The venus fly trap is a carnivorous plant. That means that it gets some of its nutrients from eating living things like insects and spiders. If you’ve never seen a venus flytrap before‚ they look like a flower with mouths at the ends of some of the leaves. The “mouths” look like they have teeth all the way around them and they are opened wide until they are ready to eat. The venus fly trap isn’t going to try to eat until its prey lands on it or moves across it two times. It waits because it doesn’t
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working capital is managed can have a significant impact on both the liquidity and profitability of the company. Smith (1980) first signaled the importance of the trade-offs between the dual goals of working capital management‚ i.e.‚ liquidity and profitability. In other words‚ decisions that tend to maximize profitability tend not to maximize the chances of adequate liquidity. Conversely‚ focusing almost entirely on liquidity will tend to reduce the potential profitability of the company. Measures
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Financial Performance 350 A. Profitability Ratios 100 1. Return on equity 35 28 2. Return on assets 30 24 3. Net income margin 20 16 4. Gross income margin 15 12 B. Liquidity Ratios 100 1. Net working capital 40 2. Current ratio 20 3. Acid test ratio 20 4. Strict liquidity test ratio 20 C. Leverage Ratios 100 1. Debt to equity 40 32 2. Debt service coverage 35 35 3. Current liabilities to net worth 25 10 D. Activity Ratios 50 1. Inventory
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cash‚ unexpired insurance‚ accounts receivable‚ supplies‚ etc. and are expect to leave the balance sheet in the near future. Current assets get used up quickly and are used to pay current liabilities. Current assets are involved in creating the liquidity of a company (Schroeder‚ Clark‚ & Cathey‚ 2005). Noncurrent Assets A noncurrent asset is the exact opposite of a current asset. It is a fixed asset such as plants‚ buildings‚ and equipment. It is a company’s long-term investments. The full
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The Great Depression is probably one of the most misunderstood events in American history. It is routinely cited‚ as proof that unregulated capitalism is not the best in the world‚ and that only a massive welfare state‚ huge amounts of economic regulation‚ and other Interventions can save capitalism from itself. Among the many myths surrounding the Great Depression are that Herbert Hoover was a laissez faire president and that FDR brought us out of the depression. What caused the Great Depression
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5 2.1 Dividend rate 6 2.2 Dividend Yield 6 2.3 Earnings Per Share (EPS) 6 2.4 Price Earnings Ratio (P/E Ratio) 7 3. Importance of Profitability and Liquidity in context of Business Survival 7 3.1 Profitability 7 3.2 Liquidity 8 3.3 Profitabilityv.s. Liquidity 8 4. Management of Working Capital 9 4.1 Cash 9 4.2 Inventory 9 4.3 Receivables 10 5. Financial analysis of Chrisitie 11 5.1
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Financial crisis and motivation for Basel III reform ________________________________________________________ 5 4.1.1 Pro‐cyclicality of banking system ________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 4.1.2 Liquidity risk ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 4.1.3 Excess Leverage ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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it enables borrowers and lenders of short term funds to fulfill their borrowing and investment requirements at an efficient market clearing price. Three‚ it provides an avenue for central bank intervention in influencing both quantum and cost of liquidity in the financial system‚ thereby transmitting monetary policy impulses to the real economy. The objective of monetary management by the central bank is to align money market rates with the key policy rate. As excessive money market volatility could
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to work out the Profitability‚ Liquidity and Efficiency Ratios. Profitability Gross profit Percentage sales Gross Profit Sales Turnover ×100 244200 444000 ×100=53% Net Profit Percentage Net ProfitSales turnover×100 73960444000×100=16.66% Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) Net Profit before interest and taxCapital Employed×100 73960149160×100=49.58% Liquidity Current Ratio Current AssetsCurrent Liabilities 7016026000=2.69 Acid Test Ratio/ Liquidity Ratio Current Assets-stockCurrent
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decision-making‚ the role of finance manager is vital. We can classify the finance functions or financial decisions into four major groups: (A) Investment Decision or Long-term Asset mix decision (B) Finance Decision or Capital mix decision (C) Liquidity Decision or Short-term (current) asset mix decision (D) Dividend Decision or Profit allocation decision (A) Investment Decision Investment decisions relate to selection of assets in which funds are to be invested by the firm. Investment alternatives
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