Argus Worldwide (Argus Worldwide) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities : $0.00 Mil (As of . 20)

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Argus Worldwide Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

The historical data trend for Argus Worldwide's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities can be seen below:

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Argus Worldwide Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities 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.

Marketable Securities are very liquid securities that can be converted into cash quickly at a reasonable price.

Argus Worldwide (GREY:ARGW) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Explanation

Marketable securities are very liquid as they tend to have maturities of less than one year. Furthermore, the rate at which these securities can be bought or sold has little effect on their prices.

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.

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1712 Pioneer Avenue, Suite 101, Cheyenne, WA, USA, 82001

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Argus Worldwide Corp is a United States based portfolio management and investment company. Its strategic goals are focused on investment initiatives in the digital, IT and healthcare sectors. The group is intended to design, develop and operate an internet platform for a desktop computer and mobile use. It is also involved in the pharmaceutical business.