Equity securities

SEC filings (US Securities and Exchange Commissions). Available-for-sale securities are one type of investment a company can make. Available-for-sale securities are any security not classified as a trading security or held to maturity security. These can either be debt or equity securities, however, the accounting is the same for each. An accountant must properly account and report these securities on the company's financial statements. Accountants revalue available-for-sale securities each year…

This presentation is to explore the differences and similarities of short-term and long-term securities investments. Throughout the presentation, various benefits will be discussed on which security will best fit the organization. However, each firm must decide which security investment will fit best for their particular organization. In some cases, firms use securities as resources for improving their organization’s financial stability, in order to remain competitive in current markets.…

Characteristics Global depository Receipts (GDRs) means a security which accords a right to the registered holder to own a prescribed quantity of securities issued by a listed issuer, and which security is issued outside the jurisdiction of the United States of America. They are instruments that do not listed on US exchange but most commonly exchanges in London or Luxembourg .The characteristics of Global Depositary Receipts (GDR) are it is a secured security; it can be converted into number of…

LA TROBE VENTURE CAPITAL PROGRAM La Trobe University’s envisions itself as being one of the top 300 schools internationally. To do this, it needs to improve on some aspects of its business to get a higher score from international university ranking publishers. One of the most influential publishers is the British Quacquarelli Symonds, issuer of the QS World University Rankings. The university’s QS world rank is in a steady decline from its 205th rank in 2007 to its current rank which sits just…

mortgage on your home by borrowing against the equity you have built up in it. -Taking out an unsecured home improvement loan -Refinancing your current first mortgage loan. Deciding which option is best for you depends on a number of factors, ranging from the size of your borrowing needs to the repayment options of the loan programs you are considering. For example, a home equity loan offers the security of fixed interest rates. With a fixed-rate home equity loan, borrowers can avoid interest…

ACC 557 week 8 Homework CH 12 Exercise 12-7 (Part Level Submission) | | On January 1, Vince Corporation purchased a 25% equity in Morelli Corporation for $180,000. At December 31, Morelli declared and paid a $60,000 cash dividend and reported net income of $200,000. (a) | | | | Your answer is correct. | | | Journalize the transactions. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.) (b) | | | | Your answer…

Abstract The factors affecting the firm’s value been the subject of considerable studies for both academics ‎and professionals, especially how capital structure decision affects firm value in what way and to ‎what extent. However, the overall effect of leverage on firm’s value is still a debatable issue and ‎there is no certainty about it. This research aims to examine the impact of capital structure decision ‎on firm value for firms listed on American stock exchanges and included within S&P 500…

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For my term project I decided to research convertible bonds further and how they are used in the financial industry. Convertible bonds are extremely interesting as they represent a bond with a stock payout if exercised. Also Convertible bonds act like corporate bonds with lower interest rates because of their possible stock options. There is a give and take with convertible bonds because companies will offer lower yields on these bonds and there’s a possibility that their stocks fall or don’t…

investor’s portfolio. By using Apple’s capitalization ratio, we can determine that the company is a good investment. Although they took on $64 billion in long and short term debt they are a solid company. When we divide the debt by the stockholders’ equity we can determine that Apple has a 31% capitalization ratio, which is up over 10% from the previous…