Answer: 1. a. Liquidity Ratios
b. Activity Ratios
c. Financial Ratios
d. Profitability Ratios
e. Market Value Ratios
2. A. Seasonal factors can distort data
B. Window dressing might be in effect.
Explanation:
a. Liquidity Ratios give the company an idea of it's ability to access hard currency. Examples include the Current ratio and the Quick ratio.
b. Activity Ratios allows stakeholders know how efficient the company is at running daily operations. Examples include; Receivables Turnover and Asset Turnover ratios.
c. Financial Ratios are very important to the company as they can decide if a company will be able to get loans. They include ratios that measure the firm's ability to pay off debt as well as the overall condition of the firm in terms of it's finances.
Examples include; Net Profit Margin and Debt to Asset ratio.
d. Profitability Ratios
These help ascertain the ability of the business to make returns based on its resources. Examples include Return on Assets and Return on Equity.
e. Market Value Ratio
These essentially help the company and other stake holders know what the company is worth in the market. An example is the Book Value per Share ratio.
2. Seasonal Factors may indeed distort data depending on the type of industry that the firm is into and ratios will usually not show this. For instance, an Ice Cream company will not have strong sales in winter so when interpreting ratio analysis it would be important to note that this could happen.
Another weakness is that ratios are calculated based on the figures that are given by a company. These figures may not truly reflect the actual situation of the company when management supply more optimistic figures than is true. This is called Window Dressing.
It will have the effect of distorting the ratios so that they do not represent a true representation of the actual situation of the company.
Answer:
Depends if the accusations are true or not.
Explanation:
If the client has hard solid proof of these claims then you should try apologizing and stop false advertising, unfair practices, and discrimination. If the client doesn't have proof of these claims and is lying, you should try banning them from your buisness. Keep doing your job but be more aware of these things.
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Answer:
True
Explanation:
Collateral is an asset used as a guarantee or security for the payment of a loan. It assures the lender that a borrower will pay back the loan.
If an entrepreneur applies for a business loan, the bank will most likely demand collateral. The entrepreneur will need to offer an asset, either property or motor vehicle, that will act as a guarantee for the loan. Should the entrepreneur fail in repayment, the bank can sell the asset to recover their money.
Few, if any, will lend anyone money based on a business idea alone. Many banks will demand a business proposal to be backed with some guarantee to secure funding.
Answer:
7.76%
Explanation:
In this question, we use the PMT formula which is shown in the spreadsheet.
The NPER represents the time period.
Given that,
Present value = $969
Future value = $1,000
Rate of interest = 8.1%
NPER = 17 years
The formula is shown below:
= PMT(Rate;NPER;-PV;FV;type)
The present value come in negative
So, after solving this, The PMT would be $77.58
The coupon rate is shown below:
= (Coupon payment ÷ par value) × 100
= ($77.58 ÷ $1,000) × 100
= 7.76%
Answer:
b. The refusal has an anti competitive effect on the market.
Explanation:
When a company that sells certain products fails to sell same to a retailer who deals in same products, such is said to have anti competitive effect on the market. The aim is to reduce competition in the market.
This type of refusal would always lead to price fixing, boycott.etc. When there is price fixing, it would lead to customers being unable to buy the product due to high price.
Products that are evenly distributed and not selective would increase competition in the market place such that customers would be able to purchase such product in any retail shop that sells the products.
