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Difference between current assets and liquid assets

Liquid assets are thought of as current assets, but in practical the two terms are different. Yes, it would be wise to say that all liquid assets are part of current assets too.

Now the question arises:

What is the difference between current assets and liquid assets?

Difference between current assets and liquid assets

The main difference between these two arises on the basis of liquidity period. Subsequent paragraph can be refer for the same:

Current assets: These are the assets which can be converted into cash within a period of one year.

Example:

Cash, bank balance, accounts receivable, inventory, prepaid expenses etc.

Liquid assets: These assets are considered more liquid than current assets in sense that they can be converted into cash within a very short time (90 days).

Example:

Cash, bank balance, accounts receivable etc. and excludes inventory and prepaid expenses.

Liquid assets are assumed to be converted into cash at any point of time. That’s the reason why inventory (as it is difficult to convert, when needed) and prepaid expenses (cannot be converted into cash at all) are not considered as liquid assets.

Difference between accounting and finance

Accounting and finance both are similar in a way that both deals with monetary section of a business enterprise. In fact finance is a broader term which also covers accounting in it.

Now the question arises what is the difference between accounting and finance?

The two terms can be differentiated based on the below points:

Firstly, the two terms seem differ on the basis of their concern.

Accounting is a systematic process of recording, summarizing, analyzing, and reporting all business transactions of a firm.

Finance is concerned with taking decision, balancing the sources of fund and making best utilization of funds.

Secondly, their purpose of existence is different.

The main purpose of accounting is to create a financial picture of a business at the end of a specific time period.

Finance deals with making financial strategy about the money management of a business. Money management concept covers allocation of assets and liabilities, determination of sources of fund, evaluation of projects etc.

Thirdly, both terms can be differentiated based upon the tools used.

In accounting, an accountant use accounts and financial statements to show the performance report of a business.

Mainly ratios and financial methods are used by finance department to compare and predict the performance of a firm.

How to get maximum profit from intraday trading?

Like my previous blog titled how to make money in share market?, in this blog I will talk about a unique method to get maximum profit from intraday trading.

One of the important factors that plays vital role for the success of this method is analysis of past trend. If an investor is able to find out the likely movement of price using the past trend then this method can be used for generating profits in shorter period of time.

So, how to get maximum profit from intraday trading??

There is no specific name of this method as this is not a recognized but for the sake of memorizing this method, you can call it as “Purchasing a stock at 3 levels”.

How to use this method to increase your profit from intraday trading?Profit from intraday trading

Step 1:

Search for such a stock whose price is going to be high for that day. It is not that much tough as we think and one can easily find out the likely movement of the stock for intraday.

Step 2:

If your analysis says that yes, the stock of XYZ ltd will go up then it’s time to follow on this method otherwise you need to find another stock whose price is going to be up for the day.

Step 3:

What one needs to do after finding out such a stock which meets the above criteria is to purchase that stock at current market price to earn profit for the day.

Note:

  1. Purchase the share only if you think it will go up and will give at least 1 – 2% return for the day in normal circumstances.
  2. Do not purchase a large quantity of that stock (Reason for the same is explained in the coming section).

Step 4:

Wait for the movement when it goes down by 1 – 3% then purchase a larger quantity of that stock (In case you find that the price of the mentioned stock is not going down and going high then this method is not more of use for you and in such a case you can sell your share at some higher price to earn profit from that stock).

Note: If price goes down, you have to make sure that the fall in price is temporary and it will reach at its earlier position (where you purchased it first time).

Step 5:

Wait for the movement when the price of the stock further goes down by 1 – 3% and at that moment you need to purchase a larger quantity of that stock once again.

Note: You can skip this step if you find that after purchasing the same stock twice, its price is going high and you need to follow next step.

Step 6:

Now when it reaches at your expectation level or say a little bit down than your expected price, it’s time to sell all the shares you have purchased till now (shares of the mentioned company).

How this method works?

Suppose you analysed a stock whose current market price is INR 100 and you expect it to increase by 2 – 2.5% for the day. Lets assume that you have purchased only 1 share at current market price. Your total investment for the time is INR 100. This method says that if price goes down rather than going up, you need to purchase more shares. Now lets assume that price has gone down by 2 percent and reached to INR 98. Now it’s time to purchase more shares. You have purchased 2 more shares at this price. Your total investment for the time is 296 (100 + 196) and total no. of shares is 3. The price of the share is further going down on temporarily basis and if we follow this method, we have to buy more quantity of the same stock at that reduced price. Assume that price has reached at INR 96 and you have purchased 3 more shares at this price. Now, for the time, your total investment is 584 (296 + 288) and total no. of shares is 6. Now it’s time to calculate your profit assuming that at the end of the day the share closed at 101 (below your expectation level).

How to earn profit in share market?

On the other hand in expectation of 2% profit, if you purchase 6 shares at current price, your profit will be:

How to earn profit in share market?

 

Disclaimer: MonetarySection.com will not be any way responsible for trading losses incurred using any of the techniques/ methods mentioned on this website.

Working capital – Meaning, Formula and Example

Working capital refers to the amount of capital used by a company to perform its daily operations. It is simply the difference between current assets and current liabilities of a company.

It can be used to measure:

a) the short term financial health and

b) efficiency of a company to meet its short term liabilities.

The amount of negative or very less working capital indicates that the company is not able to pay its current liabilities within given time period. On the contrary, it indicates that the company has either generated a large number of credit sale or it has invested a big amount of capital in its current assets, that also is not good for company.

Formula for calculating working capital:

The given formula can be used for this purpose:

working capital formula

Application of the formula:

Suppose, XYZ Ltd has following figures in its balance sheet:

Total current assets of the company = 1,27,000

Total current liabilities of the company = 1,07,000

By using the given figures and formula, working capital for XYZ Ltd is:

= 1,27,000 – 1,07,000 = 20,000.

 

Definition of Balance sheet

Balance sheet is one of the important financial statements which a joint stock company has to prepare at the end of every financial year. It is a summarized report of assets, liabilities and shareholders’s funds of a company. The balance sheet can be used to access the current position of a company.