GLG News in Accounting & Financial Analysis

Increasing interest rates and debt service, a Decrease in available cash, a Migration to more fixed rate borrowing and appeals to state governments for assistance, a delay in physical plant additions/upgrades

Have a daughter who is a retired school teacher. She was required to perform in life's real world as a student teacher for a period of roughly six months prior to her graduation. Points of requirement:  1.  Opportunity to observe the teacher who was her mentor and evaluator. 2.  Opportunity to relate to the students on a one on one basis.         ...

As the  rate of  growth of  economies  the  world over grows so does the frequency  of  failures and shortcomings in global  and  national  financial markets. In this analysis I take a look  at  the  role which  the  nature of financial training and education plays in these  repeated unhealthy  financial cycles.

This article discusses the move for Companies to report revenues using IFRS rather than US GAAP.  The move to IFRS is troublesome for several reasons: 1. US GAAP provides specifics and guidance for a multitude of revenue transactions and industries, many of which will be scrapped; 2. In contrast, Global Standards have many variants diminishing consistency and comparability between companies;...

Investors and traders need "buy," "hold" and "sell: signals based on intrinsic value models, e.g., bond, stock, futures, options, swap, real estate, etc. models, but there is no consensus, even among expert economists, what are "fair" intrinsic value models, although a minority consensus is emerging, based on "risk-neutral pricing" models. But even "risk-neutral pricing" experiences epistemological...

China is in an important transition from its communist 18th century mercantilistic trade policy, based on fixed exchange rates towards a policy of integration into the world trade system, based on floating exchange rates. This leads to an appreciation of the Asian currencies versus the US dollar. This currency appreciation leads to slowing Asian exports to the USA, slower internal econmomies...

This article reveals the bizarre mindset of managers who (a) want to take huge risks for a shot at high returns, (b) don’t mind reporting results when they succeed, but (c) don’t want to report their losses. To put it another way, they want to invest in risky securities but report income from their ventures as if they put money into certificates of deposit. There is no legitimacy in twisting the accounting...

Retail chains are fast growing thanks to corresponding consumer purchasing power and increased disposable income however galloping the reality prices to disproportionate heights. Greater Retail chains are emerging in all countries more particularly most populated countries like India and Asian countries. Prices are affordable to quality standards and increasing awareness of consumers. Value for Money...

The Convergence  bandwagon  marches  on. Just  as  we  today have  metric  standards  in  the  area  of  physics  so  accounting  standards  will  converge  -  but  not  fully. The  point  here  is  that  accounting  is  evolving  at  a  fast ...

For one reason, this industry has outperformed the commercial average for the most recent eight years. Secondly, demographics are driving medical services. More of the population is aging. People are living longer. And Medical technology is improving at a rate that provides new and better healthcare services. Thirdly, there is never a down year for Healthcare space. Whether there is a recession or...