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What is included on an Income Statement?

V. Barnes
Answered: May 10, 2018

Income statement determines the company's financial performance over a specific accounting period. Financial status is assessed by giving a summary of how the business generates its revenues and...Read More

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Why would a stocks market price be more volatile if thecompany has a smaller public float?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 24, 2024

The fewer the number of shares and shareholders, the harder it becomes to buyshares at a reasonable price. the larger the float, the greater the chance that therewill be sellers who are asking for a...Read More

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What is the best site for purchasing office equipment?

M. Kennedy, Web Content Writer
Answered: Jun 28, 2018

It would depend on where you are comfortable purchasing different products. Are you a traditional type of shopper? If yes, this means that you would rather see the items in person before you buy...Read More

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What happens if I write a put & I already own the underlying common shares?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 24, 2024

If i buy a put from you, i have purchased an option that allows me to sell shares to youat the exercise price. what this does for me is establish a short sale position. sinceyou sold me a put...Read More

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Can you give me an example of a swap?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 24, 2024

Heres an example. party a and party b enter into a swap in which party a makesfloating rate payments to party b, and party b makes fixed rate payments to party a.whats actually exchanged between the...Read More

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What is the difference between Marginal Cost and Average Cost?

Anthony Paul Bonadio, Teacher
Answered: Jun 18, 2019

The average cost refers to the amount that will be spent to make sure that specific processes and items will be produced or appropriately offered to the general public. Marginal cost applies to...Read More

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How do we know if we should use the BID or ASK price when calculating the price of a bond in this course?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 24, 2024

If i told you that you had to buy a bond right now, and the bid was 99.25 and the askwas 99.75, how much would you have to pay? To answer this question, you need tofigure out who is going to sell...Read More

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How can you say that the price is a future price if it is set on the basis of the current market?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 24, 2024

When you enter into a forward or futures contract with another party, you and that party are agreeing that a purchase and sale will take place in the future on a particular date. The price to be...Read More

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What are covered puts and covered calls?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 24, 2024

A covered put position entails writing puts and selling short an equivalent amount ofthe underlying stock. a covered call position entails writing calls and buying anequivalent amount of the...Read More

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What are the advantages of declaring bankruptcy?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 24, 2024

There are advantages of declaring bankruptcy however it is not the easy way out when you are suffering from debt. Some advantages of this are immediate relief from creditors searching for money....Read More

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Can you summarise the differences between the consolidated method, equity method, and cost method of accounting?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 24, 2024

Here is a brief summary: consolidated method of accounting (leads to minority interest entries in financial statements): If company abc owns more than 50% of company xyz, then all of xyzs...Read More

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How can a shareholder or a group of shareholders owning lessthan 50% of voting shares control a corporation?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 24, 2024

Lets say one investor owns 35% of the voting shares, and no other investor ownsmore than 1% of the voting shares. the only way i can get outvoted is by a substantialportion of other shareholders...Read More

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Can a partner sue the partnership?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 24, 2024

A group of individuals that form a partnership does not take on a separate legalpersonality from the people who make up the partnership. this differs from acorporation. that means, when dealing with...Read More

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Can you please explain the difference between FIFO and LIFO with an example?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 24, 2024

Heres an example with calculations: nnote: cogs refers to the cost of the goods that are sold by the company. Assume the following two companies sell hairbrushes for $10 a piece. the first set of...Read More

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Are the costs for purchasing an option similar to the costs forpurchasing a futures contract?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 24, 2024

When you buy a call option, you pay a premium that you can never have back. thesame is not the case for a futures contract.compare the following two scenarios:1. you buy a copper futures contract...Read More

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