Financial Intelligence: The Dna of Business and InvestmentsFinance and accounting has always been a complex and perplexing subject to many people. That is the main reason for the endless list of books and publications on finance and how to read financial reports. In fact, many people prefer to leave finance and its related matters to their accountants, finance partners or investment advisors. However, in business and investment, the subject of finance is just too important to be left to others while the direct stakeholders stay on the sidelines. Financial intelligence as defined here, is about the capacity to understand financial relationships between economic events and the measurements of the outcome of business decisions. Without the capacity to understand financial relationships and outcome of business activities, the business executive and investor will always remain perplex and indecisive, even fearful of making wrong decisions. This book is another contribution to demystify finance and hopefully help the reader develop ‘Financial Intelligence’ for his or her daily work or investment activities. As the Financial Intelligence is limitless, this book covers only the common aspects of every business and investment activities. In time, the reader will acquire further Financial Intelligence. To begin with, the language used here is deliberately made simple. |
Contents
FINANCING OF THE CORPORATION | |
CORPORATE PROFITBILITY | |
ASSET MANAGEMENT | |
FINANCIAL POLICIES AND DECISIONS | |
INVESTMENT VIABILITY | |
VALUATION OF ASSETS AND INVESTMENTS | |
FINANCIAL INFORMATION RISK | |
OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL MARKETS | |
APPENDIX | |
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Financial Intelligence: The DNA of Business and Investments Kenny Tay FCCA No preview available - 2019 |
Common terms and phrases
achieve amount annual Assume auditor banking system basis bonds borrowings breakeven business activities business risk Central Bank commercial common shares company’s competitive Corporate Financial Intelligence corporation’s management cost of capital cost of financing cost of funds creative accounting current liabilities customers deposit account depositors Diagram directors discount factor discounted cash flow Dividend Discount Model earnings economic economic value added environment equipment equity capital expenses financial information financial markets financial policies financial report financial statements fixed assets forecast growth higher illustrated income Income Statement intangible assets investors lending bank liabilities loss market price million month operating ordinary shares outcome owners parties payments preference shares present value production profit margin referred residual value result return on investment revenue risk discounting selling price shareholders Short selling statement of financial stock exchange suppliers takeover target company term total assets trade receivables understanding valuation WACC