FINANCIAL ANALYSIS For the Year 2012‚ 2011‚ 2010 Introduction: Knowing the financial conditions of Metrobank is very important. Such knowledge will help us allocate resources and identify areas requiring development and problems that need correction. As students of finance who can eventually be a financial manager should know how the business enterprise is doing financially. Is it growing or contracting? Will it be around for a long time? How profitable is the company? And what we should
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The Financial Detective‚ 2005 Teaching Note Synopsis and Objectives The case presents the student with financial ratios for eight pairs of unidentified companies and asks them to mate the description of the company with the financial profile derived from the ratios. The primary objective of this case is to introduce students to financial ratio analysis—in particular‚ the range of ratios and the insights each one affords. This case presumes that students have already been introduced to
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50 Ways to Improve Your Financial status Along with a fresh start‚ the new year brings uncertainty about changing tax laws‚ growing concern over online privacy and security‚ and challenges for almost every demographic group--even the wealthy‚ who face steep tax increases. To help you get ready to tackle your own money goals for 2013‚ we gathered our best advice from the past 12 months and organized it into 50 bite-size steps: 1. Be a year-round discount shopper Specific holidays used to loom
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three main characteristics of accounting? Is accounting static or dynamic? 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
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companies with certain industries tend to have similar financial make-ups. This is because companies within an industry face many of the same economic forces. Some of those economic forces would include government regulation‚ consumer sentiment towards the product or service‚ consumer demographics‚ and international appeal and competition. However‚ when you take a deeper look at the companies within the industry you will see differences in their financial statements because companies must tailor a competitive
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Economics 32 (2001) 237–333 Financial accounting information and corporate governance$ Robert M. Bushmana‚*‚ Abbie J. Smithb a Kenan-Flagler Business School‚ University of North Carolina‚ Chapel Hill‚ NC 27599-3490‚ USA b Graduate School of Business‚ University of Chicago‚ USA Received 4 October 1999; received in revised form 4 April 2001 Abstract This paper reviews and proposes additional research concerning the role of publicly reported financial accounting information in the governance
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ACCOUNTING AND FINACIAL REPORTING Group Project FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS Due January 30‚ 2013 1. Focused on parts: 2 Balance Sheet and 3 Income Statement 2. Focused on parts: 1 General Information 3. Focused on parts: 4 Evaluation of the Corporation’s Disclosures 4. Focused on parts: ……………… (Although each member may focus on some specific parts for report preparation
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Financial Inclusion: A road India needs to Travel Financial inclusion or inclusive financing is the delivery of financial services at affordable costs to sections of disadvantaged and low-income segments of society‚ in contrast to financial exclusion where those services are not available or affordable. An estimated 2.5 billion working-age adults globally have no access to the types of formal financial services delivered by regulated financial institutions. The United Nations and financial inclusion
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CHAPTER 1 FInANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND ITS ECONOMIC CONTEXT ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION ID1–1 Security analysts and stockholders: These users would use financial statements to try to estimate the future earnings and cash flow potential of the company‚ which would be used to project a value for the company’s stock. Bank loan officers: These users would use the financial statements to determine the ability of a company to repay loans to the bank. A company’s
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1. Accounting is an information and measurement system that: A. Identifies business activities. B. Records business activities. C. Communicates business activities. D. Helps people make better decisions. E. All of these. 2. Technology A. Has replaced accounting. B. Has not changed the work that accountants do. C. Has closely linked accounting with consulting‚ planning‚ and other financial services. D. In accounting has replaced the need for decision makers. E. In accounting is only
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