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APM473: Budgeting

Provides the student with knowledge of how to formulate and submit budgets. Also includes knowledge of cash-flow, returns on investments, assets and liabilities, forecasting, sales and income, break-even analysis, cost-benefit analysis, and various budgeting techniques.


 

Cash-Flow

Cash Flow
Brief definition with links to related sites from Investopedia.com

Cash Flow Budget
Includes cash flow budget worksheet from the Business Owner's Toolkit

Cash Flow Calculator
Use this calculator to experiment with factors affecting cash flow from Palo Alto Software

How to Better Manage Your Cash Flow
Article from Entrepreneur.com


Assets and Liabilities

Assets, Liabilities, and Owner's Equity
From MYOB

Assets, Liabilities, and Equity
An introduction from Accounting Base

Assets & Libabilities Business Example
From Oregon Trail Brewery


Sales and Income Break-Even Analysis

Break Even Method of Investment Analysis
Quick facts and mathematical explanation from the Colorado State University Cooperative Extension

Conducting a Break Even Analysis
Article from Entrepreneur.com

Cost Management & Sales Analysis
From BusinessFinance.com


Budgeting Techniques

Capital Budgeting
Concepts links from Teachmefinance.com

Capital Budgeting Overview
Self-paced tutorial from Studyfinance.com

Capital Budgeting Definition
From Investorwords.com

Capital Expenditures and Budgeting
Criteria for budgeting decisions from NetMBA.com

Performance Budgeting
Budgeting concepts, historical perspective, and more from the U.S. Department of Defense

Static versus Flexible Budgets
Exercise demonstrates budget variances from San Antonio College

Returns on Investments

Investment Calculators
From KJE Computer Solutions, LLC

Rates of Return and Risk
From the Australian Securities & Investments Commission

Rate of Return Calculator
Calculate rate of return for any investment from CNNMoney

Return on Investment (ROI) Analysis
From Solutionmatrix.com


Forecasting

Creating a Sales Forecast
Article from Entrepreneur.com

Different Approaches to Financial Forecasting
Article from Information Week

The Financial Forecast Center
Stock indexes, money rates, exhange rates, and economic indicators

Forecasting Your Sales Revenue
Additional article from Entrepreneur.com

Sales Forecasting
From tutor2u.net


Cost-Benefit Analysis

Cost Benefit Analysis
Article and related links from About.com

Cost Benefit Analysis
Decision making tools from MindTools.com

Tutor2U
Article on cost benefit analysis (CBA)


Addtional Sites of Interest

American Association of Individual Investors Investment information for the individual investor

Annual Report Gallery
Annual reports for individual and institutional investors

Bloomberg, L.P.
Leading global provider of data, news, and analytics

Business 2.0
Business news, technology news, and innovation

Business Week
Business news

CFO.com
Tools and resources for financial executives

CNN/Money
Business news from CNN and Money magazine

Comptroller of the Currency, Administrator of National Banks
Charters, regulates and supervises all national banks (U.S. Department of the Treasury)

Corporate Financials Online
Latest links to news from private companies

Corporate Information
Information on world securities markets including company profiles

Dow Jones and Company
Business and financial news and information

The Economist
Online highlights of print business journal (Full text articles available through EbscoHost)

Entrepreneur
Solutions for growing businesses

Euromoney Magazine
One source for information on many markets 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Helps to maintain a stable and sound banking system

Federal Reserve System
Central bank of the U.S.

Federal Reserve Educational Sites
Links to instructional materials on the Federal Reserve, economics, and financial education

Finance Site List
Links to financial journals and more from the College of Business, Ohio State University

Finance Wise
Search engine focused specifically on financial-only content

Financial Calculators
From Investopedia.com

Financial Market Center
Analytical reports, data sets, teaching tools, and an extensive archive of Federal Reserve records

Financial Times
Financial news

Forbes
Business and financial news

Fortune
Business and financial news

Hoover’s Online
View company profiles and view stats and biographies for individual business people

Industry Data Finder
Industry profiles, statistics, forecasts, and news

Institutional Investor.com
News and resources for financial professionals

InvestorGuide.com
Investing, stock quotes and research, personal finance and business news

Journals: @Brint.com
Resources from business technology management and knowledge management

Market Watch
Stock market news, commentary, and investor research

Plunkett Research
Industry sector analysis and analysis, industry trends, and industry statistics

Risk Magazine
Online magazine for managing risk

Smart Money
Investing, saving, and personal finance

U.S. Department of the Treasury
Promotes conditions for prosperity and stability in the U.S.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Protects investors and maintains market integrity

Wall Street Journal
Business and stock market news

Yahoo! Finance
Latest in finance news

 

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