Profit and Loss

Profit and Loss may refer to:

It is also in used in maths

Balance sheet

In financial accounting, a balance sheet or statement of financial position is a summary of the financial balances of a sole proprietorship, a business partnership, a corporation or other business organization, such as an LLC or an LLP. Assets, liabilities and ownership equity are listed as of a specific date, such as the end of its financial year. A balance sheet is often described as a "snapshot of a company's financial condition". Of the three basic financial statements, the balance sheet is the only statement which applies to a single point in time of a business' calendar year.

A standard company balance sheet has three parts: assets, liabilities, and ownership equity. The main categories of assets are usually listed first, and typically in order of liquidity. Assets are followed by the liabilities. The difference between the assets and the liabilities is known as equity or the net assets or the net worth or capital of the company and according to the accounting equation, net worth must equal assets minus liabilities.

Cash flow

A cash flow describes a real or virtual movement of money:

Cash flows are narrowly interconnected with the concepts of value, interest rate and liquidity. A cash flow that shall happen on a future day tN can be transformed into a cashflow of the same value in t0.

Cash flow analysis

Cash flows are often transformed into measures that give information e.g. on a company's value and situation:

Profit & Loss

Profit & Loss: In the Currency & Derivative Markets is a monthly business magazine founded by Julie Ros in July 1999 specializing in coverage of foreign exchange and derivative markets.

Magazine

Each month, Profit & Loss looks at the changes taking place in the industry - the strategic shifts into new markets and products and the technological advances that are changing the way the FX and derivatives markets function.

Publisher

The magazine's publisher is P&L Services Ltd, a privately held publishing company based in London.

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