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INTO (Initio) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $0.00 Mil (As of Jan. 2003)


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What is Initio Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Initio's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Apr. 2099 ($1.20 Mil) to Apr. 2000 ($0.00 Mil) but then stayed the same from Apr. 2000 ($0.00 Mil) to Apr. 2001 ($0.00 Mil).


Initio Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

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

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Initio Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Initio Annual Data
Trend Apr94 Apr95 Apr96 Apr97 Apr98 Apr99 Apr00 Apr01
Cash And Cash Equivalents
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Initio Quarterly Data
Apr98 Jul98 Oct98 Jan99 Apr99 Jul99 Oct99 Jan00 Apr00 Jul00 Oct00 Jan01 Apr01 Jul01 Oct01 Jan02 Apr02 Jul02 Oct02 Jan03
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Initio 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.


Initio  (OTCPK:INTO) 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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Initio Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
350 West Passaic Street, Suite No. 2, Rochelle Park, NJ, USA, 07662
Initio Inc provides business and financial consulting. It is also engaged in investing and trading shares of publicly owned securities.

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