Financial Management: How To Make a Go Of Your Business

I. The Necessity of Financial Planning

What is Financial Management?
Tools of Financial Planning

II. Understanding Financial Statements: A Health
Checkup for Your Business

The Balance Sheet
The Statement of Income

III. Financial Ratio Analysis

Balance Sheet Ratio Analysis
Income Statement Ratio Analysis
Management Ratios
Sources of Comparative Information

IV. Forecasting Profits

Facts Affecting Pro Forma Statements
The Pro Forma Income Statement
Comparison with Actual Monthly Performance
Break-Even Analysis

V. Cash Flow Management: Budgeting and
Controlling Costs

The Cash Flow Statement

VI. Pricing Policy

Establishing Selling Prices
A Pricing Example
The Retailers Mark-Up
Pricing Policies and Profitability Goals

VII. Forecasting and Obtaining Capital

Types and Sources of Capital
Borrowing Working Capital
Borrowing Growth Capital
Borrowing Permanent Equity Capital
Applying for Capital

VIII. Financial Management Planning

Long-Term Planning
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