Schaum's quick guide to business formulas : 201 decision-making tools for business, finance, and accounting students
Item details
- ISBN: 0070580316
- ISBN: 9780070580312
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Physical Description:
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xiv, 354 p. : ill ; 23 cm. - Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, c1998.
Contents / Notes
General Note: | "Originally published under the title: The McGraw-Hill pocket guide to business finance."--T.p. verso. Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Accounts Payable Ratios 1 -- 2. Accounts Receivable Management 2 -- 3. Accounts Receivable Ratios 6 -- 4. Acid-Test (Quick) Ratio 8 -- 5. Actual Cash Value 9 -- 6. Adjusted Gross Income 9 -- 7. Alpha Value 10 -- 8. Amortized Loan 11 -- 9. Annual Percentage Rate 12 -- 10. Applied (Predetermined) Overhead Rate 15 -- 11. Arbitrage 16 -- 12. Arithmetic Average Return 18 -- 13. Asset Utilization (Turnover) 19 -- 14. Audit Fees to Sales 21 -- 15. Average (Arithmetic Mean) 21 -- 16. Bad-Debt Ratios 23 -- 17. Bank Reconciliation 24 -- 18. Barron's Confidence Index 27 -- 19. Beta 27 -- 20. Black-Scholes Option-Pricing Model 31 -- 21. Bond Valuation 31 -- 22. Bond Yield 33 -- 23. Book Value per Share 37 -- 24. Breadth Index 38 -- 25. Breakeven Formulas 39 -- 26. Capital-Asset Pricing Model 41 -- 27. Capitalization Rate 42 -- 28. Cash Flow Ratios 43 -- 29. Cash-Management Models 45 -- 30. Cash Plus Cash Equivalents to Working Capital 47 -- 31. Cash Ratios 48 -- 32. Certainty-Equivalent Approach 49 -- 33. x[superscript 2] (Chi-Square) Test 50 -- 34. Coefficient of Variation 53 -- 35. Common-Stock Valuation 54 -- 36. Contribution Margin 58 -- 37. Controllable (Budget, Spending) Variance 60 -- 38. Conversion Ratio 61 -- 39. Corporate Planning Models 61 -- 40. Correlation Analysis 65 -- 41. Cost of Capital 69 -- 42. Cost of Credit 75 -- 43. Cost of Prediction Errors 77 -- 44. Credit Cost on Installment Purchase 78 -- 45. Current-Liability Ratios 78 -- 46. Current Ratio 79 -- 47. Decision Matrix 81 -- 48. Decision Tree 83 -- 49. Decomposition of Time Series 84 -- 50. Defensive Interval Ratio 90 -- 51. Deposits Times Capital Ratio 90 -- 52. Depreciation Formulas 91 -- 53. Direct Costs-to-Sales Ratios 94 -- 54. Discretionary-Cost Ratios 96 -- 55. Dividend Ratios 97 -- 56. Dollar-Cost Averaging 99 -- 57. Du Pont Formulas 100 -- 58. Earnings per Share 103 -- 59. EBIT-EPS Approach to Capital Structure 105 -- 60. Economic Order Quantity 108 -- 61. Economic Production Run Size 109 -- 62. Effective Annual Yield 110 -- 63. Effective Interest Rate 112 -- 64. Effective Tax Rate 113 -- 65. Elasticity of Demand 113 -- 66. Equity Ratios 115 -- 67. Equivalent Taxable Yield 117 -- 68. Estimated Expenses versus Cash Expenses 118 -- 69. Expected Value and Standard Deviation 119 -- 70. Exponential Smoothing 122 -- 71. Fixed-Asset Ratios 124 -- 72. Fixed-Charge Coverage 129 -- 73. Flexible-Budget Variance 130 -- 74. Foreign-Exchange Gains and Losses 131 -- 75. Forward Premium (or Discount) on a Forward Exchange Contract 132 -- 76. Funded Debt (Long-Term Debt) to Operating Property 133 -- 77. Funds-Flow Adequacy Ratio 133 -- 78. Future (Compound) Value 134 -- 79. Future Value of an Annuity 136 -- 80. Geometric Average Return 138 -- 81. Gordon's Dividend Growth Model 140 -- 82. Gross Income Multiplier 140 -- 83. Gross Profit Variance 141 -- 84. Growth Rate 146 -- 85. High-Low Method 147 -- 86. Holding-Period Return 150 -- 87. Horizontal Analysis 151 -- 88. Housing-Affordability Measures 152 -- 89. Index-Number Trend Series 153 -- 90. Index of Bearish Sentiment 153 -- 91. Indirect Labor to Direct Labor 154 -- 92. Inflation Adjustments 155 -- 93. Instability Index in Earnings 157 -- 94. Insurance Reimbursement 157 -- 95. Interest Computation 158 -- 96. Interest Coverage (Times Interest Earned) Ratio 159 -- 97. Interest-Rate Swaps 160 -- 98. Internal Rate of Return (Time-Adjusted Rate of Return) 162 -- 99. Intrayear Compounding 164 -- 100. Inventory Ratios 166 -- 101. Investment Income to Investments 168 -- 102. Investment Turnover 168 -- 103. Lawsuit Damages to Sales 169 -- 104. Learning Curve 170 -- 105. Least-Squares Regression 174 -- 106. Leverage Ratios and Financial Leverage 177 -- 107. Life Insurance Adequacy 181 -- 108. Linear Programming 181 -- 109. Liquid Assets to Take-Home Pay 184 -- 110. Liquidity Index 184 -- 111. Loan-Loss Coverage Ratio 185 -- 112. Loans to Deposits 186 -- 113. Maintenance and Repair Index 187 -- 114. Margin Requirement 187 -- 115. Marginal Cost and Marginal Revenue 188 -- 116. Market-Index Model 190 -- 117. Materiality of Options 191 -- 118. Median 192 -- 119. Mix and Yield Variances 194 -- 120. Mode 199 -- 121. Moving Average 200 -- 122. Multiple Regression 201 -- 123. Multiple-Regression Tests 203 -- 124. Naive Forecasting Models 212 -- 125. Net Asset Value 213 -- 126. Net-Cost Method 214 -- 127. Net Income Multiplier 215 -- 128. Net Savings 216 -- 129. Net Worth 216 -- 130. Noncurrent Assets to Noncurrent Liabilities 217 -- 131. Normal Distribution 218 -- 132. Odd-Lot Index 220 -- 133. Off-Balance-Sheet Assets and Liabilities 220 -- 134. Operating Assets Ratio 221 -- 135. Operating Cycle 222 -- 136. Operating Leverage 223 -- 137. Operating Revenue-to-Operating Property Ratio 225 -- 138. Opportunity Cost 225 -- 139. Opportunity Cost of Not Taking a Discount 226 -- 140. Payback Period 227 -- 141. Pension Formulas 228 -- 142. Percent Earned on Operating Property 230 -- 143. Percent-of-Sales Method for Financial Forecasting 231 -- 144. Personal Debt to Personal Assets 233 -- 145. Portfolio Theory 234 -- 146. Preferred Stock to Total Stockholders' Equity 237 -- 147. Present Value 238 -- 148. Present Value of an Annuity 239 -- 149. "Pressing" Current Liabilities to "Patient" Current Liabilities 241 -- 150. Price-to-Book Value Ratio 243 -- 151. Price-Earnings Ratio (Multiple) 243 -- 152. Price (Rate, Spending) Variance 245 -- 153. Profit Margin 246 -- 154. Profitability Index 247 -- 155. Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) 249 -- 156. Quality of Earnings 253 -- 157. Quantity Discount Model (EOQ with Quantity Discounts) 255 -- 158. Quantity (Usage, Efficiency) Variance 257 -- 159. Realization Risk in Assets 259 -- 160. Regression Statistics 260 -- 161. Reorder Point 263 -- 162. Repairs and Maintenance Ratios 265 -- 163. Residual Income 266 -- 164. Return on Total Assets 267 -- 165. Risk-Adjusted Discount Rate 268 -- 166. Risk Measures 269 -- 167. Rule of 72 and Rule of 69 272 -- 168. Rule of 78 273 -- 169. Safety Stock 274 -- 170. Sales-Mix Analysis 278 -- 171. Sales Returns and Allowances to Sales 281 -- 172. Sales to Current Assets 281 -- 173. Sales to Current Debt 282 -- 174. Sales to Personnel 283 -- 175. Sales Variances 284 -- 176. Salesperson Variances 285 -- 177. Savings to Income 287 -- 178. Selling Price Computation 288 -- 179. Shadow Price 289 -- 180. Simple Interest 291 -- 181. Simple (Accounting) Rate of Return 292 -- 182. Simple Regression 292 -- 183. Simulation Model 294 -- 184. Sinking Fund Computation 299 -- 185. Systematic-Sampling Formula 300 -- 186. Take-Home Pay to Debt-Service Charges 301 -- 187. Taxable Income 302 -- 188. Trading on the Equity (Real Estate) 302 -- 189. Trend Equation 303 -- 190. Valuation of a Business 305 -- 191. Value of Option (Call and Put) 310 -- 192. Value of Stock Rights 314 -- 193. Variable Costs to Fixed Costs 317 -- 194. Vertical (Common-Size) Analysis 318 -- 195. Volume (Denominator) Variance 319 -- 196. Warehouse Cost Variances 320 -- 197. Weighted Average (Mean) 321 -- 198. Wilcox's Gambler's-Ruin Prediction Formula 323 -- 199. Working Capital 324 -- 200. Yield on Preferred Stock 326 -- 201. Z-Score Model: Forecasting Business Failures 327. |
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