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CV Holdings (CV Holdings) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $23.1 Mil (As of Dec. 2008)


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What is CV Holdings Cash And Cash Equivalents?

CV Holdings's quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Jun. 2008 ($18.62 Mil) to Sep. 2008 ($18.73 Mil) and increased from Sep. 2008 ($18.73 Mil) to Dec. 2008 ($23.13 Mil).

CV Holdings's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2006 ($17.93 Mil) to Dec. 2007 ($25.95 Mil) but then declined from Dec. 2007 ($25.95 Mil) to Dec. 2008 ($23.13 Mil).


CV Holdings Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for CV Holdings's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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CV Holdings Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

CV Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08
Cash And Cash Equivalents
49.38 17.93 25.95 23.13

CV Holdings Quarterly Data
Sep05 Dec05 Mar06 Jun06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08
Cash And Cash Equivalents Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 25.95 17.99 18.62 18.73 23.13

CV Holdings Cash And Cash Equivalents Calculation

Cash and cash equivalents are the most liquid assets on the balance sheet. Cash equivalents are assets that are readily convertible into cash, such as money market holdings, short-term government bonds or Treasury bills, marketable securities and commercial paper.


CV Holdings  (OTCPK:CVHL) Cash And Cash Equivalents Explanation

A high number means either:

1) The company has competitive advantage generating lots of cash

2) Just sold a business or bonds (not necessarily good)

A low stockpile of cash usually means poor to mediocre economics.

There are 3 ways to create large cash reserve.

1) Sell new bonds or equity to public

2) Sell business or asset

3) It has an ongoing business generating more cash than it burns (usually means durable competitive advantage)

When a company is suffering a short term problem, Buffett looks at cash or marketable securities to see whether it has the financial strength to ride it out.

Important: Lots of cash and marketable securities + little debt = good chance that the business will sail on through tough times.

Test to see what is creating cash by looking at past 7 yrs of balance sheets. This will reveal how the cash was created.


Be Aware

Depreciation estimates make the calculation of net income susceptible to management's accounting choices. These choices can be either overly aggressive or overly conservative.


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CV Holdings (CV Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1300 Quail Street, Suite 106, Newport Beach, CA, USA, 92660
Realty Finance Corp operates as a holding company for several finance-related businesses. The Company, through its wholly-owned or controlled subsidiaries, holds several types of investment assets, including loans receivable, finance leases, commercial Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDO) interests, and investments in joint ventures and limited liability companies.
Executives
Raymond E Wirta director C/O CBRE, 2100 MCKINNEY AVENUE, SUITE 1250, DALLAS TX 75201
Douglas C Eby director C/O MARKEL CORPORATION, 4521 HIGHWOODS PARKWAY, GLEN ALLEN VA 23060
Michael A Angerthal officer: Executive VP, CFO & Treasurer C/O VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC., 100 PEARL STREET, HARTFORD CT 06103
Ricardo Koenigsberger director 185 ASYLUM STREET, 37TH FLOOR, HARTFORD CT 06103
Vincent J Costantini director 71 SUNSET ROAD, WESTON MA 02493

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