You Evaluate Loan Requests as Part of Your Job at Beach

question 39

Essay

You evaluate loan requests as part of your job at Beach Front National Bank. One loan request you received is from Surfer Dude Supplies, a small proprietorship. Tracy Roberts, the owner, is requesting $75,000 and brings you a trial balance (or Statement of Accounts) for his first year of operations ended December 31, 2010.
REQUIRED: While you are willing to work with Tracy, how would you explain to him that a complete set of financial statements from his accountant would be more useful for evaluating the loan request?

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values from its mean.

HMO

Health Maintenance Organization, a medical insurance group that provides health services for a fixed annual fee.

Expected Revenue

The anticipated amount of money a business expects to receive over a certain period, accounting for factors like price and demand for its goods or services.

Subjective Probabilities

Probability estimates based on personal judgment or belief rather than objective statistical analysis.