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		<title>Other Financial Ratios Used in Financial Modeling</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 05:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have covered the most commonly used financial ratios that a financial analyst will come across when building a financial model, and a good financial analyst should be aware that the financial ratios we reviewed are a sub-set of many more used in financial modeling and financial analysis at large. Look at the illustration below [...]


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		<title>Analytical Tools in Financial Modeling – Financial Ratios</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:00:02 +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 [...]


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		<title>Financial Ratios Primer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In finance, a financial ratio is a ratio of selected values on a enterprise&#8217;s financial statements. There are many standard ratios used to evaluate the overall financial condition of a corporation or other organization, which any good financial modeler should be aware of when conducting a financial modeling exercise. Financial ratios are used by managers [...]


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		<title>Liquidity Ratios in Financial Modeling</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liquidity ratios indicate the ability of the company to meet its short-term obligations, and help a financial analyst assess this aspect of a company&#8217;s performance from the results of a financial model or financial statements. There are 2 common liquidity ratios that a financial modeler is likely to come across. Current ratio Current assets are [...]


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		<title>Performance Ratios in Financial Modeling</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 10:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are 4 common types of financial ratios that a good financial analyst will use to assess the performance of a business or project in building or interpretating the results of a financial model. These 4 performance ratios are by no means exhaustive, but provide a good rule of thumb indication on the most important [...]


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		<title>Working Capital Ratios in Financial Modeling</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Working capital ratios demonstrate the company’s efficiency at managing its resources, with particular reference to cash flow, and allows a good financial analyst to quickly and efficiently assess this aspect of the company&#8217;s performance in a financial modeling project.  Some typical working capital ratios that a financial analyst will come across include: Days inventory, this [...]


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		<description><![CDATA[Solvency ratios indicate the risk inherent in the company as a result of its debt. A good financial analyst will use solvency ratios to keep tabs of the forecasts made in a financial modeling exercise on debt accumulation to ensure that they are realistic and prudent. A good financial analyst will also use solvency ratios [...]


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