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Schaum's Quick Guide to Business Formulas: 201 Decision-Making Tools for Business, Finance, and Accounting Students

by: Shim, Jae; Hartman, Stephen; Siegel, Joel

Schaum's Quick Guide to Business Formulas: 201 Decision-Making Tools for Business, Finance, and Accounting Students

by: Shim, Jae; Hartman, Stephen; Siegel, Joel

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9780070580312
ISBN 10:
0070580316
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 11/22/1997
Publisher: McGraw Hill

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The Fastest, Easiest Way to Learn: Schaum's Quick Guides These concise, quick reference guides are perfect for business people, writers, and students at all levels. Written by top experts, they offer readers the easiest, most efficient strategies to master or learn a new skill. All Schaum's Quick Guides include do's and don'ts for avoiding common errors, handy checklists, and practice exercises for building skills quickly.

Preface

xiii

1. Accounts Payable Ratios

(1)

2. Accounts Receivable Management

(4)

3. Accounts Receivable Ratios

(2)

4. Acid-Test (Quick) Ratio

(1)

5. Actual Cash Value

(1)

6. Adjusted Gross Income

(1)

7. Alpha Value

(1)

8. Amortized Loan

(1)

9. Annual Percentage Rate

(3)

10. Applied (Predetermined) Overhead Rate

(1)

11. Arbitrage

(2)

12. Arithmetic Average Return

(1)

13. Asset Utilization (Turnover)

(2)

14. Audit Fees to Sales

(1)

15. Average (Arithmetic Mean)

(2)

16. Bad-Debt Ratios

(1)

17. Bank Reconciliation

(3)

18. Barron's Confidence Index

(1)

19. Beta

(4)

20. Black-Scholes Option-Pricing Model

(1)

21. Bond Valuation

(2)

22. Bond Yield

(4)

23. Book Value per Share

(1)

24. Breadth Index

(1)

25. Breakeven Formulas

(2)

26. Capital-Asset Pricing Model

(1)

27. Capitalization Rate

(1)

28. Cash Flow Ratios

(2)

29. Cash-Management Models

(2)

30. Cash Plus Cash Equivalents to Working Capital

(1)

31. Cash Ratios

(1)

32. Certainty-Equivalent Approach

(1)

33. X(2) (Chi-Square) Test

(3)

34. Coefficient of Variation

(1)

35. Common-Stock Valuation

(4)

36. Contribution Margin

(2)

37. Controllable (Budget, Spending) Variance

(1)

38. Conversion Ratio

(1)

39. Corporate Planning Models

(4)

40. Correlation Analysis

(4)

41. Cost of Capital

(6)

42. Cost of Credit

(2)

43. Cost of Prediction Errors

(1)

44. Credit Cost on Installment Purchase

(1)

45. Current-Liability Ratios

(1)

46. Current Ratio

(2)

47. Decision Matrix

(2)

48. Decision Tree

(1)

49. Decomposition of Time Series

(6)

50. Defensive Interval Ratio

(1)

51. Deposits Times Capital Ratio

(1)

52. Depreciation Formulas

(3)

53. Direct Costs-to-Sales Ratios

(2)

54. Discretionary-Cost Ratios

(1)

55. Dividend Ratios

(2)

56. Dollar-Cost Averaging

(1)

57. Du Pont Formulas

100

(3)

58. Earnings per Share

103

(2)

59. EBIT-EPS Approach to Capital Structure

105

(3)

60. Economic Order Quantity

108

(1)

61. Economic Production Run Size

109

(1)

62. Effective Annual Yield

110

(2)

63. Effective Interest Rate

112

(1)

64. Effective Tax Rate

113

(1)

65. Elasticity of Demand

113

(2)

66. Equity Ratios

115

(2)

67. Equivalent Taxable Yield

117

(1)

68. Estimated Expenses versus Cash Expenses

118

(1)

69. Expected Value and Standard Deviation

119

(3)

70. Exponential Smoothing

122

(2)

71. Fixed-Asset Ratios

124

(5)

72. Fixed-Charge Coverage

129

(1)

73. Flexible-Budget Variance

130

(1)

74. Foreign-Exchange Gains and Losses

131

(1)

75. Forward Premium (or Discount) on a Forward Exchange Contract

132

(1)

76. Funded Debt (Long-Term Debt) to Operating Property

133

(1)

77. Funds-Flow Adequacy Ratio

133

(1)

78. Future (Compound) Value

134

(2)

79. Future Value of an Annuity

136

(2)

80. Geometric Average Return

138

(2)

81. Gordon's Dividend Growth Model

140

(1)

82. Gross Income Multiplier

140

(1)

83. Gross Profit Variance

141

(5)

84. Growth Rate

146

(1)

85. High-Low Method

147

(3)

86. Holding-Period Return

150

(1)

87. Horizontal Analysis

151

(1)

88. Housing-Affordability Measures

152

(1)

89. Index-Number Trend Series

153

(1)

90. Index of Bearish Sentiment

153

(1)

91. Indirect Labor to Direct Labor

154

(1)

92. Inflation Adjustments

155

(2)

93. Instability Index in Earnings

157

(1)

94. Insurance Reimbursement

157

(1)

95. Interest Computation

158

(1)

96. Interest Coverage (Times Interest Earned) Ratio

159

(1)

97. Interest-Rate Swaps

160

(2)

98. Internal Rate of Return (Time-Adjusted Rate of Return)

162

(2)

99. Intrayear Compounding

164

(2)

100. Inventory Ratios

166

(2)

101. Investment Income to Investments

168

(1)

102. Investment Turnover

168

(1)

103. Lawsuit Damages to Sales

169

(1)

104. Learning Curve

170

(4)

105. Least-Squares Regression

174

(3)

106. Leverage Ratios and Financial Leverage

177

(4)

107. Life Insurance Adequacy

181

(1)

108. Linear Programming

181

(3)

109. Liquid Assets to Take-Home Pay

184

(1)

110. Liquidity Index

184

(1)

111. Loan-Loss Coverage Ratio

185

(1)

112. Loans to Deposits

186

(1)

113. Maintenance and Repair Index

187

(1)

114. Margin Requirement

187

(1)

115. Marginal Cost and Marginal Revenue

188

(2)

116. Market-Index Model

190

(1)

117. Materiality of Options

191

(1)

118. Median

192

(2)

119. Mix and Yield Variances

194

(5)

120. Mode

199

(1)

121. Moving Average

200

(1)

122. Multiple Regression

201

(2)

123. Multiple-Regression Tests

203

(9)

124. Naive Forecasting Models

212

(1)

125. Net Asset Value

213

(1)

126. Net-Cost Method

214

(1)

127. Net Income Multiplier

215

(1)

128. Net Savings

216

(1)

129. Net Worth

216

(1)

130. Noncurrent Assets to Noncurrent Liabilities

217

(1)

131. Normal Distribution

218

(2)

132. Odd-Lot Index

220

(1)

133. Off-Balance-Sheet Assets and Liabilities

220

(1)

134. Operating Assets Ratio

221

(1)

135. Operating Cycle

222

(1)

136. Operating Leverage

223

(2)

137. Operating Revenue-to-Operating Property Ratio

225

(1)

138. Opportunity Cost

225

(1)

139. Opportunity Cost of Not Taking a Discount

226

(1)

140. Payback Period

227

(1)

141. Pension Formulas

228

(2)

142. Percent Earned on Operating Property

230

(1)

143. Percent-of-Sales Method for Financial Forecasting

231

(2)

144. Personal Debt to Personal Assets

233

(1)

145. Portfolio Theory

234

(3)

146. Preferred Stock to Total Stockholders' Equity

237

(1)

147. Present Value

238

(1)

148. Present Value of an Annuity

239

(2)

149. "Pressing" Current Liabilities to "Patient" Current Liabilities

241

(2)

150. Price-to-Book Value Ratio

243

(1)

151. Price-Earnings Ratio (Multiple)

243

(2)

152. Price (Rate, Spending) Variance

245

(1)

153. Profit Margin

246

(1)

154. Profitability Index

247

(2)

155. Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)

249

(4)

156. Quality of Earnings

253

(2)

157. Quantity Discount Model (EOQ with Quantity Discounts)

255

(2)

158. Quantity (Usage, Efficiency) Variance

257

(2)

159. Realization Risk in Assets

259

(1)

160. Regression Statistics

260

(3)

161. Reorder Point

263

(2)

162. Repairs and Maintenance Ratios

265

(1)

163. Residual Income

266

(1)

164. Return on Total Assets

267

(1)

165. Risk-Adjusted Discount Rate

268

(1)

166. Risk Measures

269

(3)

167. Rule of 72 and Rule of 69

272

(1)

168. Rule of 78

273

(1)

169. Safety Stock

274

(4)

170. Sales-Mix Analysis

278

(3)

171. Sales Returns and Allowances to Sales

281

(1)

172. Sales to Current Assets

281

(1)

173. Sales to Current Debt

282

(1)

174. Sales to Personnel

283

(1)

175. Sales Variances

284

(1)

176. Salesperson Variances

285

(2)

177. Savings to Income

287

(1)

178. Selling Price Computation

288

(1)

179. Shadow Price

289

(2)

180. Simple Interest

291

(1)

181. Simple (Accounting) Rate of Return

292

(1)

182. Simple Regression

292

(2)

183. Simulation Model

294

(5)

184. Sinking Fund Computation

299

(1)

185. Systematic-Sampling Formula

300

(1)

186. Take-Home Pay to Debt-Service Charges

301

(1)

187. Taxable Income

302

(1)

188. Trading on the Equity (Real Estate)

302

(1)

189. Trend Equation

303

(2)

190. Valuation of a Business

305

(5)

191. Value of Option (Call and Put)

310

(4)

192. Value of Stock Rights

314

(3)

193. Variable Costs to Fixed Costs

317

(1)

194. Vertical (Common-Size) Analysis

318

(1)

195. Volume (Denominator) Variance

319

(1)

196. Warehouse Cost Variances

320

(1)

197. Weighted Average (Mean)

321

(2)

198. Wilcox's Gambler's-Ruin Prediction Formula

323

(1)

199. Working Capital

324

(2)

200. Yield on Preferred Stock

326

(1)

201. Z-Score Model: Forecasting Business Failures

327

(2)

Appendix

329

(12)

Index

341

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Schaum's Quick Guide to Business Formulas: 201 Decision-Making Tools for Business, Finance, and Accounting Students

Schaum's Quick Guide to Business Formulas: 201 Decision-Making Tools for Business, Finance, and Accounting Students

9780070580312

0070580316

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