Financial Analysis & Management Assignments 1. Discuss the extent to which the legal and professional regulatory framework of accounting ensures that corporate reports provide reliable‚ relevant‚ objective‚ and comparable information to users. 2. Critically evaluate the importance of discounted cash flow techniques in investment decisions. Illustrate your answer with your examples. 3. Discuss the relative importance profitability and liquidity for the survival of a business and explain how the
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SPARTECH Corporation 2009 2010 Industry Average Current Ratio 1.6 times 1.5 times 2.26 Quick Ratio 0.88 times 0.85 times 0.87 Average collection period 51 days 48 days 13 days Days inventory held 28 days 31 days 134 days Days payable outstanding 47 days 52 days 37 days Cash Conversion Cycle
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Financial Market and Financial Instruments Market is simply defined as an area for potential exchanges. Thus market is a group of buyers and sellers interested in negotiating the terms of purchase or sales of goods and services. Similarly‚ financial market is that market is traded- loaned or borrowed-in-terms of different financial assets or instruments stocks and bonds are traded. "Securities" means shares‚ stock‚ bond‚ debenture‚ debenture stock issued by a corporate body or a certificate to unit
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increase in demand for many financial services from different financial firms. The market has responded to this soaring demand with making attractive offers and services for the customers at affordable rates. The liberalization of the economy in the 1990s has brought in new players into the field which has not only brought in some much needed fresh air to the stagnant financial sector but also competition for the same market space which was relatively unknown in the financial sector till then. Since
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Accounting collects‚ analyzes‚ measures and records financial information about an organization and reports that information to stakeholders and decision makers. Accounting has 3 essential characteristics. Accounting is the (1) identification‚ measurement‚ and communication of financial information about economic entities to interested persons. Like social sciences‚ accounting is largely a product of its environment. Overtime‚ economic entities have become ever increasing in size and complexity
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entity‚ it is required to release financial reports that comply with the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) (Deegan 2008:83). Two companies have been chosen to analyse their reports‚ in particular the disclosures made in their respective reports. The two companies chosen to analyse are Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and Macquarie Bank Limited (MBL). CBA The Commonwealth Bank is one of Australia’s leading providers of integrated financial services including retail‚ business
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History Quiz 1) To finance the American Revolution‚ the first paper notes were produced‚ known as Continentals. A 2) In response to the financial crisis in the 2000’s‚ the Federal Reserve’s policy making body cut the federal funds rate to nearly 0‚ the lowest level in over 50 years. c 3) Which president signed the Federal Reserve Act into law? Woodrow Wilson. C 4) The first Bank of the United States was chartered in 1791. B 5) During the 1920’s‚ the Fed began to use this as a monetary policy
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The Financial Environment: Markets‚ Institution and Investment Banking Financial Markets * Refers to a conceptual “mechanism” rather than a physical location or a specific type of organization or structure * As a system that includes individuals and institution‚ instruments and procedures that bring together borrowers and savers‚ no matter the location Importance of Financial Markets: * The primary role of financial market is to facilitate the flow of funds from individuals and
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Economic Sustainability The business of staying in business Deborah Doane & Alex MacGillivray New Economics Foundation March 2001 Executive Summary Although sustainability is now generally understood to be a combination of environmental‚ social and economic performance‚ this report finds that economic sustainability is the most elusive component of the “triple bottom line” approach. There is not even universal consensus that businesses should be economically sustainable‚
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FINANCIAL LITERACY “Financial literacy is one of the most important investor basics‚ especially if you want to be a safe investor‚ an inside investor‚ and a rich investor. Anyone who is not financially literate cannot see into an investment. Just as a doctor uses X-rays to look at your skeletal system‚ a financial statement allows you to look into an investment and see the truth‚ the facts‚ the fiction‚ the opportunities‚ and the risk. Reading a financial statement of a business or individual
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