Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: SeekAndFind

What exactly is “finance?” Is that accounting?


31 posted on 04/29/2013 1:09:58 PM PDT by madison10
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: madison10

Finance is typically corporate finance, securities, investments and financial planning.

SnakeDoc


34 posted on 04/29/2013 1:11:57 PM PDT by SnakeDoctor ("I've shot people I like more for less." -- Raylan Givens)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | View Replies ]

To: madison10

Finance includes accounting, but a firm may hire finance majors to put together numbers for a bank loan. Finance majors also do credit analysis of individuals and firms.


58 posted on 04/29/2013 1:37:31 PM PDT by Maine Mariner
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | View Replies ]

To: madison10

Finance includes corporate finance, treasury and capital structure, forecasting, planning and analysis, M&A valuation and transaction financing, securities valuation, investment banking, etc.

Accountants keep the books, produce the audited financial statements and do SEC reporting for public companies.

My BS and MBA is in finance. I had to take a lot of accounting for my degrees.


83 posted on 04/29/2013 5:38:40 PM PDT by Wyatt's Torch (I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson