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SAQU (SMSA Treemont Acquisition) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $2.94 Mil (As of Jun. 2012)


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What is SMSA Treemont Acquisition Cash And Cash Equivalents?

SMSA Treemont Acquisition's quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2011 ($0.65 Mil) to Mar. 2012 ($1.05 Mil) and increased from Mar. 2012 ($1.05 Mil) to Jun. 2012 ($2.94 Mil).

SMSA Treemont Acquisition's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2009 ($0.00 Mil) to Dec. 2010 ($6.63 Mil) but then declined from Dec. 2010 ($6.63 Mil) to Dec. 2011 ($0.65 Mil).


SMSA Treemont Acquisition Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for SMSA Treemont Acquisition's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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SMSA Treemont Acquisition Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

SMSA Treemont Acquisition Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11
Cash And Cash Equivalents
- 6.63 0.65

SMSA Treemont Acquisition Quarterly Data
Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12
Cash And Cash Equivalents Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.70 0.75 0.65 1.05 2.94

SMSA Treemont Acquisition 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.


SMSA Treemont Acquisition  (OTCPK:SAQU) 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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SMSA Treemont Acquisition Business Description

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SMSA Treemont Acquisition Corp's current business plan is to seek to identify a privately-held operating company desiring to become a publicly held company by merging with us through a reverse merger or acquisition.
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Timothy P Halter director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO, Pres, CFO, Chairman, Secy 174 FM 1830, ARGYLE TX 76226
George L Diamond 10 percent owner 174 FM 1830, ARGYLE TX 76226
David F Brigante 10 percent owner 174FM 1830, ARGYLE TX 76226
Marat Rosenberg 10 percent owner 17 FM 1830, ARGYLE TX 76226
Halter Financial Investments Lp 10 percent owner 174 FM 1830, ARGYLE TX 76226
Halter Financial Investments Gp Llc 10 percent owner 174 FM 1830, ARGYLE TX 76226

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