Unlike banks, credit unions do not pay taxes; this allows them to offer higher rates for deposits and lower rates for loans. The credit union members are the share owner of the credit union, meaning that it assets are based on the membership deposits. If the membership declines it faces tremendous problems. The biggest trend that is threading the credit union today is the financial crisis that is swiping the financial industry, financial institutions that have been establish over 100 years have fallen to this crises. The future of the banking industry and credit union is not certain.
1. From your understanding of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, explain how you feel it may negatively affect America’s stock exchanges. The higher than expected costs for many public companies caused some companies to abandon their public status. The costs of SOX compliance negatively affect companies, markets, investors, and economic growth. Fewer companies are willing to enter the market because of the SOX requirements that make going public too costly.
An example of this would be when a customer is not able to pay their bill because due to a downturn in the economy, money may be tight if they have been laid off from their jobs or faced with unexpected hospital bills. Under the direct write-off method, companies record bad debts expense in a period that is different from the period in which they record the revenue. The method does not attempt to match bad debts expense to sales revenues in the income statement. The direct write-off method show accounts receivable in the balance sheet at the amount the company actually expects to receive. Unfortunately, unless bad debt losses are insignificant to the company, the direct write-off method is not acceptable for financial reporting
Form 8582 Passive Activity Loss Limitations ▶ See separate instructions. ▶ Attach to Form 1040 or Form 1041. OMB No. 1545-1008 Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service (99) Name(s) shown on return Attachment Sequence No. 88 Identifying number 2011 Clifford Johnson Part I 2011 Passive Activity Loss Caution: Complete Worksheets 1, 2, and 3 before completing Part I.
The elimination of short-term debt shows that Home Depot, Incorporated is not using such debt to meet short-term cash requirements. The cause of the elimination of short term debt may be caused by the improved cash position and the economy. Home Depot, Incorporated’s financial position and ratios look good. In fiscal year 2008, the long-term debt-to-equity ratio was 54.4% compared to fiscal year 2007’s 64.3%. In fiscal year 2008, the return on invested capital of continuing operations was 9.5% compared to fiscal year 2007’s 13.9%.
The discount rate, in turn, directly affects the rates at which banks can lend money to its customers. When the Fed lowers the rate, it tends to have the effect of increasing consumer demand for money, since consumers are able to borrow money from banks at lower rates. The second way is by adjusting reserve ratios. The reserve ratio is the amount of cash banks most keep on hand in relation to the amount of money they loan out to consumers. When the Fed lowers the reserve ratio, it means that banks are able to loan out more money to its customers since they need to keep fewer dollars in cash reserves relative to the amount of money they lend out.
Rodriguez argues that more needs to be done about regulating cash lender services, similar to the way banks have been regulated for decades. What I find interesting is that if banks have been experiencing a period of de-regulation in the last 40 years, and it’s still cheaper to get a bank loan or create a checking account, then how many regulations are these cash lender services exempt from? In other words, how bad is it,
2. Why does a business that has a profit of $30,000 per year need a bank loan? They have a shortage of cash since they are usually taking advantage of the trade discounts. They also have a lot of money tied up in inventory and they are collecting their accounts receivable much later (about 43 days) then they are paying their accounts payable (about 10 days). – ratios in excel spreadsheet 3.
From 1979 to 2006, the financial industry’s share in the nation’s corporate profits grew from a fifth to almost a third. By 2006, bankers and insurers were making 70 percent more, on average, than workers in the rest of the private sector. Then they set off again one of the worst financial crises since the Great Depression, and taxpayers bailed them out. The corruption is just not limited to Wall Street but also politicians who made money off of looking the other way. My input on this is that we did not learn anything from the crash of the stock market in 1929.
Financiering 6012B0217 Financiering Case 2012/2013 Vraag 1 a) Excel regression (ongecorrigeerde beta) equity beta van ING: 1.972874 ASML: 1,002967 Ahold: 0,395736 b) We know that there is a linear relationship between the stock beta and its expected return. So, if there is fewer stock the security market line will be steeper so, the beta will be smaller. Vraag 2 ßu = ßa= (E/(D+E)) x ße Net debt: Interest Bearing Debt – Cash and Cash Equivalents ING: 47284/(1234038+47284) x 1,972874 = 0,07280 Debt: 1247110-13072=1234038 ASML: 2773908/(1456616+2773908) x 1,002967 = 0,65763 Debt: 3406450-1949834=1456616 Ahold: 5910/(6215+5910) x 0,395736 = 0,192891 Debt: 8815-2600=6215 Vraag 3 a) ASML has a higher asset beta because it participates in an market which develops faster, so it has a higher systematic risk. Ahold has a lot of more diversity on his business. Ahold can better spread his risk.