Apple, A Good Investment? 1. Provide a rationale for the U.S. publicly traded company that you selected, indicating the significant factors driving your decision as a financial manager. As the financial manager, I have decided to recommend to my investor that they invest heavily in the stock of Apple Incorporated. There are several reasons why I am going to advise my investor to invest in Apple Incorporated. The first of these reasons that have caused me to recommend Apple as a good investment
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Financial intermediation 陈鸣杰 F1003 201048950504 CONTENTS The process of financial intermediation………………………………..2 The deposit-taking financial intermediaries…………………………..4 The non-deposit-taking financial intermediaries………………………6 The Impact of non-depository financial institutions…………………..9 How to facilitate the transfer of liquidity from surplus to deficit units in the economy………………….. ………………….. …………………..10 The process of financial intermediation
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ordinary audit of financial statements is the expression of an opinion on: | | | Student Answer: | | the fairness of the financial statements | | | | the accuracy of the financial statements | | | | the accuracy of the annual report | | | | the balance sheet and income statement | | Instructor Explanation: | Chapter 6, p. 134. | | | | Points Received: | 5 of 5 | | Comments: | | | | 2. | Question : | (TCO F) If the auditor believes that the financial statements are not
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Financial Statements Paper Phillip Carter ACC/290 November 19, 2012 Michael Olsen Financial Statements Paper There are four basic financial statements involved in the basic accounting process. These reports summaries the financial activity of a company over a specific time period. The first of fore is the balance sheet. The balance sheet reports assets and claims to assets at a particular point in time. Claims to assets are divided into two categories; claims of creditors and of owners. This
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Statement of Virginia Winery Ltd……………………………………………………………3 Financial plan ………………………………………………………………………………………….3 Task 1 - Develop financial strategies. 1.1-a Assumptions on which the financial plan has been developed……………………………….5 1.1-b Financial objectives in terms of finance requirements………………………………………..5 1.1-c Funding arrangements………………………………………………………………………...6 1.1-d Financial information requirements…………………………………………………………..9 1.1-e Financial performance targets and indicators………………………………………………
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Suggested Questions 1. Identify the key problem in the case and explaining why it is the key problem. With a rapid growth in Mr. Clarkson Lumber’s business, and an anticipated future substantial increase in sales in the 1996, the problem for Mr. Clarkson was a shortage of cash and had found it necessary to increase it borrowing. Nonetheless the company had a consistent profitability, the company still had serious shortage with cash due to several reasons. The key problem for
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Disclosure……………………………………..19 Screening Ratio Analysis…………………………..……21 Potential Red Flags……………………………..………..25 Undoing Accounting Distortions…………..………...26 Ratio Analysis and Forecast Financials Financial Ratio Analysis……………………….……….27 Time Series Analysis…………………………...……...28 Cross Sectional (Benchmark) Analysis…….……..32 Financial Statement Forecasting Method..……...47 Analysis and Forecasting Solutions………..……...49 Valuation Analysis Method of Comparables……………………………….50 Cost of Capital…………………………………………….51
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set to 1% of the sales in the financial year. However, in 2012 - 2013 financial year, the provision for doubtful debts ($570,000) was set to 10% of the sales ($5,700,000), which was 10 times higher than the company accounting policy. There were a large number of debtors that exceeded 60 days where the company’s policy of credit terms is 30 days. In addition, there was 163% increase in total sales in 2012 - 2013 financial year ($5,700,000) than 2011 – 2012 financial year ($3,500,000). However, the
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Bancroft: seanbancroft@yahoo.com Kristen Weaver: kristen.m.weaver@ttu.edu Tiffany & Co. Valuation Table of Contents Executive Summary Business/Industry Analysis Accounting Analysis Ratio Analysis/Forecasting Cross Sectional Analysis Forecasted Financials Valuation Analysis Cost of Capital Intrinsic Valuations Appendices Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D References 2 5 14 25 28 37 41 44 46 57 57 60 66 69 72 -1- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Investment Recommendation: Over-valued, Sell TIF
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