Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; Will it Protect Investors? The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) was created by Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This board was created to oversee the audit of public companies‚ subject to the securities laws‚ in order to protect the interests of investors (15 USC 7201‚ 2002). It was created in wake of the recent financial scandals of Enron‚ WorldCom‚ and Global Crossing to name a few. This "Act" established by Congress is to create an oversight
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ANALYSIS OF FOREIGN FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Chapter Outline I. Reasons to analyze financial statements of foreign companies include: • making foreign portfolio investment decisions‚ • making foreign merger and acquisition decisions‚ • making credit decisions about foreign customers‚ • evaluating foreign suppliers‚ and • benchmarking against foreign competitors. II. There are several problems an analyst might encounter in analyzing foreign financial statements‚ including: • finding
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Financial Statement Restatement Paper A number of companies have faced restatements because of errors in their financial statements (Kieso‚ Weygandt‚ & Waterfield‚ 2007). Overstock.com is an online retailer offering closeout and discount brand and non-brand name merchandise. They also operate as part of their website an online auctions business- a marketplace for the buying and selling goods and services. In February 2006‚ the company restated financial reports from Q1 2002 to Q3 2005 due
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Investor Profiles When it comes to investing‚ it is crucial to determine one’s risk tolerance‚ expectation for capital appreciation‚ income requirements‚ preferred portfolio volatility‚ time horizon‚ and of course‚ the expected overall potential return. These characteristics are generally summed together to form the investor profile of a particular investor. It will allow an individual to make clear of their goals and objectives‚ determine their comfort level with risks and uncertainties‚ as well
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Resource: Appendix A Review the financial statements in Appendix D. Calculate the following: Current ratio‚ long-term solvency ratio‚ contribution ratio‚ programs and expense ratio‚ general and management and expense ratio‚ fund-raising and expense ratio‚ and revenue and expense ratio for the years 2003 and 2004. Include the current ratio‚ long-term solvency ratio‚ contribution ratio‚ programs and expense ratio‚ general and management and expense ratio‚ fund-raising and expense ratio
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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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Investor Protection LYU JINGYU H00183199 As we all known‚ investor protection plays a decisive role in the financial markets. Some literature asserts that the benefit of minority shareholders and creditors will be expropriated by controlling shareholders is a common situation. As a result‚ to some extent‚ the core idea of Corporate Governance is to prevent the right of investor deprived by manager and controlling shareholders. In previous studies‚ the problem that people most concerned about
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Chapter 5: Essentials of Financial Statement Analysis Evaluating accounting “quality” How do we define financial reporting quality? Qualitative characteristics of accounting Information: Understandability Decision usefulness Reliability Relevance Consistency Comparability 1 Attributes of High Quality Financial Reporting Financial reporting (earnings) quality has been considered positively associated with the following: High persistence of earnings and cash flows
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Financial Statements Paper Aja Raineri‚ Andrew Tondre‚ Mina Parvinchi‚ Tracy Treadwell‚ Mildred Treadwell MGT/307 July 26‚ 2010 Dr. Aaron Cuevas DISC Platinum Rule Assessment In today’s organizations behavioral styles plays an important factor in the workplace. Behavioral styles differ according to different types of cultures and people blending in the workplace. In Team B‚ each member examines his or her own behavioral style. The team consists of four behavioral styles;
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Summary Boral Limited is construction and building material supplier having its operations in Australia‚ Asia and USA. Company has been performing well and it is expected to perform well as it has been performing well in previously. Though it has been performing well it needs to concentrate on improving its some key ratios as it has been showing negative trends over time. Company needs to convert the high gross profit margins into high net profit margins. Though it is performing well but it need to
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