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White Papers
Cointegration And Long-Run Asset Allocation
May 2007
violations of the expectations hypothesis in bond and foreign exchange markets. The authors argue that key economic channels featured in the long-run risks model - long-run growth fluctuations and...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
Average Returns, B/M, And Share Issues
May 2007
The Book-to-Market ratio (B/M) differs across stocks because of differences in expected cashflows and expected stock returns. The author's hypothesis is that the evolution of B/M, in terms of past...
Provided by University of Chicago (Booth)
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White Papers
Cash Flow Multipliers And Optimal Investment Decisions
Mar 2010
By postulating a simple stochastic process for the firm's cash flows in which the drift and the variance of the process depend on the investment policy of the firm, author developed a theoretical...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
-
White Papers
Retail Investor Sentiment And Return Comovements
Aug 2006
This paper uses trading records of individual investors to investigate the effect of retail trading on stock returns. Our analysis is based on a sample of more than 1.85 million buy and sell...
Provided by University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)
-
White Papers
Securitization And Real Investment In Incomplete Markets
Jan 2009
This paper studies the impact of financial innovations on real investment decisions within the frame-work of an incomplete market economy comprised of firms, investors, and an intermediary. The...
Provided by University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)
-
White Papers
Making A Million Bucks Doesn't Mean You Have Great Cash Flow
May 2009
There are a lot of misconceptions about cash flow. Here is a brief rundown of what cash flow is not. Cash flow is not Your sales revenue, Your checking account balance, Your profit. So let's take...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
New Opportunities For Onshore And Offshore RMB Liquidity Management
Aug 2010
Larger numbers of Multinational Corporations (MNCs) are setting up treasury centers on the Chinese mainland and more Chinese companies are leveraging their lower cost base and strong liquidity to...
Provided by Citigroup
-
Webcasts
Cash Flow Challenges
Apr 2010
"If I have a low cash flow, will I have a big problem getting a government contract or subcontract?" asks one small business owner at OPEN's Victory in Procurement (VIP) event. Yvette Clarke,...
Provided by American Express
-
Webcasts
Surviving A Cash Crunch
Jul 2009
Gary Hirshberg of Stonyfield Farms talks about how to keep your business afloat and pay for goods before you turn your first profit.
Provided by American Express
-
Webcasts
Cardmember Profile: Adnor Publications
Apr 2009
Ronda Abbruzzese runs a free Spanish-language newspaper, so collecting from advertisers is essential. Her company garners positive press - and positive cash flow.
Provided by American Express
-
Webcasts
Be Financially Prepared
Apr 2010
The lack of a positive cash flow could be a major reason why you might be denied a contract opportunity believes Mark Dobosz, President of the SCORE Foundation. During OPEN's Victory in...
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
Top Five: Budgeting In A Downturn
Jan 2010
The ups and downs of the economy are forcing many entrepreneurs to watch their cash flow. This webcast provides five tips budgeting for in a downturn from the New York Enterprise Report.
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Proper Credit Policies & Procedures Can Help Minimize Your Cash Flow Risk
Nov 2009
Along with slowing sales, many small businesses are encountering difficulty collecting on money that is owed to their business. A recent Intuit Payroll Survey of over 1000 small businesses...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
The 5 Secrets Of Cash Flow Forecasting
Jul 2010
While forecasting cash flow may sound like a smart idea every business should implement, you might be surprised how many don't. Most businesses have no formal cash flow forecasting process in...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
How To Tell If It's The Right Time To Hire
Jul 2010
Sure, there may be some tepid signs that the economy is improving. But it's still hard to know whether the time is right to start bringing on new full-time employees. "Caution is the word of the...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Don't Let Your Cash Flow Go Down The Drain
Jun 2010
Having more cash coming in is obviously good, but what's perhaps not so obvious is that money owed to you - which is nice to have on the books - isn't as nice to have as money in the bank. If you...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Squeeze More Cash Out Of Your Business
May 2010
When times are tough, finding ways to squeeze cash out of your business may mean the difference between survival and failure. When the economy is slow, finding new ways to make money isn't easy...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
How A Long-Term View Can Help Your Cash Flow
May 2010
The author suggests not to make decisions based on short-term gains; look beyond the value of individual transactions to the long-term relationship. "If you focus on the lifetime value of the...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Inventory: The Crucible Of Success
May 2010
Just as the lake behind Hoover Dam has an optimal level, so does the inventory in a business. While an inventory level that is too low initially helps cash flow, it will eventually hurt it. Low...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
6 Tips For Improving Your Invoicing Process
Apr 2010
An efficient invoicing process is essential to maintaining a healthy cash flow. Smart invoicing can significantly shorten the time between when you complete a project and when you get paid for it....
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Increasing Rapid Payments From Your Customers
Apr 2010
One key component of small business success is cash flow - getting payments from your customers so that you have the money to pay your suppliers (and, hopefully, earn some profit for yourself). Of...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Minimizing Late Payments To Maximize Your Cash Flow
Mar 2010
Don't allow late payments to skew your cash flow. If you find that a payment due to you is late, don't let it dangle in the wind. Contact them and see what the issue is and whether or not you can...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Strapped? Strategies For Improving Your Cash Flow
Mar 2010
In a time of slow sales growth, cash flow is a troubling issue for many companies. In fact, 47% of small business owners have experienced cash flow problems over the last 90 days, according to a...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
40 Tips To Accelerate Your Cash Flow
Mar 2010
Business is actually quite simple - generate positive cash flow, and hopefully lots of it. In practice, however, it is a little harder to accomplish. Invoice on-time because every day you are late...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
How To Design Credit Policies
Mar 2010
When designing your company's credit policies, focus on supporting your company's goals. Most likely, you'll want to increase sales, market share, and profits. First, figure out the route you'll...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
5 Ways You Can Improve Cash Flow With Your Invoices
Mar 2010
Cash flow can be a crucial issue for small businesses: until your clients pay you, you may not be able to turn around and pay your own bills. That can make improving your cash flow a priority. But...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
3 Components Of Financial Clarity
Mar 2010
The over-arching challenge most businesses have on their profit and loss statement is complying with the matching principle - matching revenues and correlated expenses in the correct period. First...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Cash Flow: What It Is And What It Isn't
Mar 2010
If a commemorative coin were commissioned to recognize the contribution of the small business economy, it would surely be embossed with the words: In Cash We Trust. If you've ever scrambled to...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Cash Flow And Leasing
Mar 2010
One of the most common pieces of advice given on business management websites when it comes to cash flow discussions is to lease your equipment. The argument in favor of leasing is...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Here Comes Good News For Credit-Starved Small Businesses
Feb 2010
One of the biggest challenges facing small businesses today is the availability of credit. Various surveys have confirmed that while banks have tentatively become more willing to extend credit,...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Getting The Bank In Your Corner As A Small Businessperson
Jan 2010
Cash flow is the lifeblood of any small business. The quicker you can translate your hard work into cash in the bank, the better. Of course, one big key in all of this is the bank itself. The...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Top Tips For Good Small Business Cash Flow
Jun 2010
It has often been said that in the world of business 'Cash is king', in fact it is probably truer to say that 'Cash flow is king', certainly in the world of the small business and unless you are...
Provided by SooperArticles
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How To Make A Big Difference To Your Small Business With The Right Financial
Jun 2010
When you embark on your new business there are several crucial areas of financial management that should be built into your overall business plans and your day to day operations. In this paper,...
Provided by SooperArticles
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White Papers
How Do International Financial Flows To Developing Countries Respond To Natural Disasters?
Jul 2010
This paper uses multivariate dynamic panel analysis to examine the response of international financial flows to natural disasters. The models estimated for a large sample of developing countries...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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The Impact Of Capital And Foreign Exchange Flows On The Competitiveness Of Developing Countries
Jul 2010
Attracting capital and foreign exchange flows is crucial for developing countries. Yet, these flows could lead to real exchange rate appreciation and may thus have detrimental effects on...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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Currency Hedging For International Portfolios
Jun 2010
This paper examines the benefits from hedging the currency exposure of international investments in single- and multi-country equity and bond portfolios from the perspectives of German, Japanese,...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
The Credit Boom In The EU New Member States: Bad Luck Or Bad Policies?
May 2010
In the past decade, most of the EU New Member States experienced a severe credit-boom bust cycle. This paper argues that the credit boom-bust cycle was to a large extent the result of factors...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Finance Conference Targets 'Inexcusable Mistakes'
Nov 2007
When David Fitzpatrick '77 left United Technologies in 2002 to become chief financial officer of Tyco International - one of the poster children of corporate wrongdoing in the early years of this...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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Webcasts
The Extreme Relevance Of Cash Flow
Mar 2009
It's one thing to have a great idea and an awaiting market, but it's quite another to realize that cash flow is the oxygen in the bloodline of a fledgling business. Elizabeth Holmes, President and...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Lead Your Company Through An Economic Slowdown
Oct 2008
During periods of economic decline entrepreneurs are most likely to bear the brunt economically. Do not bury your head in the ground waiting for things to get better. Look how your business can...
Provided by SBA
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e-Books
Archiving for Dummies e-book
Mar 2012
Want the smartest IT department? Just surround yourself with Dummies. Data retention in today's digial era is a major challenge for businesses and organizations. This e-book is your guide to the...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
A Tale Of Two Strategies: Cash Flow, Accruals And The Role Of Investor Sentiment
Apr 2009
This paper documents a subtle and counter-intuitive interaction between operating Cash FlOw (CFO) and accruals, and their association with future stock returns. While the two strategies should by...
Provided by University of South Florida
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White Papers
Myopic Extrapolation, Price Momentum, And Price Reversal
Jun 2009
The momentum profits are realized through price adjustments reflecting shocks to firm fundamentals after portfolio formation. In particular, there is a consistent cross-sectional trend, from...
Provided by Kent State University
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White Papers
The Long-Term Discount Rate
Jun 2009
The authors develop an expression for the long-term discount rate in an economy in which a representative consumer has access to both a risk-free and a risky production technology. Even when the...
Provided by Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
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White Papers
Mispricing Of Dual-Class Shares: Profit Opportunities, Arbitrage, And Trading
Jun 2009
This is the first paper to examine the microstructure of how mispricing is created and resolved. The authors study an easily observable type of mispricing, i.e. dual class-shares with equal...
Provided by University of Notre Dame
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White Papers
The Impact Of A Stock Listing On The Relationship Between Growth Opportunities And Investment-Cash Flow Sensitivity
Apr 2008
This paper investigates the impact of growth opportunities on the interpretation of investment-cash flow sensitivity of large Belgian companies. The authors use data on long time listed firms,...
Provided by Lessius
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White Papers
Commonality In Disagreement And Asset Pricing
Mar 2008
This paper presents a dynamic model to demonstrate that, when differences-of-opinion over individual securities have a common component, the valuation of the aggregate market can be higher than...
Provided by Columbia University
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White Papers
Selectively Hedging The Currencies When The PPP Puzzle Meets The Forward Premium Anomaly
Dec 2007
This paper proposes a selective hedging strategy for managing foreign exchange risk which calls for hedging when a foreign currency is over-valued and the forward contract is trading at a premium...
Provided by Massey University
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White Papers
On The Equivalence Of Dividend, Free Cash Flow And Residual Income Valuation
Dec 2007
From a theoretical point of view the three standard equity valuation approaches, i.e. the Dividend Discount Model (DDM), the Residual Income Model (RIM) and the Discounted Cash Flow Model (DCF)...
Provided by University of Cologne
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White Papers
Firm Diversification And The Value Of Corporate Cash Holdings
Nov 2007
This paper studies the relation between firm diversification and the value of corporate cash holdings. The authors develop four competing hypotheses based on efficient internal capital market,...
Provided by University of Exeter
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White Papers
Company Valuation, Risk Sharing And The Government's Cost Of Capital
Dec 2007
Assuming a no arbitrage environment, this paper analyses the role of the government in the context of company valuation when firms follow different financial policies. For the two analyzed...
Provided by University of South Florida
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White Papers
Accruals, Free Cash Flows, And Ebitda For Agribusiness Firms
Jul 2006
This paper explores the relationships between the accrual and cash flow components of earnings for agribusiness. Three accrual models with their respective cash flows, free cash flows, and free...
Provided by American Agricultural Economics Association
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White Papers
Cash Flow And Product Market Competition: An Empirical Analysis
Jul 2009
Using a tax-induced negative shock to expected cash flows in the tobacco industry as a natural experiment, the author finds significant positive returns to rivals who compete with non-tobacco...
Provided by Clemson University
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White Papers
Corporate Taxes And Investment: The Cash Flow Channel
Jan 2011
Existing literature focuses on how corporate taxation affects firms' investment decisions by altering after-tax returns. This paper instead examines how corporate taxation affects investment by...
Provided by University of Texas
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White Papers
Factoring Agreement - Financing Method For The Companies In Lack Of Cash-flow
Feb 2011
The benefits of factoring apply to all the parties involved in the transaction. There are always three different parties to each factoring transaction. The first is the customer or buyer. The...
Provided by University of Petrosani
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White Papers
Private Equity In The 21st Century: Cash Flows, Performance, And Contract Terms From 1984-2010
Feb 2011
Using detailed data on the quarterly cash flows and management contracts for a large sample of private equity funds from 1984-2010, the authors investigate the behavior of private equity cash...
Provided by Ohio State University
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Webcasts
SAP BusinessObjects Edge: Analyze and Manage Your Cash Flow
Jul 2011
Keep your cash flow in focus, while driving business performance. Take a test drive with the SAP BusinessObjects Edge iTour and discover how your organization can achieve greater visibility,...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Conflicts And Solutions Between Material Flow Cost Accounting And Conventional Management Thinking
Jul 2010
Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA), a major tool in environmental management accounting, has been developed worldwide. In Japan, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has been...
Provided by Kobe University
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White Papers
Investment Irreversibility, Cash Flow Risk, And Value-Growth Stock Return Effects
Jan 2007
The authors simulate results from a real options model for two distinctly different types of companies. The companies differ depending on whether they face single or multiple growth options....
Provided by University of Texas
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White Papers
Genetic Algorithm Estimation Of Interest Rate Term Structure
Apr 2007
The term structure of interest rates is an instrument that gives them the necessary information for valuing deterministic financial cash flows, measuring the economic market expectations and...
Provided by Banco de España
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White Papers
Market Frictions And Ability To Invest: A Cash Holding Policy Perspective
Aug 2007
This paper is an original attempt to systematically analyse the effects of different cash holding policies on corporate investment decisions. In a dynamic framework, where firms have both present...
Provided by Manchester Business School
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White Papers
The Role Of Accruals In Predicting Future Cash Flows And Stock Returns
Aug 2010
The authors revisit the role of the cash and accrual components of accounting earnings in predicting future cash flows using out-of-sample predictions, firm-specific regression estimates, and...
Provided by Rutgers, State University of New Jersey
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White Papers
Agency Problems At Dual-Class Companies
Nov 2006
The authors use a sample of U.S. dual-class companies to examine how the divergence between insiders' control rights and cash-flow rights affects managerial extraction of private benefits of...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
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White Papers
What Drives Returns To Euro Area Housing? Evidence From A Dynamic Dividend-Discount Model
Mar 2009
The authors apply a dynamic dividend-discount model to analyse unexpected housing returns in a panel of eight euro area countries which together comprise 90% of euro area GDP. The application of...
Provided by European Central Bank
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White Papers
The Response Of Firms? Investment And Financing To Adverse Cash Flow Shocks: The Role Of Bank Relationships
Jul 2006
The authors test whether firms with a single bank are better shielded from loss of credit and investment cuts in periods of adverse cash flow shocks than firms with multiple bank relationships....
Provided by European Central Bank
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White Papers
What Drives EU Banks? Stock Returns? Bank-level Evidence Using The Dynamic Dividend-Discount Model
Sep 2006
The authors combine the dynamic dividend-discount model with an accounting-based vector autoregression framework that allows for a decomposition of EU banks' stock returns to cash-flow and...
Provided by European Central Bank
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White Papers
The Effect Of Financial Development On The Investment Cash Flow Relationship: Cross-Country Evidence From Europe
Oct 2006
The authors investigate financing constraints in a large cross-country data set covering most of the European economy. Firm level investment sensitivity to cash flow is used to identify financing...
Provided by European Central Bank
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White Papers
Cashflow News, The Value Premium And An Asset Pricing View On European Stock Market Integration
Nov 2007
The decomposition of national CAPM market betas of European countries' value and growth portfolio returns into cashflow and discount rate news driven components reveals that high average returns...
Provided by University of Zurich
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White Papers
Some Critical Comments On Credit Risk Modeling
Nov 2007
In this paper the authors are focus on drawbacks in the basis of the credit risk modeling. The credit risk along with the credit derivatives is a modern area of the financial business. In recent...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Credit Line Availability And Utilization In REITs
Jun 2010
Analysis of REIT credit line availability and use under normal conditions and during the recent financial crisis are provided. Descriptive statistics indicate REIT credit lines represent an...
Provided by University of Mississippi
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White Papers
Risk-Based Cash Demand In A Firm
Nov 2007
Maximization of enterprise owner's wealth is the basic financial aim in management. Cash management must contribute to the realization of this aim. This paper presents a determination method for...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Valuation Approaches And Metrics: A Survey Of The Theory And Evidence
Nov 2006
Valuation lies at the heart of much of what we do in finance, whether it is the study of market efficiency and questions about corporate governance or the comparison of different investment...
Provided by Stern School of Business
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White Papers
Valuing Distressed And Declining Companies
Jun 2009
The most difficult companies to value are at either end of the life cycle, with young growth companies and declining companies posing the biggest challenges. In this paper, the authors focus on...
Provided by Stern School of Business
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White Papers
Forward Vertical Integration: The Fixed-Proportion Case Revisited
Nov 2007
Assuming a fixed-proportion downstream production technology, partial forward integration by an upstream monopolist may be observed whether the monopolist is advantaged or disadvantaged cost-wise...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Sectoral Asymmetries, Currency Mismatch And Sudden Stops
Dec 2007
Recent financial crises in developing countries have exhibited sharp falls in capital flows, i.e. sudden stops and accompanying large output drops. Several models have tried to connect these two...
Provided by Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey
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White Papers
Private Investment And Cash Flow Relationship Revisited: Capital Market Imperfections And Financialization Of Real Sectors In Emerging Markets
Nov 2007
Based on the Euler equation approach, the paper analyzes the impacts of availability of internal funds on fixed investment spending in the presence of multiple investment options. It is argued...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
What Lies Beneath: Foreign Exchange Rate Exposure, Hedging And Cash Flows
Jan 2008
This paper presents results from an in-depth analysis of the foreign exchange rate exposure of a large nonfinancial firm based on proprietary internal data including cash flows, derivatives and...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Corporate Cash Flow And Stock Price Exposures To Foreign Exchange Rate Risk
Jan 2008
This paper estimates the foreign exchange rate exposure of 6,917 U.S. nonfinancial firms on the basis of stock prices and corporate cash flows. The results show that several firms are...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Treasury Cash Flows In The Enterprise
Oct 2008
Treasury allows appreciating the enterprise's performance, having also a strategic role in terms of its training level and usage manners. Release (training) of treasury (cash-flow) is the proof of...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Corporate Investment, Cash Flow Level And Market Imperfections
Feb 2010
The authors analyze firms' investment behavior, differentiating firms according to the cash flow levels they experience during their lifecycles. They consequently consider the firm as the basic...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Cointegration And Long-Run Asset Allocation
May 2007
violations of the expectations hypothesis in bond and foreign exchange markets. The authors argue that key economic channels featured in the long-run risks model - long-run growth fluctuations and...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
Average Returns, B/M, And Share Issues
May 2007
The Book-to-Market ratio (B/M) differs across stocks because of differences in expected cashflows and expected stock returns. The author's hypothesis is that the evolution of B/M, in terms of past...
Provided by University of Chicago (Booth)
-
White Papers
Cash Flow Multipliers And Optimal Investment Decisions
Mar 2010
By postulating a simple stochastic process for the firm's cash flows in which the drift and the variance of the process depend on the investment policy of the firm, author developed a theoretical...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
-
White Papers
Retail Investor Sentiment And Return Comovements
Aug 2006
This paper uses trading records of individual investors to investigate the effect of retail trading on stock returns. Our analysis is based on a sample of more than 1.85 million buy and sell...
Provided by University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)
-
White Papers
Securitization And Real Investment In Incomplete Markets
Jan 2009
This paper studies the impact of financial innovations on real investment decisions within the frame-work of an incomplete market economy comprised of firms, investors, and an intermediary. The...
Provided by University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)
-
White Papers
Making A Million Bucks Doesn't Mean You Have Great Cash Flow
May 2009
There are a lot of misconceptions about cash flow. Here is a brief rundown of what cash flow is not. Cash flow is not Your sales revenue, Your checking account balance, Your profit. So let's take...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
New Opportunities For Onshore And Offshore RMB Liquidity Management
Aug 2010
Larger numbers of Multinational Corporations (MNCs) are setting up treasury centers on the Chinese mainland and more Chinese companies are leveraging their lower cost base and strong liquidity to...
Provided by Citigroup
-
Webcasts
Cash Flow Challenges
Apr 2010
"If I have a low cash flow, will I have a big problem getting a government contract or subcontract?" asks one small business owner at OPEN's Victory in Procurement (VIP) event. Yvette Clarke,...
Provided by American Express
-
Webcasts
Surviving A Cash Crunch
Jul 2009
Gary Hirshberg of Stonyfield Farms talks about how to keep your business afloat and pay for goods before you turn your first profit.
Provided by American Express
-
Webcasts
Cardmember Profile: Adnor Publications
Apr 2009
Ronda Abbruzzese runs a free Spanish-language newspaper, so collecting from advertisers is essential. Her company garners positive press - and positive cash flow.
Provided by American Express
-
Webcasts
Be Financially Prepared
Apr 2010
The lack of a positive cash flow could be a major reason why you might be denied a contract opportunity believes Mark Dobosz, President of the SCORE Foundation. During OPEN's Victory in...
Provided by American Express
-
Webcasts
Top Five: Budgeting In A Downturn
Jan 2010
The ups and downs of the economy are forcing many entrepreneurs to watch their cash flow. This webcast provides five tips budgeting for in a downturn from the New York Enterprise Report.
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Proper Credit Policies & Procedures Can Help Minimize Your Cash Flow Risk
Nov 2009
Along with slowing sales, many small businesses are encountering difficulty collecting on money that is owed to their business. A recent Intuit Payroll Survey of over 1000 small businesses...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
The 5 Secrets Of Cash Flow Forecasting
Jul 2010
While forecasting cash flow may sound like a smart idea every business should implement, you might be surprised how many don't. Most businesses have no formal cash flow forecasting process in...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
How To Tell If It's The Right Time To Hire
Jul 2010
Sure, there may be some tepid signs that the economy is improving. But it's still hard to know whether the time is right to start bringing on new full-time employees. "Caution is the word of the...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Don't Let Your Cash Flow Go Down The Drain
Jun 2010
Having more cash coming in is obviously good, but what's perhaps not so obvious is that money owed to you - which is nice to have on the books - isn't as nice to have as money in the bank. If you...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Squeeze More Cash Out Of Your Business
May 2010
When times are tough, finding ways to squeeze cash out of your business may mean the difference between survival and failure. When the economy is slow, finding new ways to make money isn't easy...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
How A Long-Term View Can Help Your Cash Flow
May 2010
The author suggests not to make decisions based on short-term gains; look beyond the value of individual transactions to the long-term relationship. "If you focus on the lifetime value of the...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Inventory: The Crucible Of Success
May 2010
Just as the lake behind Hoover Dam has an optimal level, so does the inventory in a business. While an inventory level that is too low initially helps cash flow, it will eventually hurt it. Low...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
6 Tips For Improving Your Invoicing Process
Apr 2010
An efficient invoicing process is essential to maintaining a healthy cash flow. Smart invoicing can significantly shorten the time between when you complete a project and when you get paid for it....
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Increasing Rapid Payments From Your Customers
Apr 2010
One key component of small business success is cash flow - getting payments from your customers so that you have the money to pay your suppliers (and, hopefully, earn some profit for yourself). Of...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Minimizing Late Payments To Maximize Your Cash Flow
Mar 2010
Don't allow late payments to skew your cash flow. If you find that a payment due to you is late, don't let it dangle in the wind. Contact them and see what the issue is and whether or not you can...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Strapped? Strategies For Improving Your Cash Flow
Mar 2010
In a time of slow sales growth, cash flow is a troubling issue for many companies. In fact, 47% of small business owners have experienced cash flow problems over the last 90 days, according to a...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
40 Tips To Accelerate Your Cash Flow
Mar 2010
Business is actually quite simple - generate positive cash flow, and hopefully lots of it. In practice, however, it is a little harder to accomplish. Invoice on-time because every day you are late...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
How To Design Credit Policies
Mar 2010
When designing your company's credit policies, focus on supporting your company's goals. Most likely, you'll want to increase sales, market share, and profits. First, figure out the route you'll...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
5 Ways You Can Improve Cash Flow With Your Invoices
Mar 2010
Cash flow can be a crucial issue for small businesses: until your clients pay you, you may not be able to turn around and pay your own bills. That can make improving your cash flow a priority. But...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
3 Components Of Financial Clarity
Mar 2010
The over-arching challenge most businesses have on their profit and loss statement is complying with the matching principle - matching revenues and correlated expenses in the correct period. First...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Cash Flow: What It Is And What It Isn't
Mar 2010
If a commemorative coin were commissioned to recognize the contribution of the small business economy, it would surely be embossed with the words: In Cash We Trust. If you've ever scrambled to...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Cash Flow And Leasing
Mar 2010
One of the most common pieces of advice given on business management websites when it comes to cash flow discussions is to lease your equipment. The argument in favor of leasing is...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Here Comes Good News For Credit-Starved Small Businesses
Feb 2010
One of the biggest challenges facing small businesses today is the availability of credit. Various surveys have confirmed that while banks have tentatively become more willing to extend credit,...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Getting The Bank In Your Corner As A Small Businessperson
Jan 2010
Cash flow is the lifeblood of any small business. The quicker you can translate your hard work into cash in the bank, the better. Of course, one big key in all of this is the bank itself. The...
Provided by American Express
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Top Tips For Good Small Business Cash Flow
Jun 2010
It has often been said that in the world of business 'Cash is king', in fact it is probably truer to say that 'Cash flow is king', certainly in the world of the small business and unless you are...
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How To Make A Big Difference To Your Small Business With The Right Financial
Jun 2010
When you embark on your new business there are several crucial areas of financial management that should be built into your overall business plans and your day to day operations. In this paper,...
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How Do International Financial Flows To Developing Countries Respond To Natural Disasters?
Jul 2010
This paper uses multivariate dynamic panel analysis to examine the response of international financial flows to natural disasters. The models estimated for a large sample of developing countries...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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The Impact Of Capital And Foreign Exchange Flows On The Competitiveness Of Developing Countries
Jul 2010
Attracting capital and foreign exchange flows is crucial for developing countries. Yet, these flows could lead to real exchange rate appreciation and may thus have detrimental effects on...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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Currency Hedging For International Portfolios
Jun 2010
This paper examines the benefits from hedging the currency exposure of international investments in single- and multi-country equity and bond portfolios from the perspectives of German, Japanese,...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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The Credit Boom In The EU New Member States: Bad Luck Or Bad Policies?
May 2010
In the past decade, most of the EU New Member States experienced a severe credit-boom bust cycle. This paper argues that the credit boom-bust cycle was to a large extent the result of factors...
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Finance Conference Targets 'Inexcusable Mistakes'
Nov 2007
When David Fitzpatrick '77 left United Technologies in 2002 to become chief financial officer of Tyco International - one of the poster children of corporate wrongdoing in the early years of this...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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Webcasts
The Extreme Relevance Of Cash Flow
Mar 2009
It's one thing to have a great idea and an awaiting market, but it's quite another to realize that cash flow is the oxygen in the bloodline of a fledgling business. Elizabeth Holmes, President and...
Provided by Stanford University
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Lead Your Company Through An Economic Slowdown
Oct 2008
During periods of economic decline entrepreneurs are most likely to bear the brunt economically. Do not bury your head in the ground waiting for things to get better. Look how your business can...
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