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Consider the three different categories of people who read financial statements – financial analysts, creditors, and investors. Choose one category and provide examples of the types of information the person would be interested in. Explain why each type of information may be important to the person.
Discussion Board Consider the three different categories of people who read financial statements – financial analysts, creditors, and investors. Choose one category and provide examples of the types of information the person would be interested in. Explain why each type of information may be important to the person.
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List the five groups of ratios and identify, calculate, and interpret the key ratios in each group.
FI360 Unit 2 Discussion – List each of the key financial statements and identify the kinds of information they provide to corporate managers and investors . – Estimate a firm’s free cash flow and explain why free cash flow has such an important effect on firm value . – List the five groups of ratios…
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Explain why common-sized financial statements are a convenient way to compare financial statement items within the same period, between periods, and between competing companies.
Discussion 6 Number 2 Using the APPLE company and annual reports: Prepare common-size balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flows for your chosen company for the latest 2 years. Identify one company that competes with your chosen company, obtain their financial statements for the most recent two years, and prepare common-size balance sheets,…
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How can capital structure decisions affect the control of a firm? In other words, would the control issues impact your decisions on how to raise money for your company?
FINC331 Week 7 Discussion Cash Collections Consider cash collection items. How can a firm minimize this time and what are some of the costs? Do we worry about this as individuals as well? If so, how? (Excellent presentation on Cash Management and various ways companies can increase cash collections.(Cash Management by Dr Chitkara) (PDF file…
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Explain the objective of conducting an audit of financial statements and an audit of internal controls.
AUDIT RESPONSIBILITIES AND OBJECTIVES Explain the objective of conducting an audit of financial statements and an audit of internal controls. Distinguish management’s responsibility for the financial statements from the auditor’s responsibility for verifying those statements. Explain the auditor’s responsibility for discovering material misstatements due to fraud or error. Describe the need to maintain professional skepticism…
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Describe how to prepare financial statements and use them to manage the small business.
Understand the importance of preparing a financial plan. Describe how to prepare financial statements and use them to manage the small business Create projected financial statements. Understand the basic financial statements through ratio analysis. Explain how to interpret financial ratios Conduct a break-even analysis for a small company. Explain the importance of cash management to…
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Write an 8–page paper in which you: Analyze a selected company, its operations, and its associated industry and evaluate these areas for development of a business plan for growth to increase revenues by 10% over the next five years with ethical financial practices.
Write an 8–page paper in which you: Analyze a selected company, its operations, and its associated industry and evaluate these areas for development of a business plan for growth to increase revenues by 10% over the next five years with ethical financial practices. Recommend three or more well-defined improvements to corporate governance over the internal controls supported…
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Write a 500 – 750 word paper that addresses the following topic:Explain the impact of accounting transactions in financial statements.
Write a 500 – 750 word paper that addresses the following topic: Explain the impact of accounting transactions in financial statements. Describe the elements and purpose of each financial statement. Discuss the components and use of financial analysis. Your paper must be formatted according to APA 6th edition guidelines, and you need to use at…
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Prepare a Discussion thread that summarizes the factors that are expected to impact the company’s financial position in the next three years.
*Said Company is Amazon.com, Inc. See excel attachment off financial data from the last three years Each student will be required to prepare projected financial statements for his/her company in Excel Project: Projecting Financial Statements Assignment. As part of the process of preparing projected financial statements, students must consider certain factors that will influence the…
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Write a 250-word response reflecting on your experience making the calculations from the practice assignment.
Business Applications Case Managerial accounting can be a complex job. As you learned in this week’s practice assignment, many different calculations need to be completed to assist an organization with its financial statements. Write a 250-word response reflecting on your experience making the calculations from the practice assignment. In your reflection, share your thoughts on…