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2. Mark-to-market accounting - Wikipedia

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   Simple example If an investor owns 10 shares of a stock purchased for $4 per share, and that stock now trades at $6, the "mark-to-market" value of the shares is equal to (10 shares * $6), or $60, whereas the book value might (depending on the accounting principles used) equal only $40.

3. Bookkeeping - Wikipedia

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   Transactions include purchases, sales, receipts and payments by an individual person, organization or corporation. There are several standard methods of bookkeeping, including the single-entry and double-entry bookkeeping systems. While these may be viewed as "real" bookkeeping, any process for recording financial transactions is a bookkeeping ...

4. Valuation using multiples - Wikipedia

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   Share price / earnings per share plus depreciation amortization and changes in non-cash provisions: Cash earnings are a rough measure of cash flow; Unaffected by differences in accounting for depreciation; Incomplete treatment of cash flow; Usually used as a supplement to other measures if accounting differences are material; Price / book ratio

5. Book value - Wikipedia

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   An asset's initial book value is its actual cash value or its acquisition cost. Cash assets are recorded or "booked" at actual cash value. Assets such as buildings, land and equipment are valued based on their acquisition cost, which includes the actual cash cost of the asset plus certain costs tied to the purchase of the asset, such as broker fees.

6. Double-entry bookkeeping - Wikipedia

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   A transaction in double-entry bookkeeping always affects at least two accounts, always includes at least one debit and one credit, and always has total debits and total credits that are equal. The purpose of double-entry bookkeeping is to allow the detection of financial errors and fraud.

7. Sales (accounting) - Wikipedia

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   In double-entry bookkeeping, a sale of merchandise is recorded in the general journal as a debit to cash or accounts receivable and a credit to the sales account. [3] The amount recorded is the actual monetary value of the transaction, not the list price of the merchandise. A discount from list price might be noted if it applies to the sale.