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- How to Invest Directly in the Shares of a Company?
[Investing:Stocks] Several great listed companies have a direct investment plan. This could take three forms. One could invest a fixed amount in the shares of a company.
- Earnings Per Share - Why is it Critical For an Investor to Understand This?
[Investing:Stocks] Every investor needs to understand what is EPS? This is a common measure used by all in reporting, comparisons and benchmarking.
- Price Earnings Ratio - If You Are an Investor, You Need to Know This
[Investing:Stocks] An investor needs a measure to compare the price that he would be willing to pay for stocks. The investor also needs a common benchmark to measure it against. Thousands of companies are quoted on the stock exchanges.
- 4 Keys to Your Analysis in Stock Investing
[Investing:Stocks] Dow nosedived to 12,000. Is this a good time to buy index funds?
- What Was the Sub Prime Crisis Anyway?
[Finance:Personal-Finance] Sub prime crisis - what is it, what lead to it. What the Feds are now doing to fix the economy.
- 7 Keys That You Need to Know About Stocks Before You Invest
[Investing:Stocks] Sub prime crisis, stock market crisis, oil price hike - This may be a good time to buy stocks. But understand these 7 keys before you invest.
- 3 Ways You Are Impacted by the Rate Cut
[Finance:Personal-Finance] You are impacted in 3 ways by the rate cut philosophy followed by the Feds in the last year. What can you do about it?
- Should You Buy a Stock With a Low P-E Ratio?
[Investing:Stocks] Stocks with lower P/E are not necessarily bargains. They could frequently be the most dangerous ones you could buy. Understand what P/E is, how is it calculated and how do you identify a bargain?
- 10 Questions You Must Ask Before Buying Any Stock
[Investing:Stocks] Understand investments when you put in your hard earned money in it. Many times we are tempted to forgo research and we depend on arm chair advice from others. This advice may not be appropriate. When you buy a stock that is widely followed, you may see short term growth, but when interest in the stock wanes, the prices may drop. These are ten things one must look into while making any stock purchase.
- 3 Golden Rules To Succeed In Stock Investing
[Investing:Stocks] When you invest focus on these three rules and you will never go wrong. They are - never lose your capital, how far to let your winners ride before you book profits and how to cut your loss short. Needless to mention, all the three rules are correlated.
- Several Forms of Financial Investments
[Investing] Internet and electronic trading have revolutionized the way a common man investor can invest in the markets. Although there are several choices , each investor needs to choose a form of investment that is consistent with his skills, knowledge and passion. The term financial markets is used to refer to several forms of investment. This article looks at some of the options.
- If I Were To Own Only One Stock
[Investing:Stocks] We are faced with choices. Too many choices lead to bad decisions. We have to create a criteria of what we should look for in a stock before we invest in it. If I could invest in only one stock, what would it be and why?
- Direct Investing In Shares Of A Company Listed On The Stock Exchange
[Investing:Stocks] DRIP - What is it and how it can leverage your investments? DRIP is an acronym for dividend reinvestment plan. When an investor signs up under this plan, the dividends on the shares are not paid out to the holders.
- Is It Possible To Mitigate The Effects Of Recession?
[News-and-Society] Recession is a decline in a country's gross domestic product (in plain speak the value of all goods and services produced and consumed) for two or more successive quarters in a year. By the time, it can be conclusively said that there is a recession, it probably has already come and gone. In the last four decades this cycle is getting smaller and smaller, due to aggressive intervention by the Federal Reserve.
- What Is EBITDA And Why Is It Important
[Business:Management] Comparisons on profitability between different businesses become complex due to differing tax structures ,capital structures, and level of automation, age of the business etc. EBITDA eliminates these issues to enable reasonably close comparisons. What is this statistic and how is it computed?
- What Is Market Cap And Why Is It Critical
[Investing:Stocks] Market capitalization allows an investor to determine where his money would be invested in. Public corporations that are listed on stock exchanges are broadly classified in three categories-small cap, medium cap and large cap companies.
- Price Earnings Ratio
[Investing] Price earnings ratio is a key statistic that needs to be understood by all aspiring investors. Although this is not the only ratio, understanding how this ratio works, would enable an aspiring investor to determine whether the price asked is reasonable when compared to an industry average.
- EPS - Why Is It So Critical In Understanding What It Means
[Investing:Stocks] EPS is an acronym for Earnings per share. Stock markets such as NYSE and NASDAQ have thousands of listed public companies. Investors such as Institutions, Banks, Mutual funds and Individuals invest in these companies by purchasing shares in these companies.
- What Is Management Accounting?
[Business:Accounting] Financial reports alone would be inadequate to address the day to day needs of operating managers. This is where Management accounting comes in. Also referred to as Internal reporting, this provides tools for effective use of the data that any operation generates. This article looks at the different aspects of management accounting.
- How To Read Financial Statements?
[Business:Accounting] Understanding Financial statements and determine the information input that each stakeholder would get is crucial in the decision making process for every stakeholder. This article traces the requirements of different stakeholders and how they are addressed in the financial statements.
- What Is Depreciation And Amortization?
[Business:Accounting] The cost of a long term operating resource used by a business should be allocated over the resources' useful life. This article looks at some basic issues in depreciation and different treatment for different categories of assets.
- Are There Any Choices Within The Framework Of GAAP?
[Business:Accounting] Impact of choosing alternative accounting methods: Although GAAP is generally accepted accounting principles that have been codified over a period of time; there are some alternative choices for accounting treatment of different items. The largest cost in any enterprise is the cost of goods sold usually accounting for about 70% of the sales revenue, although the exact number may vary from industry to industry. Some methods of valuation of inventory will have a direct impact on how cost of goods sold is valued.
- How To Read An Income Statement?
[Business:Accounting] Stakeholders whether they are owners, lenders, investors, and shareholders need to understand the profitability of a business. This is done by examining the Income statement. This article deals with the Income statement and its different components, and how it enables us to understand the profitability at any time.
- Why Conventional Financial Statements Do Not Answer All Questions?
[Business:Accounting] An integrated understanding all of all the three components of a financial statement - Income statement, Balance sheet and a Cash flow statement is required to understand the operations of any business. The income statement reports the Profit or Loss for a period. The balance Sheet reports on the financial position of the business at any time; what the business owns and what it owes.
- Check Out What A Cash Flow Statement Does Not Tell You
[Business:Accounting] Profitability is not the same as net cash flows. Both are different measurements. This article looks at what a cash flow statement does not tell you and the basics of measuring profitability.
- How To Read Financial Statements - Understanding Cash Flows
[Business:Accounting] Business owners, managers, investors and lenders focus on cash flows. Understanding cash flows of a business is critical in understanding the pulse of the business.This article aims at explaining cash flow statements in a simple and easy to understand manner.
- What Is GGAP And Why Is It So Important?
[Business:Accounting] Financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP. However, even within GAAP, there may be alternative methods that could be used by a business manager. This article aims at understanding what is GAAP and some alternatives that need to be looked at to determine appropriate application to evaluate business transactions.
- How To Select The Appropriate Performance Indicator?
[Business:Management] Every business needs to measure and track performance indicators. This article explores various performance indicators in different areas of a business.
- How To Improve Your Profitability By Understanding The Operating Cycle?
[Self-Improvement:Motivation] Every business needs to understand its operating cycle and try to compress it. This will lead to improved profitability.
- How to Value a Small Business?
[Business:Small-Business] This article explores the basic methodologies in valuing a business from a buyer's perspective. There are basically two parts to valuing a business.
- Understanding Activity Based Costing
[Business:Productivity] This article is a relook at activity based costing and how it converges with accounting in a lean environment. Traditional cost accounting has several drawbacks , some of which are avoided by the use of Activity based costing. However, this is very expensive to create and maintain and should be attempted only if it is cost effective.
- Lean Manufacturing And Cost Accounting
[Business:Industrial-Mechanical] Traditional cost accounting relies on a standard buildup of costs: Standard material cost, standard labour and standard overhead. The standard overhead is usually expressed as a percentage of the labour cost.Over a period of time, the overheads are higher than labour costs due to a higher degree of mechanisation and automation.
- Logistics Cost Reduction - Best Practices
[Business:Strategic-Planning] Logistics cost forms a significant element of overall costs. This article is a review of the best practices that can be adopted to enable substantial cost reduction.
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