Articles Tagged ‘investment’

Control fundamentals for the company’s investments

The design of control tests established by the administration and management of investments are vital because these owners must provide reasonable assurance that investments there were authorized and are owned by the company at the date of Balance General The establishment of controls can help business managers to establish a very high degree of trust between him and the owners and even more so when it is extended in business investment since they are a resource in the long term. INVESTMENT OVERVIEW Business investments primarily include: Securities of companies or institutions affiliated subsidiaries or affiliates. Marketable securities. Mortgage loans. Surrender values of life insurance. When entrepreneurs and investment managers must assess the type of investment to be undertaken, the tools used are: Often In many cases the investment has operations and does not take appropriate measures to safeguard these resources 1. Internal check Purchases and sales of securities ...

Management approach to financial capital

The financial structure of a company is appointed by the addition of the components of financing, determining the specific means used by managers to obtain future benefits. At present, the organizations generally have an obstacle in front that can sometimes be harmful for consolidation and maintenance in the market, this barrier is financing its operating activities, either with their own resources or those of third parties. In a market as competitive as the one presented at this time, obtain resources is extremely difficult, it is necessary to analyze some of the factors that may become relevant in this analysis to raise capital. First, state the types of capital that they use the entities, then analyze the structure of the financial capital of the company which is closely linked to its financial situation and its short-term borrowing rates and longer term, additional shall specify the form of measurement of the structure, finishing with the main approaches and theories of analy...

Statement of changes in financial position

Are the provisions relating to preparation for the submission of the statement of changes in financial position expressed in pesos of purchasing power at the balance sheet date. The goal is to provide relevant and focused on a period, so that users of financial statements with sufficient information to: a) Evaluate the company's ability to generate resources. b) Assess the reasons for the differences between net income and funds generated or used by the operation. c) To assess the ability of the company to meet its obligations to pay dividends, and if necessary, to anticipate the need for funding. d) To assess the changes in the company's financial situation arising from investing and financing transactions that occurred during the period. The basic financial statement shows (in pesos) the resources generated or used in the operation, the main changes in the financial structure of the entity and its final reflection on cash and cash equivalents through a period of time. The t...

Importance of Economic and Financial Analysis for decision making

The analysis of the financial statements of the company, is part of a process of information whose fundamental objective is to provide data for decision-making. Users of this information are many and varied, from business managers interested in evaluating it, financial managers about the viability of new investments, new projects and what is the best way of financing to foreign banks on whether to grant credit or not to undertake such investments. The professor of the Autonomous University of Mexico, Mr. Juan Antonio Martínez, in the Diploma in Finance provides: "The financial analysis is a tool or technique that applies the financial manager for the historical evaluation of a public or private social agency. The method of technical analysis as applicable to the interpretation, shows the following order to separate and understand the numerical descriptors and integrate the contents of the financial statements. From the above it follows that the Economic and Financial Analysis is...

Use of Simulation in the financial evaluation of investment projects

A Feasibility or Feasibility Study lays down the conditions that make possible the investment project, or allow its successful implementation, it also determines the functions and priorities to be taken into account throughout its development. Introduction: To perform this feasibility study must use traditional methods to the Financial Evaluation of investment projects such as the Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return and Recovery Period. Risk considerations in evaluating an investment proposal can be defined as the process of developing the probability distribution of some of the economic criteria. Generally, the probability distributions that are most common are obtained in an evaluation, under the Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return. However, to determine the probability distributions of these bases of comparison, knowledge of the probability distributions of uncertain elements of the project such as: life, cash flows, the interest rates, changes in parity, inf...