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Hands-On Financial Modeling with Microsoft Excel 2019

You're reading from   Hands-On Financial Modeling with Microsoft Excel 2019 Build practical models for forecasting, valuation, trading, and growth analysis using Excel 2019

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789534627
Length 292 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Shmuel Oluwa Shmuel Oluwa
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Financial Modeling - Overview
2. Introduction to Financial Modeling and Excel FREE CHAPTER 3. Steps for Building a Financial Model 4. Section 2: The Use of Excel - Features and Functions for Financial Modeling
5. Formulas and Functions - Completing Modeling Tasks with a Single Formula 6. Applying the Referencing Framework in Excel 7. Section 3: Building an Integrated Financial Model
8. Understanding Project and Building Assumptions 9. Asset and Debt Schedules 10. Cash Flow Statement 11. Valuation 12. Ratio Analysis 13. Model Testing for Reasonableness and Accuracy 14. Another Book You May Enjoy

Balancing the balance sheet

The closing cash balance will be posted to the balance sheet as cash and cash equivalent under current assets. However, it is important to note that the balance could be negative, in which case, it should be reflected as an overdraft under current liabilities. Since you don't know which it is going to be, especially as it may change as a result of subsequent modifications, you need to build your model in such a way that the cash balance is posted to cash and cash equivalents if it is positive and to overdraft if it is negative.

Usually, when you need to model a situation that depends on a logical question (one that results in a true or false answer), the first thing that springs to mind is the IF statement. For example, say the cursor is in cell J35, cash and cash equivalents, and you wish to relate this to the calculated cash balance from the...

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