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Fundamental Analysis – Financial Ratios Formulae

Posted by ozstock on Nov 18th, 2008

Fundamental Analysis Ratios Formula This is a collection of commonly used financial ratios to assess the health of a company, as part of fundamental analysis. They include financial ratios from categories such as: Management Ratios, Profitability, Liquidity, Working Capital, Debt Structure, Debt Protection. The definition are taken from a financial course in Valuation which I [...]

We’re All Suckers

Posted by Debbie on Nov 12th, 2008

Here’s a headline to warm your cockles, “US car giants ‘laugh at Aussie suckers.’” The Australian newspaper tells us that “former managing director of Mitsubishi Australia Graham Spurling said the car companies would get a “free ride” from the Rudd Government on research and development.” Obviously having a domestic manufacturing industry is important. And it [...]

Customer Management is not Customer Service

Posted by Greg on Nov 8th, 2008

When you have many customers, you need to manage them, certainly, but this is not the same as customer service. Unfortunately, big businesses think this is the same thing. It is easy to recognise them. When you call them, you end up listening to a recording telling you which button to push, and then in [...]

Increase Your Prices by Packaging Value

Posted by Greg on Oct 31st, 2008

In any buying decision, this is question that must be answered by the buyer: “Is the product or service worth it?” Or more generally, is the offer made by the seller is equal to the dollars that they are asking for it. Let’s take a simple example, water. If you wanted a drink of water, [...]

Boundaries between home & work

Posted by TashWord on Oct 29th, 2008

In a traditional job setting, it’s fairly clear to see the difference between work and home – until you start bringing work home anyway! But when you run a business or have a remote job, it can be harder to spot the difference – and harder to manage things. Of course, the big question is [...]

Disagreeing with clients – the nice way!

Posted by TashWord on Oct 29th, 2008

If you work for clients, you will not always agree with how they want things done. Sometimes, it will just be a matter of personal choice so you stay quiet and do things their way. Other times, your professional experience and knowledge leads you to believe the client would be better off following your way. [...]

Small Business Marketing in a Downturn

Posted by Greg on Oct 26th, 2008

With all the bad news on TV, everyone is looking at tightening their belts. There is nothing wrong with that, as during the good times, we can all get a little bit flabby. So is marketing a place where you should start the cutting? It depends. If your marketing is working, it will be generating [...]

Where to go when the bank says no….

Posted by NathanK on Sep 23rd, 2008

Even the strongest businesses are finding accessing credit through a bank difficult in the current environment. Below are some ideas that may assist businesses to continue the hunt when their bank won’t come to the party:

What a week in banking, but has anything changed

Posted by NathanK on Sep 20th, 2008

Commercial Lenders go back to basics, where perhaps they should never have strayed….

The ABC Sneers at Small Business

Posted by Greg on Sep 14th, 2008

As the self appointed mouth piece of state enterprise (is that an oxymoron?), it is well known that the ABC deeply dislikes big business. Now it is showing what it thinks about small business in their new program “Very Small Business”. This is a missed opportunity. The program could have shown how the little guy [...]

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