Sad stories about how people lost their hard earned money will continue to make head line for as long as people make investment. The reason for this is that many people throw their money away all in the name of investing. I was having a chat with a friend in a Christmas party last week […]

Management of working capital is one aspects of financial management that can either make or mare the fortune of a company. A profitable company can easily go underground if the liquidity position of the company is not viable enough to withstand temporary cash shock. The management of working capital financing is so important that many […]

Working capital management has an important role to play in the success of a business. Over 75% of companies that are running at a loss or struggling financially would be profitable and liquid if only the power of working capital management in releasing tied down capital that could otherwise be put to productive use are […]

The roles of accounts payable in managing working capital has always been overlooked by many businesses. The main reason for this oversight is the fact that many business organization do not deem it fit to employ an expert that would stir the accounts payable administrative functions of the entity. A research that I did during […]

Cash and finances are the living cells in businesses. A living thing becomes dead immediately the living tissues stop working. This is applicable to our businesses. Without proper cash management, the entire business model will ultimately come to a grind. This is why managers of all forward thinking businesses should have answer to the question: […]

Business valuation techniques and methods of valuing a business has in recent time receive lots of attention both from the field of academic and from practitioner with many empirical tests and evidences provided. Most of these empirical evidence conflicts on what the most popular and acceptable method of valuation is. My intention in this article […]

Fundamental analysis is all about intelligent and informed forecast in an attempt to establish an intrinsic value that corrects for that vital information that is missing from the financial statement. Business valuation and financial analysis are incomplete without proper and logically sound fundamental analysis. Traditional methods of valuation like; method of comparables, screening analysis, and […]

In this piece on how to select a financial planner, I would be sharing my personal experience and the techniques that my clients have used in the past to select financial planners.  Financial planners are one of those professionals that we cannot do without if we really want to better our finances. We all make […]

Green funds are collection of public funds by fund managers with promise of investing in green projects. Some green fund will promise not to invest in tobacco while green funds will promise not to invest in non-renewable energy projects. A good example of green fund is the alternative energy mutual funds. This brings us to […]

What is investment? is one question that anyone considering putting aside some money for future growth needs to get concrete answer to. I have not only answered the question is this article but have also provided some basic guide to safeguarding your investment. Investment is one term that has been greatly misunderstood and misinterpreted by […]

An investment accountant is that finance specialist that is saddled with the responsibility of keeping track of the investments of an individual or an entity. They ensure that funds sourced for investments and proceeds from already invested finance are properly accounted for. Also, it is the duty of the investment accountant to ensure that relevant […]

Recall that an introduction to this article was given in the part one of this series. Hence, no further introduction would be made here. Our aim here is to explore the various investment technique needed by everyone in a simple manner that you will have no difficulty comprehending the concepts. BINGO!!! Payback period Payback period […]

Investment appraisal is not all about financial factors. There are non-financial factors that plays significant role in making any meaningful investment decision. In fact, most of those non-financial factors act as backbone that will either make or mare the investment if taken. Below are some of those non-financial factors: • Climatic Issues. Green activities has […]

Investment appraisal has never been made so simple before, especially for non-financial managers