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- Financial calculator (a real one!):
Latest revision: September 27, 1996 (Version Beta 0.2); Excel version: March 26, 2000 (Version 1.0 beta)
A financial calculator helps assess the value of money at different points in time according to a variety of cash flow situations (cash flows are movements of cash, ie money you give or money you receive).
Use it to: Find the value of an investment along time, find how long your mortgage will last, how much to put aside for your retirement, how much stocks and bonds are worth... Features: Numerous choices, extensive explanations for both beginners and veterans, artificial intelligence analysis of your input, possibility of obtaining a table of amortization... Introduction - Tutorial - Mortgage - Planning for the Future - Spreadsheet - Breakeven Analysis:
Latest revision: June 4, 2005 (Version 2.0b); Excel version: March 26, 2000 (Version 1.3)
A breakeven analysis aims at determining the level of sales needed in order to breakeven.
Use it to: Find the level of sales in dollars and units to breakeven or reach a target profit, or to determine the price of a product or service. Features: Extensive explanations, table of sensitivity (what profit/loss can you expect around the breakeven point).
Main - Tutorial - Sample Output - Spreadsheet - Ratio Analysis:
Latest revision: June 4, 2005 (Version 2.0b); Excel version: March 26, 2000 (Version 1.1)
A ratio analysis transforms accounting numbers taken from a financial statement into meaningful ratios that highlight strengths and weaknesses of a business.
Use it to: Find out potential areas for concerns or improvement, within your business or competitors'. Features: Extensive explanations, choice of 32 ratios, interactive tutorial, artificial intelligence analysis of trends and results, for each period of input.
Main - Tutorial - Sample Output - Spreadsheet
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Other online business resources
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- Derivatives calculator, to compute the value of derivative (options, futures, warrants...) investments.
- Mortgage calculator, more focused but simpler to use than our financial calculator.
- Self-assessment tests, to find out more about your personality or the career you're best fit for.
- Quicken holds numerous resources for small businesses.
- Inc Online, a web site derived from Inc Magazine, offers online versions of its articles and publications.
Recommended Readings
Please check for newer editions by using the search field at the bottom !Also, try a search on the business topic of your choice (try "ratio analysis" for instance)...
- Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios 1999: 31st Annual Edition (Includes Book and Cd) (1/00).
- Techniques of Financial Analysis : A Practical Guide to Managing and Measuring Business Performance (9th Ed) (11/96).
- How to Understand Financial Statements : A Nontechnical Guide for Financial Analysts, Managers, and Executives/Book and Disk (1993).
- The Vest-Pocket Guide to Business Ratios (10/91).
- Financial Statement Analysis : A Practitioner's Guide (9/96).
- Foundations of Economic Value Added (1999).
- Schaum's Quick Guide to Business Formulas : 201 Decision-Making Tools for Business, Finance, and Accounting Students (9/97).
- Solving Business Problems Using a Calculator (2/98).
- Electronic Business Machines Calculation (9/96).
- Principles of Economics (Great Minds Series) [ABRIDGED] (5/97).
- Intermediate Microeconomics : A Modern Approach (3/99).
- Macroeconomics (2/98).
- Power Pricing : How Managing Price Transforms the Bottom Line (2/97).
- The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing : A Guide to Profitable Decision Making (5/94).
- The Hedge Fund Edge : Maximum Profit/Minimum Risk Global Trend Trading Strategies (Wiley Trading Advantage) (11/98).
- The Math Behind Wall Street : How the Market Works and How to Make It Work for You (10/98).
- Trading on Expectations : Strategies to Pinpoint Trading Ranges, Trends, and Reversals (Wiley Trading Advantage) (4/97).
- U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook '99 (Serial) (2/99).
- The Fast Forward MBA Pocket Reference (3/97).
- The Portable MBA in Finance and Accounting (2nd Edition) (8/97).
- The Portable MBA (10/97).
- How to Be a Star at Work : Nine Breakthrough Strategies You Need to Succeed (4/98).
- Marketing on the Internet : A 7-Step Plan for Selling Your Products, Services, and Image to Millions Over the Internet (5/98).
- Harley Hahn's Internet & Web Yellow Pages, Millenium Edition (11/99).
(Videos)- Wall Street, starring Michael Douglas (1987).
- Other People's Money, starring Danny De Vito (1991).
- Barbarians at the Gate, starring James Garner (1992).
- Trading Places, starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy (1983).
- Fierce Creatures, or how to run a zoo by Monthy Python's John Gleese (1997).
Last update: 4 June 2005
