALYSIS: RICHARD LATIMER UMUC FINANCE MAJOR Executive Summary On August 9th Bristol-Meyers Squibb successfully completed the tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: AMLN) at a purchase price of $31.00 per share. As of the expiration of the offer on August 9th 140‚550‚153 shares of common stock of Amylin were validly tendered and not withdrawn in the tender offer. This according
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Basic Finance for Non-Finance Managers As a line manager‚ department head‚ entrepreneur or financier‚ you will at some point find yourself having to analyze a spreadsheet or have some form of financial recording to do as part of your job description. Spreadsheets‚ budgets‚ cash flow projections‚ business statistics‚ figures and the financial side of a business is not just meant for accountancy experts. Many are baffled by balance sheets‚ or confused by the financial statements of a business entity
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Efficiency of Stock Market According to Andrei Shleifer‚ Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) does not require that every investor be fully rational‚ however‚ investor required to have rational expectations. Efficient market hypothesis has the following implications for investor: Rationality It assumes that investors act rationality. It means that everyone in the stock market will adjust their expectation on the stock price in a rational way after new information announced. Independent Deviations
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BUSI 530 Managerial Finance Sheu Abiodun Mojeed Liberty University Microsoft recorded a high share of common stock in 2011 and experienced a drastic decrease in 2012 that gradually began to climb in 2013. The economic outlook of Microsoft Corporation’s economic outlook is evident in the strategy that the organization applied in response to the financial crisis of 2009. MC demonstrated that the corporation is a global software innovator from 2010 after the global financial crisis in 2009 which
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Financial Management FIN 5013 – Quiz 5 Chapter 4 Ali Nejadmalayeri October 23‚ 2007 NAME: 1. ID: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Janet plans on saving $3‚000 a year and expects to earn 8.5%. How much will Janet have at the end of twenty-five years if she earns what she expects? AFV = $3‚000 × Enter 25 N Solve for (1 + .085) 25 − 1 = $3‚000 × 78.667792 = $236‚003.38 .085 8.5 I/Y PV -3‚000 PMT FV 236‚003.38 2. Winston Enterprises would like to buy some additional
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E5-11 a) Compute Payton’s gross profit. GROSS PROFIT = 900‚00 - 540‚000 = $ 360‚000 ______________________________________ b) Compute the gross profit rate. Why is this rate computed by financial statement users? (360‚000/900‚000)/100 = 4/10of 100 = 40% This is known as the GROSS PROFIT MARGIN. ______________________________________ c) What is Payton’s income from operations and net income? 1)Income from Operations = 360‚000 - 230‚000 = $130‚000. 2)Net Income = 130‚000 - 11‚000
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INSTRUCTIONS: | 1. Answer all questions. 2. Answer in ENGLISH. 3. Arithmetic calculators are allowed. (Cellular phones may not be used as calculators). 4. Only answers written in the answer booklet will be marked. 5. Dictionaries are not permitted. Question 1 Listed below are multiple choice questions. Read the statements and select the most appropriate Answer. Write the numbers 1.1 to 1.10 and then only the alphabet of your choice. Eg 1.11 C 1.1. _________ analysis
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