Financial Statements and Financial Planning Explain the difference between financial statements and pro forma (forward-looking) financial statements. Describe how these statements are developed and used in financial management and planning. Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts. Read a post by one of your peers and provide a substantive response, making sure to extend the conversation by asking questions, offering rich ideas, or sharing personal connections.

Knowledge Gained Rate the three most important concepts that you learned in this course in order of importance. Provide a rationale for your ratings. Propose two applications of knowledge that you have learned in this course to your current or to a future position. Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts. Read a post by one of your peers and provide a substantive response, making sure to extend the conversation by asking questions, offering rich ideas, or sharing personal connections.

Match the intermediary with the characteristic that best describes its function.I. Provide protection from adverse eventsII. Pool funds of small savers and invest in either money or capital marketsIII. Provide consumer loans and real estate loans funded by depositsIV. Accumulate and transfer wealth from work period to retirement periodV. Underwrite and trade securities and provide brokerage services1. Thrifts2. Insurers3. Pension funds4. Securities firms and investment banks5. Mutual funds    A. 1, 3, 2, 5, 4B. 4, 2, 3, 5, 1C. 2, 5, 1, 3, 4D. 2, 4, 5, 3, 1E. 5, 1, 3, 2, 4

Discuss the concept of “reasonable assurance” and the degree of confidence that financial statement users should have in the financial statements.

Describe the services and characteristics that are of prime importance to you in a financial institution.

When a financial decides offer credit, there are certain factors that it will used as a basis for its decision. As indicated in your text and discussed in class list and explain the four Cs of credit.

Please suggest me exactly 5 journal with author and url regarding this content:Financial Inclusion in Banking Assesing the contribution of banking in promoting financial inclusion globallyAnalyzing the use of financial technology (fintech)to enhance accessto financial services

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Companies need to report both monetary and nonmonetary data and information. A. Define these two terms and provide examples of each. B. Discuss what sources are available that provide companies with both types of data and information.

Use the internet to research one for-profit, one governmental, and one not-for-profit entity. For each entity, describe the following: A. the primary purpose of the entity B. the types of activities that accountants would record (hint: what is the source of the entitys funding, and what costs might the entity have?) C. the types of decisions that might be made in this organization and how financial and nonfinancial information might help the decision-making process