GLG News in Accounting & Financial Analysis

The concept of  fair  value, value in  exchange, risk  measurement  and  the  evolution  of  new  derivative  instruments  continue  to  confound  the  initiated  and  the  beginner. In  this  concept  the  FASB  has  decided  to  approach  the  context ...

Economic viability depend on two major variables. Volume Growth: How many more 9 liter cases had been considered to the analysis? Brand Profitabilty: How will the profit after marketing be increased on a unitary basis?  Shelf price increases may be difficult given the crowed premium vodka space. Would reduced marketing be possible?

The  sub-prime crisis  is to an extent a  creation of  Accountants  and  Auditors. Had  the  accounting/auditing   profession  properly  presented  the  value  of  derivative  instruments  held by banks, hedge  funds  and  other  investment  institutions  then risks would  have ...

The  banking  system is  in  a  systemic  crisis. The  US  government  and  Federal  Reserve  are  now  trying  to  set  the  system  right.  The   present  efforts  are  in  my  opinion  bound  to  fail  because  they  are  flawed ...

1.   Banks create value for shareholders by creating value for customers.  Much of that value to customers is embedded in information systems. 2.   The business of banking evolves quickly, forcing banks to evolve their competitive strategy and resulting advantage.  Information systems are at the heart of this evolution. 3.   The recent challenges of risk management...

Will President Bush's recent nomination of two Democrats to the SEC make it more investor friendly?  Not likely!

The move of Federal Bank buy mortgage-backed debts and J.P. Morgan Chase buy Bear Stearns come late of the subprime crisis but still make a significant effect on the financial market as what Malaysian government did during the 1998 Asian Financial Crisis by a not welcome move of use capital control to revived the economy.

Maybank, the Malaysia biggest bank is walk out of Asian Financial Crisis, after acquired 56% of Bank Internasional Indonesia now planning to acquire Vietnam's An Binh Bank, thanks to the bold move to curb the crisis ten years ago.

Long Term prospectus for Newspapers are actually bleak. Reasons are plenty. To state a few, having been in this industry, I can share that the new digital era is taking over with technology and media support. Material reading content will shrink; browing will increase (infact it has already increased substantially). Content writers in 'digi-media' would be more intelligent, more fast and more paid....

1.  Value is defined by risk.  Risk deals with uncertainty of the future.  How a firm manages risk is a major determinant of its value. 2.  Accounting standards are dedicated to reporting the past.  Given it is the past, there is little risk or uncertainty regarding such events.  Merely reporting the past does not give the financial analyst the insights needed. 3. ...