Content preview from Fundamentals of Financial Management, Third Edition
- Why is financial forecasting important?
- In order to cope with the demand in future, future activities are planned and for that future financial variables are estimated.
- How do you forecast a single financial variable?
- First of all, sales are projected and then on that basis, other variables are estimated insofar as the other variables have some kind of relationship with sales.
- The past trend of a single variable is also considered.
- What are the different techniques of forecast?
- Use of ratios
- Simple, curvilinear and multiple regression analysis
- How is a complete forecast made?
- Proforma income statement
- Proforma cash-flow statement
- Proforma balance sheet
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