The Usefulness of Accounting Estimates for Predicting Cash Flows and Earnings Baruch Lev* New York University Siyi Li University of Illinois Theodore Sougiannis University of Illinois and ALBA January‚ 2009 * Contact information: Baruch Lev (blev@stern.nyu.edu)‚ Stern School of Business‚ New York University‚ New York‚ NY 10012. The authors are indebted to the editor and reviewers of the Review of Accounting Studies for suggestions and guidance‚ and to Louis Chan‚ Ilia Dichev‚ John Hand
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decision? a Whether to acquire a subsidiary company. b Whether to expand a product line. c Whether to fill a special order. d Whether to purchase a fleet of trucks. 2 Which of the following is an example of a nonfinancial consideration in capital budgeting? a Will an investment generate adequate cash flows to promptly recover its cost? b Will an investment generate an acceptable rate of return? c Will an investment have a positive net present value? d Will an investment have an adverse effect on the
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Purchasing real estate or making a transaction of this size will always maintain a level of risk. The low liquidity of real estate poses the biggest risk. As the investment carries substantial upfront costs and for length of time I own the property‚ expenses can be high. The risk may be higher for this particular home as it has been listed for a number of months with a number of times where they lowered the price. Suggesting the perceived market value of the home to be less than what it is listed
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CHAPTER 12: CASH FLOW ESTIMATION AND RISK ANALYSIS 1. Because of improvements in forecasting techniques‚ estimating the cash flows associated with a project has become the easiest step in the capital budgeting process. a. True b. False ANSWER: False 2. Estimating project cash flows is generally the most important‚ but also the most difficult‚ step in the capital budgeting process. Methodology‚ such as the use of NPV versus IRR‚ is important‚ but less so than obtaining a reasonably accurate estimate
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stock had an initial price of $92 per share‚ paid a dividend of $1.45 per share during the year‚ and had an ending share price of $104. Compute the percentage total return. The return of any asset is the increase in price‚ plus any dividends or cash flows‚ all divided by the initial price. The return of this stock is: R = [($104 – 92) + 1.45] / $92 R = 0.1462 or 14.62% Calculating Returns Rework the problem above‚ but this time assuming the ending share price is $81. Using the equation
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Cash & Cash Equivalents Introduction: Cash & cash equivalents may constitute a significant proportion of the total assets of an entity. It is the most liquid asset found within the asset category of a company ’s balance sheet. It is an important criterion to evaluate the liquidity and the short term solvency of a business venture. Liquidity and short term solvency means the ability of the business to pay its short term liabilities. Inability to pay-off short term liabilities affects its credibility
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Network Flows Case Study MTH221 University of Phoenix February 23‚ 2014 Network Flows Case Study The following is a series of case studies on Network Flows. Network flows can be representative of many types of systems. Whether the network is used to transmit data from computer to computer or server to server‚ transfer goods across the county‚ or deliver liquid flows to the desired location‚ networks must be studied to find the most efficient path for the given media
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THREE PERCEPTIONS OF PROJECT COST ♦This is a shortened version of the “Three Perceptions of Project Cost—Cost Is More Than a Four Letter Word” Article. You may find the full article in Project Management Journal‚ June 1986. ©1987 by the Project Management Institute. Project cost seems to be a relatively simple expression‚ but "cost" is more than a four letter word. Different elements of the organization perceive cost differently‚ as the timing of project cost identification affects their particular
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Case Chapter 7 Cash and Receivables 1. Petty Cash (10 min.) The petty cash fund of $200 for Walsh Company appeared as follows on December 31‚ 2008: Cash $93.60 Petty cash vouchers Freight in $21.40 Postage 40.00 Balloons for a special occasion 18.00 Meals 25.00 Instructions 1. Prepare the journal entries required to establish the petty cash fund. 2. Prepare in general journal form the entry to replenish the fund. 3. On December 31‚ the office manager gives instructions
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In finance‚ the discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis is a method of valuing a project‚ company or asset using the concepts of time value of money (Wikipedia‚ 2004). Three inputs are required to use the DCF‚ also called dividend-yield-plus-growth-rate approach‚ include: the current stock price‚ the current dividend‚ and the marginal investor’s expected dividend growth rate. The stock price and the dividend are east to obtain‚ but the expected growth rate is difficult to estimate (Ehrhardt & Brigham
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