FOUNDATION OF FINANCE (BWFF1013) FIRST SEMESTER 2012/2013 (A121) CHAPTER 2-FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND CASH FLOWS Section A Please circle TRUE or FALSE to the following statements. 1) An income statement reports a firm’s cumulative revenues and expenses from the inception of the firm through the income statement date. Answer: FALSE 2) A firm’s income statement reports the results from operating the business for a period of time‚ while the firm’s balance sheet provides a snapshot of
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THE ELEMENTS OF A CASH FLOW PROJECTION A capital budgeting decision is characterized by costs and benefits (cash flows) that are spread out over several time periods. This leads to a requirement that the time value of money be considered in order to evaluate the alternatives correctly. Although in actual practice we must consider risk as well as time value‚ to situations in which the costs and benefits (in terms of cash) are known with certainty. There are sufficient difficulties in just taking
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Extended Response – Economics: TOPIC: Interest Rates and The RBA Question: Analyze the factors that influence the level of interest rates and the role of the Reserve Bank of Australia in determining the cash rate: In economics there are numerous amounts of factors that influence the levels of interest rates in the economy. Overall there are six major factors that influence the levels of the rates; these include the state of the economy‚ inflation‚ the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) movements
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1. Calculating Annuity Present Values. An investment offers $8‚500 per year for 15 years‚ with the first payment occurring 1 year from now. If the required return is 9 percent‚ what is the value of the investment? What would the value be if the payments occurred for 40 years? For 75 years? Forever? 2. Calculating Annuity Cash Flows. If you put up $25‚000 today in exchange for a 7.9 percent‚ 12year annuity‚ what will the annual cash flow be? 3. Calculating Perpetuity Values. Dawa Financial is trying
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(revised 1997) Cash Flow Statements Contents OBJECTIVE SCOPE BENEFITS OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION DEFINITIONS Cash and Cash Equivalents PRESENTATION OF A CASH FLOW STATEMENT Operating Activities Investing Activities Financing Activities REPORTING CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES REPORTING CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES REPORTING CASH FLOWS ON A NET BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY CASH FLOWS EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS INTEREST AND DIVIDENDS TAXES ON INCOME Paragraphs 1-2 3-4 5-7 6-7 8-17 11-14 15-16
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E1-5 The following information was taken from the 2006 financial statements of pharmaceutical giant Merck and Co. All dollar amounts are in millions. Retained earnings‚ January 1‚ 2006 $37‚980.0 Materials and production expense 6‚001.1 Marketing and administrative expense 8‚165.4 Dividends 3‚318.7 Sales revenue 22‚636.0 Research and development expense 4‚782.9 Tax expense 1‚787.6 Other revenue 2‚677.1 Hint: Prepare income statement and retained earnings statement
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income decreased to $123 million and Virgin’s declined to $-160 million. Though their revenue did not change much‚ their net income decreased as variable expenditure increased‚ as a result of implementing new strategy of price promotion. In the following recovering years‚ net profit of Qantas increased from $116m to $249m‚ which is only one quarter of net income before GFC. The same situation happened with ROE‚ which dived in 2009 and continued decreasing slightly in 2010. Three drivers of ROE –
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The importance of the concept of cash-flow for the business finance Definition: Cash flow is the movement of money into or out of a business‚ an account or an investment. Normally‚ when the cash inflow is greater than the cash outflow it is a sign of a good financial situation because cash flow is essential for the survival of a business or even to any individual financial condition. If the company can meet its obligations and keep a healthy inflow of cash it has a healthy situation and the
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Cash Flow Analysis Q1. From the following balances‚ you are required to calculate cash from operations: Particulars | 31.03.11 |31.03.12 | |Rs. |Rs. | |Debtors 50‚000|47‚000
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Difference Between Cash Flow and Funds Flow Statement Many people think that both cash and fund are same‚ however they both are different and so is the case with cash flow statement and funds flow statement. Let’s look at some of the differences between cash flow and funds flow statement – 1. While funds flow statement reveals the change in the working capital of a company between two balance sheet dates while cash flow statement reveals the change in the cash position of the company between two
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