Ⅰ Introduction Microsoft is a company that is famous for its various products such as the Windows series. The firm is well known and is frequently cited as an example of good management. However‚ how good is it? As of December 1st‚ 2007‚ one share of Microsoft was approximately $33. Every investor would be curious if that price is reasonable. Also‚ it is too dangerous to rely completely on intuition or rumor when you buy stocks. Therefore‚ we decided to analyze Microsoft in a more rational‚ reasonable
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERRHdXaNbt8&list=PL1AD02696925FD090 Ratio Analysis Current Ratio Table: Current ratio. Current Ratio 2010 2011 2012 1.20 1.23 4.78 Source: Annual report 2010-12. Quick Ratio Table: Quick ratio. Quick Ratio 2010 2011 2012 1.20 1.23 4.78 Source: Annual report 2010-12 Total Debt to Assets Ratio Table: Total debt to assets ratio. Total Debt to Assets Ratio 2010 2011
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND CASH FLOW 1. Liquidity measures how quickly and easily an asset can be converted to cash without significant loss in value. It’s desirable for firms to have high liquidity so that they have a large factor of safety in meeting short-term creditor demands. However‚ since liquidity also has an opportunity cost associated with it - namely that higher returns can generally be found by investing the cash into productive assets - low liquidity levels are also desirable to the
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{Ryan} The issue here may lie with the 50% to 75% hedge as it is doubtful as to why GM does not hedge its receivables / payables by 100%. Perhaps the issue is related to high costs of using options and their receivables / payables run into huge amounts. Additionally‚ GM is not keen on committing to a forward because they have positive expectations about the future exchange rate and the forward would only serve to limit their possible
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Historically over thousands of years‚ people have created different calendars in accordance to their culture. To sum up‚ their calendars do not always come up how they expected them to‚ with some cultures having errors on the calendars. Calendars were meant to keep track of time‚ being measured by the Sun‚ moon‚ planets and stars. The Ancient Calendars were meant to measure the passage of time throughout our existence. “Ancient civilizations relied upon the apparent motion of these bodies through
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Algorithm to Calculate Basic Feasible Solution using Simplex Method Abstract: The problem of maximization/minimization deals with choosing the ideal set of values of variables in order to find the extrema of an equation subject to constraints. The simplex method is one of the fundamental methods of calculating the Basic Feasible Solution (BFS) of a maximization/minimization. This algorithm implements the simplex method to allow for quick calculation of the BFS to maximize profit or minimize loss
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HISTORY This Income Statement also known as the Earnings Statements or statement of operation‚ is one of the four Financial Statement used by accountants‚ business owner’s‚ and investors. The Income Statement provides a detailed look into how profitable a business has been over a designated period of time. OBJECTIVES To be able to give Accounting Technology students quick reference when it comes to Income Statements. WHAT IS INCOME STATEMENT? This income statement tells how much
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McDonald & Wendys financial Statement Comparation Financial Statement Analysis Project The two companies that I will be comparing in this project are McDonalds and Wendys. Both of these companies are competitors in the same industry. I am using the information from their 2005 Financial Statements. Debt-to-Assets Ratio When comparing the debt-to-assets ratio of McDonalds and Wendys‚ you have to divide the firms total liabilities by their total assets. Essentially‚ the debt-to-assets
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Purpose of the main financial statements Throughout the existence of a business many requests will be made for its financial statements. Financial statements are formal presentations of the flow of money into‚ through and out of a business. Financial statements are comprised of three main areas: balance sheets‚ income (profit and loss) statements and cash flow statements. Each area of a financial statement has its own purpose and provides specific information about a company’s financial stability (unknown
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Financial Statements Paper Part Two The financial condition of a company as reported in the company’s financial statements for a period gives company management the information needed to make vital business decisions including the decision to expand in nature or how to determine industry trends in nature by using a trend analysis. In this paper‚ I will discuss Landry’s Restaurants management assessments of the financial condition and explain whether or not those assessments agree with my previous
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