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Sample Questions for ERP Exam
The Energy Risk professional (ERP) exam is a premier risk certification for the professionals in the energy field. The e...
Why companies issue multiple classes of common stock?
Question Companies issue various classes of common shares such as Class A shares and class B shares. Why is that? ...
Basel III for Dummies
Basel III is the third Basel Accord from Bank of International Settlements. The objective of the Basel III accord is to...
FRM Pass Rate and Grading
What’s the FRM Exam Pass Rate and how are you graded? In May 2014, the FRM Exam pass rates were as follows: Part I...
How to Show Negative Numbers in Brackets in MS Excel?
In accounting and financial models sometimes you will want to show negative numbers in brackets and in red color. For...
ERP vs. FRM Exam
Question: I know ERP and FRM are two different certifications, but I would like to know which one is more beneficial ...
How to Become a Data Scientist – Part 2
In Part 1 of How to Become a Data Scientist, we learned about the role of a data scientist, the kinds of problems that d...
How to Become a Data Scientist – Part 1
I cannot say that becoming a data scientist is the most glamorous job but I definitely agree that it is one of the most ...
Have You ever Heard of these High Paying Professions
Everyone dreams of retiring in comfort early on in life, but they mostly fail to do so because they haven’t charted the ...
Analyst Adjustments
While performing financial analysis, an analyst will make several adjustments to the financial statements of a company i...
Screening Equity Investments
Analysts also use financial statement analysis to screen equity investments. For example, in a mutual fund, the portfoli...
Credit Ratings
Rating agencies such as Standards and Poor’s, and Moody’s study the companies and issue credit ratings to companies as w...
Assessing the Credit Quality
An investor will generally analyse a company for an equity investment or a potential debt investment. With respect to de...
Projecting a Firm’s Financial Performance
Along with analyzing past performance, an analyst will also project a firm’s future income and cash flows. A simple mode...
Evaluating a Company’s Past Financial Performance
One of the key reasons an analyst looks at the financial statements of a business is to evaluate the past financial perf...
Defined Benefit Plans & the Company Balance Sheet
A Net Asset or a Net Liability Exists (unless DBO value = value of Plan Assets) DBO End of Period Recall that the defi...
Pension Expense (both GAAP & IFRS) for the Income Statement
Pension Expense = Increase in the DBO/PBO during the accounting period. Five Components of Company Pension Expense ...
Defined Benefits Plans vs. Defined Contribution Plans
Company provision of employee retirement (or post-employment) benefits often takes one of two forms: Defined contrib...
Disclosures for Capital and Operating Lease
Both Lessor and Lessee are required to provide disclosures related to Capital and Operating leases. The following disclo...
Effect of Leases on Financial Statements for Lessors
The table below summarizes the effects of operating, sales type capital leases, and direct financing capital lease on fi...
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