LIQUIDITY Liquidity ratios are used to determine a company’s ability to meet its short-term debt obligations. Investors often take a close look at liquidity ratios when performing fundamental analysis on a firm. Since a company that is consistently having trouble meeting its short-term debt is at a higher risk of bankruptcy‚ liquidity ratios are a good measure of whether a company will be able to comfortably continue as a going concern. Working Capital Working capital is the amount by which the
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Origins of recent liquidity crisis in commercial banks of Bangladesh At present our commercial banks are passing a difficult situation. Most of the banks are in liquidity crisis. And this type of shortage of money makes difficult to engage in various transactions. Now the main causes behind this are given below:- Currency value: - In the recent year‚ our country has experienced a decline in the value of Tk against currency which has created has huge liquidity crisis in the banking sector. For
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Ford’s liquidity has improved over the past 3 years. From 2007 to 2008‚ liquidity went down‚ but improved in 2009 better than 2007. Ford has the ability to pay for its current liabilities 1.39 times and without assets‚ Ford has the ability to pay for its current liabilities 1.28 times‚ which means they do not have to rely on sales of inventory. For 2009‚ Ford’s quick ratio was 1.28 and their current ratio was 1.39 which both we better than the industry average which was .90 and 1.17‚ respectively
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ATMonitor Commentary September 2011 Issue Fragmentation of Liquidity www.atmonitor.co.uk Fragmentation of Liquidity ATMonitor Commentary Foreword This is not an academic paper on theoretical discussions but rather a series of practical questions and answers that members of MyATMonitor have asked and industry experts answered. Our primary goal is to bring knowledge that will be useful to traders on the buy side. In fact‚ this philosophy is well reflected in the very heart of MyATMonitor
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Measuring liquidity risk can be separated into two main categories‚ measures of liquidity risk itself and measures of asset liquidity. These two main parts are than divided into two and four sub-categories respectively. Banks and other financial intermediaries often measure their liquidity risk using either the liquidity gap or the liquidity risk elasticity techniques. On the other hand measures of asset liquidity include bid-offer spread‚ market depth‚ immediacy‚ and resilience. Measures of liquidity
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Liquidity risk management. The case of Malaysia Islamic banking industry 1. Abstract This study aims to analyses the liquidity risk in order to research about the relationship between liquidity risks and banking institution performance with the use of Return on Asset ( ROA ) and Return on Equity ( ROE ) of Islamic banks. The data collected from Malaysia Islamic banks during the time period from 2009 to 2012. Based on these data‚ this research tends to determine the impact of 2012 global financial
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1.0 Introduction Krispy Kreme Doughnuts starts the company business with a high reputation‚ good business prospective of growing industry and a high-ranking brand. As one of the hottest brand in America‚ the Hot Doughnut concept‚ it was a new popular and innovation idea brought the company performance to the top of the hills. However‚ the company management had faced with some failure and problem in their financial status and fundamentals. It leads to the stock price and the expectation plummeted
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Liquidity‚ liquidity‚ liquidity….. In the context of the events of the last few years just how important is liquidity to the survival and well-being of Financial Institutions? Some believe it has a greater influence on events than Capital! Discuss. (In this assignment you need to outline the role of liquidity‚ issues arising when liquidity is scarce and compare the role of liquidity to that of Capital but most importantly give your own view on these matters) Role of Liquidity Liquidity can
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Introduction There is a trade-off between liquidity and profitability; gaining more of one ordinarily means giving up some of the other. Liquidity means having enough money in the form of cash‚ or near-cash assets‚ to meet your financial obligations. Alternatively‚ the ease with which assets can be converted into cash. Profitability is a measure of the amount by which a company’s revenues exceed its relevant expenses. It is obvious that excessively high levels of liquidity will not do any organization any
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LIQUIDITY PREFERENCE THEORY Definition (also called liquidity preference hypothesis) Observation that‚ all else being equal‚ people prefer to hold on to cash (liquidity) and that they will demand a premium for investing in non-liquid assets such as bonds‚ stocks and real estate. The theory suggests that the premium demanded for parting with cash increases as the period (term) for getting the cash back increases. The rate in the increase of this premium‚ however‚ slows down with the increase
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