now use long term financial techniques and formulate financial forecasting methods. I can also explain and discuss variance and standard deviation as the measures of risk for both securities and portfolios. During this course I have learned to explain diversification can reduce risk for companies. I can explain how beta is used as a measure for risks and how to explain an idea of efficient portfolios, and explaining the capital asset pricing model. I can also calculate asset risk and evaluate the long
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STUDY NOTES FOR GFOA BUDGETING EXAM A. SOURCE: LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE – CONCEPTS & PRACTICES Chapter 4 – Operating Budgets: A budget can be a process, a document, an accounting ledger, a plan, or a system. Local gov’t budgeting process unique – product of geographical, historical, economic, political and social factors peculiar to that jurisdiction. Budgeting is a unified series of steps to line and implement four functions: ❑ policy development – as policy instrument
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planning process, with the emphasis on short-term (operating) financial planning and its two key components: cash planning and profit planning. Cash planning requires preparation of the cash budget, while profit planning involves preparation of a pro forma income statement and balance sheet. The text illustrates through example how these budgets and statements are developed. The weaknesses of the simplified approaches (judgmental and percent-of-sales methods) of pro forma statement preparation are outlined
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strategies Indirect method Indirect method Annual report Learning Objectives 1, 2 1, 2, 6 4 3, 6 3 3, 4 2 8 6, 7 7 1, 2, 4 Characteristics Analytical Analytical Conceptual, mechanical, communication Conceptual, mechanical Conceptual, mechanical Conceptual, mechanical Conceptual, mechanical Analytical, communication Conceptual, communication Conceptual, mechanical Analytical, real—Tootsie Roll *13–9 Classification of cash flows Preparing a statement of cash flows— direct method (short) Investing
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The corporate office must approve all external financing (i.e. borrowing outside the operating lines of credit). Additionally, under current policy, capital investments over $1.5 million must be purchased with long-term debt rather than by using the operating line of credit and must be approved by the corporate office. The bank is willing to provide up to $50 million at an annual rate of 7.5%, to be repaid monthly over a period of 15–25 years, as long as the following conditions are met: 1.
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the preferred stock and common stock rights to the company. Evaluate your company debt, preferred stock and common stock as follows: a. Find the value (how much it is worth) of each issue separately (debt, if it has more than one kind of debt make sure to do each separately, etc).. b. Obtain the market value of these securities (that is how much they sell for) use sources such as the Wall Street Journal. LONG TERM DEBT: Given: Starbucks does not issues bonds; however for
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................................................ 6 Report- Impairment ....................................................................... 7 Report- Current Liabilities .............................................................. 7 Report- Long-Term Liabilities ........................................................ 8 Report- Bonds Payable ................................................................. 8 Report- Capital Leases..............................................................
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Stefanie Olney, Lynette Plowe ACC/291 Principles of Accounting II April 29, 2013 Professor Beth Baligrosky Week Four Team Reflection In week four, the objectives were define as prepare a statement of cash flows using both direct and indirect methods, apply ratio, vertical, and horizontal analyses to financial statements and prepare journal entries associated with the issuance of preferred and common stocks and the declaration and payment of dividends. Cash flows will identify a company's sources
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Marriott intend to outperform the average market. Considering the above information, Marriott’s financial strategies are consistent with its growth objective. To be more specific, firstly, Marriott actively manages hotel assets using syndication method with a fully integrated development process rather than passively own it. For example, Marriott developed more than $1 billion worth of hotel properties, making it one of the 10 largest commercial real estate developers in the US, which partly contributed
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Lecture No.2 Chapter 2 Contemporary Engineering Economics Copyright ©2010 Contemporary Engineering Economics, 5th edition. ©2010 Chapter Opening Story – Research in Motion Ltd. How would you H ld evaluate the financial performance of performance of the company? Contemporary Engineering Economics, 5th edition. ©2010 Objective of the Company Increase the market value of the company Market value – stock price reflected in the financial market Market values of some of well known U
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