Assignment #4

TiVo
Balance Sheet

TiVo Inc. = TIVO

Total Assets: 163,148
Total Liabilities: 149,378
Capital: 13,770

Total Liabilities/Total Assets: 0.9156
Comments: Assets financed through Equity



General Motors
Balance Sheet

General Motors = GM

Total Assets: 148,883,000
Total Liabilities: 185,977,000
Capital: -37,094,000

Total Liabilities/Total Assets: 1.2491
Comments: Assets financed through debt. This could be related to fuel prices on the rise and most people turning to smaller cars that get better gas mileage.



Microsoft
Balance Sheet

Microsoft = MSFT

Total Assets: 6,733,900
Total Liabilities: 32,908,000
Capital: 34,431,000

Total Liabilities/Total Assets: 0.4887
Comments: Assets financed through Equity


Disney
Balance Sheet

Disney = DIS

Total Assets: 62,772,000
Total Liabilities: 32,392,000
Capital: 30,380,000

Total Liabilities/Total Assets: 0.5160
Comments: Assets financed through Equity

Two competing companies

We all know that there are companies that have it out for one another. These companies are rivals and they can battle hard to win the influence of many many people.

The two companies I am going to choose are THQ and EA (Electronic Arts). Electronic Arts is the number one video game publisher in the world. THQ on the other hand is number 3 (this is behind the newly created Universal Activision).

These are financials from yahoo for THQ:
Balance Sheet

Income Statment

Cash Flows


These are financials from yahoo for EA:
Balance Sheet

Income Statment

Cash Flows

Thoughts on The Wall Street Fix

After viewing this video, it makes you wonder about all companies that are out there. It really opens your eyes and makes you think about how a company can have such a high buy rating from analyists. It really made me think about all of the companies that I have seen on Wall Street and makes me wonder if this is still going on. It was also a little worrysome to think that all of executives for large companies that were not only stealing money but stealing money from people that were supporting them. That I think was the worst thing that really stood out at me as I watched the video. Wondering how some people would try to do everything in their right to make money and really just stepping on all of the people that support you and your company. It was also really interesting to learn about how the anlyists were involved and how they could influence so so many people.

This video really opened my eyes and will make me search around a little more before I enter the stock market and before I listen to analyists about whether I should buy or sell all of my stocks.