Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Business economics - Controlling, grade: 1,3, University of Cologne (Seminar fur allgemeine BWL und Controlling), language: English, abstract: Since the beginning of the 90s research on issues referring to analysts' practise grew rapidly to such an extent that even several publications are concerned with giving an overview of this development. Besides the principal-agent problematic between the firm's managers and the equity investors, investors are dependent on analysts' information in times where equity trading soared and the trading turnover in 2008 was 35 times higher than in 1980. That is why shareholders are not able to analyse the amount of information regarding a company due to lack of time or ability. Therefore analysts advise investors to make a profitable decision by publishing a report including for instance stock recommendations or earnings forecasts. Another reason why there is so much research about analysts' practise is the fact that their information influences investors' trading behaviour. Thus, it is crucial to know how reliable those statements are and accordingly to be able to assess the quality of the outputs. However, to answer the question of analysts' process of transforming various information of stock recommendations have to be examined in detail. Recent investigations rather focus on the single properties of analysts' analyses as earnings forecasts and stock recommendations, but did not connect those two values. Prior studies deal with research questions like the effect of earnings forecasts on the stock prices or the use of stock recommendations to foretell abnormal return. Bradshaw (2004) is the first research paper which follows the question whether there is a link and if so how analysts incorporate the earnings forecasts into their stock recommendation. Because of the importance of Bradshaw (2004), this paper reviews the main issues and embeds them into the existing literature concerni

Glossaries of accounting terms in both English and Spanish to be used by students and professionals of accounting, finance and taxation

The author has had over 25 years in mutual fund investing. He favors Small Cap Mutual Funds over Large Cap Mutual Funds. To prove his case, he shows year by year, the average total returns in each of these categories for the years 1999 through 2010. The average total yearly returns were provided by Lipper. Small Cap Value and Blend funds returned 9.0% and 8.1% respectively and were clearly superior to the abysmal returns for Large Cap Value and Blend funds, 3.5% and 2.5% respectively, even when continued through the 2000 and 2008 recessions. Later, the author illustrates comparisons of outcomes over 25 year periods with various investment returns using a hypothetical initial investment of $5,000 and assuming monthly contributions which add another $5,000 per year. In order to safeguard assets at the onset of recessions, he examines easily accessible online private and governmental monthly reports. By using such reports, investors shouldn't hesitate to move their assets to Money Market Funds. Such action will prevent prevent serious erosion of accumulated assets and improve long term investment returns. He is critical of the very limited choices of funds available in 401k and 403b plans compared to those open to IRA investors. However, investors could be in both types of plans. For individuals comtemplating or are already in IRA plans, the author favors using Morningstar to guide their selections. Monitoring their portfolio with Quicken or its equivalent, investors in IRAs using Morningstar's ranking system, have the opportunity to increase their returns by 3% or more over fund averages. Over time, this difference can greatly enhance total retirement assets. The author is a former CEO of a metal stamping company. He is married with two children. Education: B.A.Manchester University, England.

Accountants are routinely awarded the accolade of 'trusted advisor'. Yet many accountants, bogged down with compliance work, spend most of their time writing history instead of helping their clients make history.
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Business and banking problems that spread nation-wide in the United States, such as that we are enduring now, have all been caused by government and its regulations. From 1819 to 2007 there have been 22 major downturns and in every instance, government, operating outside the limits set by the Founders, caused the problem. There have been many failures of businesses and banks and many examples of improper activities, but absolutely nothing business has ever done has affected wide areas of the economy; business failures have only affected the company, its associates, and customers or clients. The economy of the United States of America has surpassed that of the rest of the world because of the free-market system and its protection by the Founders limits. As an engineer during the 1860s and 1870s, and my work with other nations' engineers and manufacturers, it was obvious that we were substantially ahead of Europe and the rest of the world in technology and automated processes. And it has been widely acknowledged that we are fortunate to live in the United States, but details have been lacking on how fortunate -- and what bought it about. This book explains the makeup of the market place, describes the successes it has brought to the country, and explains why. It also examines the current economic problems, explains how the government caused them, and proposes changes in regulations that would minimize them in the future. It also explains the international regulations that caused problems for nations overseas. Government, working outside limits set by the Constitution, has caused all the problems. The book explains what enabled the activities, and proposes changes in governmental makeup to minimize past problems and others.

Have you struggled to learn Quickbooks? It is hard to know where to start. Chances are, you are at least not using this powerful tool to its full potential. In this guide you will learn: Basic Introduction.... - How to set-up new companies within Quickbooks - How to connect Quickbooks to the internet - Reconciling bank and credit card accounts And much more Navigating the Quickbooks Interface - Using forms - Backing up company data - Gathing income tax information - Tracking sales tax - Time Tracking - Payroll and employees And much more Everyday Tasks - Getting paid - Paying others - Managing lists Checking on Business Status - Profit/Loss reports - Using report center And More Advanced Tips - Batch invoicing - Custom data fields - Stratifying reports And Much More Includes Shortcuts/Hotkeys and Bonus Quick Tips This Quickbooks guide will take you through the initial stages of setting it up for small to mid-sized business purposes. Learning how to use Quickbooks does not have to be tedious. This guide gets straight to the point to get you and your business back on track.

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Master's Thesis from the year 2012 in the subject Business economics - Controlling, grade: 1,3, University of Hannover, language: English, abstract: The topic of this thesis arose from an internship with Deloitte Germany. The internship took place in a bank preparing for new regulatory claims, especially liquidity. After consulting for a better understatement in the new regulatory needs and improving reporting frequency and quality the issue of the costs to meet the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) came up. Thus in this thesis we will develop a framework on how to evaluate regulatory caused liquidity costs for the LCR. This framework is then implemented into a Visual Basic for Application (VBA) tool, which displays a "fair" internal transfer price. Hence the concept of Funds Transfer Pricing (FTP) is used. The thesis will also have a look on the current situation in banks, I will mention ideas on further extensions in the tool as well. In general the thesis stays in touch with practitioner's needs and market developments.

Working With Your QuickBooks(r) Items List - Part 1, is part of a series of training manuals for those who are new to the world of accounting and are interested in understanding how everything is applied when working with QuickBooks software. It offers the following objectives through easy-to-read exercises at the end of each section. Objectives 1.Learn what the Items List is and the definitions of the eleven different types: Service, Inventory Part, Non-inventory Part, Inventory Assembly, Other Charge, Subtotal, Group, Discount, Payment, Sales Tax Item, and Sales Tax Group. 2.Subitems and Units of Measure for each item. 3.Performing searches and sorts in your Items List.

This tightly-focused guide zeroes in on the crucial reporting options available in SAP for Asset Accounting, teaching readers how to manage and supervise fixed assets with the SAP Financials-Asset Accounting (FI-AA) component. Based on ECC 6.0, the author sheds light on the complete reporting solution for the Asset Accounting sub-module of SAP. You will learn about standard SAP-delivered asset reports, including balance-based reports and transaction-based reports. You will also expand your knowledge of asset-specific reporting tools such as sort versions, simulation versions, currency translations, plus how to effectively use all the Asset Accounting reporting options at your disposal. - Basic Asset Accounting Reporting Features - Balance Reports - Transaction Reports - Asset History Sheet Report - Specialty Reports - US Tax Reporting - Reporting Tools

Learning from my mistakes to achieve a dream and learning from the struggles that my parents had been through. I learned that there was more to making out a budget. Learned more about credit and what makes up your credit score. Learn how to protect your assets and make more money, improving your financial statement. The financial statement is what the loaner officers use. Be smart about the way you use credit and improve your life and build your assets. Improving your financial knowledge can improve your life and can improve your financial picture overall.

This text is designed to teach accurate financial accounting, which has the communication of relevant financial information to internal and external users as its primary subject. This volume represents to focus on new directions with special emphasis on concepts, rational, measurement, and reporting. With this in mind, I have attempted to impart these principles in this book. All of the financial terms are described using easy-to-understand terminology, as are the financial ratios. I believe this book would make an excellent addition to the library of any finance or non-finance individuals who are involved in personal or business accounting. I hope this book will be a key to every reader's success.

Oracle e-Business Suite Payroll R12 is written for new and intermediate users, key-users and administrators. It focuses on your role in an Oracle eBS-environment and explains the Concepts, describes the main Screens, gives Step-by-Step instructions with navigation paths and has a Glossary and FAQ-list. All chapters have Questions and Answers. The book has six chapters, 81 pages and has lots of screenshots and illustrations. With this book you learn the main concepts like: Assignment and Consolidation Sets, Defining a new Payroll, running a Payroll run, Balance Feeds and Balance Dimension, Batch Element Entry, Conversion Rate Types, Costing, Reversing and Advance pay Period. And the most important flows including their steps are also described for you, like: Reverse a Payroll, Voiding a Check, Transfer to GL Flow and Setting Up the Payslip. This is just a small list of all the concepts, screens and flows described in this book. What do eBS users think about these books? "Very well structured and easy to follow, even for beginners. " John M. McNamara - Wokingham Borough Council "Highly informative and exemplary, hats off." Sunil Sunder Rao - Apps DBA "I am really happy that I found these books." Peter Lung - Consultant

Basics of Financial and Managerial Accounting is a great handbook and learning tool for business management, financial accounting, financial management and finance tutors, students and enthusiasts. Author Kamran Pirnahad has reviewed all key elements of starting and growing a business from the financial accounting, finance, and business and financial managerial perspective in this book. This book also includes all necessary information for those who would like to establish their business on a profitable and ethical and knowledgeable basis.

Solomon asked God for Wisdom. God gave Solomon what he didn't ask for. "wisdom and knowledge are granted to you; and I will give you riches and wealth and honor" 2 Chronicles 1:12

The President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability was created January 29, 2010, by Executive Order to advise the President and the Secretary of the Treasury on ways to empower Americans to better understand and address financial matters in order to improve their financial well-being. This book includes a final report discussing the President's Advisory Council on financial capability; provides a strategic framework for employers; a resource guide on creating financially capable communities; and a guide to increasing financial capability among students, workers and residents in communities.