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- Assessing Current Ratio
- Current ratio is a measure of liquidity, which compares a company's current assets with its current liabilities.Current ratio is a favored test among banks and lenders because it reveals whether a company is generating enough cash to pay its short-term creditors. What to DoThe ratio divides current assets by...
- Articles 2007-12-12
- Improving Prospecting Performance
- Prospecting is a process of selecting the best candidates for a sales pitch. By using research to build an understanding of your prospects' needs, you can define the companies and individual decision makers most likely to lead to a sale. Good prospecting identifies the quality candidates—those who are most likely...
- Articles 2007-11-07
- Assessing Price-Earnings Ratio
- The price/earnings ratio (P/E) reveals the relationship between the price of a stock and the income it generates.P/E is one way of looking at the value of a stock. In theory, the faster investors expect a company to grow, the higher its P/E is likely to be. This is because...
- Articles 2007-10-15
- Valuing Your Business
- Knowing the value of your business ought to be self-evident. It is absolutely essential if you are considering selling it or looking for fresh investment. Ultimately, the value of any business winds up being what all interested parties agree it is worth. A company that has shares listed on a...
- Articles 2007-05-31
- An Exploratory Investigation of the Fundamental Determinants of National Equity Market Returns
- This paper studies average and conditional expected returns in national equity markets, and their relation to a number of fundamental country attributes. The attributes are organized into three groups. The first is relative valuation ratios, such as price-to-book-value, cash-flow, earnings and dividends. The second group measures relative economic performance and...
- White papers 1999-03-09
- Predicting the Equity Premium With Dividend Ratios
- Our paper reexamines the forecasting regressions which predict annual aggregate stock market returns net of the risk-free rate with lagged aggregate dividend-yield ratios and dividend-price ratios. Prior to 1990, the conditional dividend yield could reliably outperform the historical equity premium mean in predicting future equity premia *in-sample*. But our paper...
- White papers 2002-02-13
- Provincial Credit Ratings in Canada
- The author estimates the relationship between the provincial credit ratings, as assessed by Standard & Poor's, and a number of economic variables, using the ordered probit methodology. All the variables in her estimation prove to be significant. In particular, she finds that downgrades take place at almost the same speed...
- White papers 1996-04-01
- Huntington Bancshares, Inc. F4Q08 (Qtr End 12/27/08) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Matthew O’Connor – UBS. Matthew O’Connor – UBS It seems like you took a pretty big whack on Franklin here but as we think about the rest of the book I definitely would agree that the credit...
- Earnings calls 2009-01-22
- Calamos Asset Management INC. (F4Q08) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions Your first question comes from the line of Craig Siegenthaler - Credit Suisse. Craig Siegenthaler - Credit Suisse I just wanted to know after the restructuring here, I guess you had about $115 million left. Can you walk us through what debt covenants you have...
- Earnings calls 2009-01-27
- CEOs Aim to Cut Overhead, Operating Costs, Debt
- Chief executives of fast growth companies are launching new initiatives to reduce overhead, operating costs, and debt as a percent of revenues, reveals a new survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Additionally, CEOs are planning new growth initiatives that, if successful, will enable them to spread their expenses over a larger business. Overhead...
- White papers 2003-06-13
- Financial Statements as a Management Tool II
- This articles sheds light on financial statements that can be used to manage business and are widely used by managers. Managers are interested in measuring the operating performance in terms of profitability and return on invested capital. They are interested in measures of operating efficiency, asset turnover, and liquidity or...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Interpretation Of Accounts - Shareholders Investment Ratios And Risk
- Interpreting financial statements usually includes comparison — that of one company with another or for the same company over a period of years to examine performance and trend. Other comparisons may include those on an interim basis, with published industry average figures. Users of accounting information are interested in a...
- White papers 2001-01-01
- Profitability Ratios
- This article describes set of ratios to assess the profitability of your business and changes in its profit performance. These ratios are probably the most important indicators of your business's financial success. Investors will be interested in these ratios insofar as they demonstrate the performance and growth potential of the...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- P/E Ratio Analysis
- In the spring of 2000, two books predicted a substantial fall in the S&P500 Index. It was found that, historically, a high price earnings ratio, with real earnings averaged over 10 years, accurately predicts a low real rate of return from investing in the S&P500 Index.
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Mutual Fund Cost Factors: Benchmarking Change
- This article explains the inconsistent annual performance of many mutual funds, their annual expense ratios are quite predictable. Thus, while performance is variable, the cost of performance is essentially a constant. Article in short talks about the recent equity market downturn may be linked to non-trivial increases in turnover ratio...
- White papers 2003-03-01
- Sub-debt Yield Spreads As Bank Risk Measures
- "Several recent studies have recommended greater reliance on subordinated debt as a tool to discipline bank risk taking. Some of these proposals recommend using sub-debt yield spreads as triggers for supervisory discipline under prompt corrective action PCA. Currently such action is prompted by capital adequacy measures. This paper provides the...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Nara Bancorp Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Our first question is from Brett Rabatin – FTN Midwest Securities. Brett Rabatin – FTN Midwest Securities Wanted to first ask, I’m curious you mentioned the third net charge-off was related to a commercial real estate loan that sounded like it went through...
- Earnings calls 2009-01-30
- Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Lauren Smith – Keefe, Bruyette & Woods. Lauren Smith – Keefe, Bruyette & Woods If you could just circle back Shaugn, I’m sorry I could write fast enough when you were kind of running through the components...
- Earnings calls 2009-02-11
- Financial Federal Corporation F4Q09 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first call comes from Sameer Gokhale – Keefe, Bruyette & Woods. Sameer Gokhale – Keefe, Bruyette & Woods I had a question on the reserve to NPA ratio. If one calculates that number it looks like it was 29% down from 40% last quarter....
- Earnings calls 2009-09-23
- 6 Steps To Closing The Sale
- When it comes to closing the sale do you really know how to close? Do you freeze up afraid to close or don't know what to say? Do you know how and when to close the sale or even if the prospect is interested in your product? This paper shows...
- White papers 2009-01-01
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