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As the technology of money and banking continues to make spending easier, individuals, families, companies, and governments need to adopt more effective budgeting methods, strategies, and tools to balance their outflows to their inflows and avoid deficit (or debt-based) spending. Presently nearly all large businesses reforecast their original budgets on a quarterly basis. As months pass, the actual income achieved and expenses incurred can be compared to the budget and forecasts

The budget of a company is compiled annually. A finished budget usually requires considerable effort and can be seen as a financial plan for the new financial year. While traditionally the Finance department compiles the company's budget, modern software allows hundreds or even thousands of people in the various departments (operations, human resources, IT etc) to contribute their expected revenues and expenses to the final budget


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* Encyclopedia II - Budget - Corporate budget

The budget of a company is compiled annually. A finished budget usually requires considerable effort and can be seen as a financial plan for the new financial year. While traditionally the Finance department compiles the company's budget, modern software allows hundreds or even thousands of people in the various departments (operations, human resources, IT etc) to contribute their expected revenues and expenses to the final budget. If the actual numbers delivered through the financial year turn out to be close to the budget, this will ...

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* Encyclopedia II - Budget - The future

As the technology of money and banking continues to make spending easier, individuals, families, companies, and governments need to adopt more effective budgeting methods, strategies, and tools to balance their outflows to their inflows and avoid deficit (or debt-based) spending. Presently nearly all large businesses reforecast their original budgets on a quarterly basis. As months pass, the actual income achieved and expenses incurred can be compared to the budget and forecasts. Variances between these financial plans and actual deli ...

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* Encyclopedia II - Finance - Examples of some basic financial concepts

The activity of finance is the application of a set of techniques that individuals and organizations (entities) use to manage their financial affairs, particularly the differences between income and expenditure and the risks of their investments. An entity whose income exceeds its expenditure can lend or invest the excess income. On the other hand, an entity whose income is less than its expenditure can raise capital by borrowing or selling equity claims, decreasing its expenses, or increasing its income. The lender can find a ...

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* Encyclopedia II - Corporate finance - Capital investment decisions

Longer term Corporate finance decisions - generally relating to fixed assets and capital structure - are referred to as Capital investment decisions. The decision here will be based on several inter-related criteria. In general, management must "maximize the value of the firm" by investing in projects which are NPV positive, when valued using an appropriate discount rate; these projects must also be financed appropriately. If ...

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* Encyclopedia II - Finance - Business finance

In the case of a company, managerial finance or corporate finance is the task of providing the funds for the corporations' activities. It generally involves balancing risk and profitability. Long term funds would be provided by ownership equity and long-term credit, often in form of bonds. These decisions lead to the company's capital structure. Short term funding or working capital is mostly provided by banks extending a line of credit. On the bond market, borrowers package their debt in the form of bonds. The borrower receives the m ...

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* Encyclopedia II - Finance - Financial economics

Financial economics is the branch of economics studying the interrelation of financial variables, s.a. prices, interest rates and shares as opposed to those concerning the real economy. Financial economics concentrates on influences of real economic variables on financial ones, in contrast to pure finance. It studies: Valuation - Determination of the fair value of an asset How risky is the asset? (identification of the asset appropriate discount rate) What cash flows will it produce? (discounting of rele ...

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* Encyclopedia II - Corporate finance - Financial risk management

Main article: Financial risk management Risk management is the process of measuring risk and then developing and implementing strategies to manage that risk. Financial risk management focuses on risks that can be managed ("hedged") using traded financial instruments (typically changes in commodity prices , interest rates, foreign exchange rates and stock prices). Financial risk management will also play an important role in cash management. This area is related to corporate finance in two ways. Firstly, firm exposure to ...

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* Encyclopedia II - Corporate finance - Working capital management

Decisions relating to working capital and short term financing are referred to as working capital management. These involve managing the relationship between a firm's short-term assets and its short-term liabilities. The goal of Working capital management is to ensure that the firm is able to continue its operations and that it has sufficient cash flow to satisfy both maturing short-term debt and upcoming operational expenses. ...

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* Encyclopedia II - Finance - Personal finance

Questions in personal finance revolve around How much money will be needed by an individual (or a family) at various points in the future? Where will this money come from (e.g. savings or borrowing)? How can people protect themselves against unforeseen events in their lives, and risk in financial markets? How can family assets be best transfered across generations (bequests and inheritance)? How do taxes (tax subsidies or penalties) ...

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* Encyclopedia II - David Ricardo - Personal life

Born in London, Ricardo was the third of seventeen children in a Sephardic Jewish family (from Portugal) that emigrated from The Netherlands to England just prior to his birth. At age 14 Ricardo joined his father at the London Stock Exchange, where he began to learn about the workings of finance. This beginning set the stage for Ricardo's later success in the stock market and real estate. Ricardo rejected the orthodox Jewish beliefs of his family and eloped with a Quakeress, Priscilla Anne Wilkinson, when he was 21, leading to estrang ...

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* Encyclopedia II - Capitalism - Other approaches

Capitalism - Capitalism in political ideologies. Main article: Capitalism and related political ideologies Capitalism - Indices of economic freedom. There are two Indices of Economic Freedom used in economic research, one published by the Heritage Foundation (a neoliberal thinktank) and the Wall Street Journal, another published by the Fraser Institute. Both attempt to measure of the degree of economic freedom in countries, mostly in regard to lack of governmental interv ...

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