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		<title>Financial &amp; Business Data, Statistics and Knowledge Banks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All financial analysts would know the difficulty and complexity in obtaining sources of factual data and statistics that can be used as historical or forecast basis for projections in financial models.
The Financial Modeling Guide has compiled a list of business and economic data banks from around the world (but with a U.S focus) that provides [...]


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		<title>Financial Simulation Analysis &amp; Modeling</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Behavioral and Simulation analysis is often used in financial modeling and analysis to understand the tradeoffs between quantifiable risks and returns, using a systematic methodology that adjusts for a variety of financial and business variables, to arrive at a range of outcomes that are then used to make business decisions.
The widespread availability and use of [...]


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		<title>Financial Analysis Primer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Financial Modeling Guide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This video talks about the basics of financial analysis - which is essentially an assessment of the viability, stability and profitability of an investment or business. Useful and meaningful information that reflect the health and viability of an investment decision or business derived from financial analysis is normally used by executive decision makers, bankers who lend money [...]


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		<title>Using Monte Carlo Simulation Analysis for Finance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The long held assumptions that risk assessment metrics and risk premiums don&#8217;t change much have been dramatically challenged. The rapid, global meltdown of financial markets and the real economy in 2008 and 2009 has shown that risk premiums can change quickly in both developed and emerging businesses and markets.
As a result, expected value and base [...]


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		<title>Financial Management Excel Templates (All Inclusive 150 Workbook Pack)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Financial Modeling Guide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We would like to introduce to Financial Modeling Guide readers a pack of 150 Excel workbook templates, Excel add-ins and Learning Modules which allows you to perform quick and easy Financial Management functions and analysis in Excel, including financial risk analysis, profit margin analysis, advanced cash flow and cash burn forecasting.
The Complete Excel Financial Templates [...]


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		<title>Analytical Tools in Financial Modeling &#8211; Horizontal Analysis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Financial Modeling Guide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Horizontal analysis helps identify abnormal changes over time, look at the illustration below.

Also known as Trends Statements, horizontal analysis may be performed in a financial model by means of:

Long-term trends &#8211; growth rate for a 10 year period
Year-to-year changes &#8211; indexed or percent changes
Geometric growth rates &#8211; compound annual growth rates (CAGR)

Horizontal analysis, whilst simple [...]


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		<title>Analytical Tools in Financial Modeling &#8211; Vertical Analysis</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Financial Modeling Guide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vertical analysis, also known as common-sized statements, can be used by a good financial analyst to develop insights into the economic characteristics of different industries and of different firms in the same industry when building a financial model.
Look at the illustration below:

In Common-sized statements, various components of the financial statements are standardized by expressing them [...]


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		<title>Analytical Tools in Financial Modeling &#8211; Financial Ratios</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Financial ratios are tools for interpreting financial statements to provide a basis for valuing securities and appraising financial and management performance.
A good financial analyst will build in financial ratio calculations extensively in a financial modeling exercise to enable robust analysis. Financial ratios allow a financial analyst to:

Standardize information from financial statements across multiple financial years to [...]


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		<title>Computing The Correlation Matrix &#8211; By Simon Benninga</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The correlation is one of the most common and useful statistical analysis tools that you can use in financial modeling and analysis. A correlation is a number that describes the degree of relationship between two variables.
Excel’s CORREL function enables you to compute correlations by returning the correlation coefficient of 2 cell ranges. You can use [...]


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