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FOREST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT9 CHAPTER 2: FINANCIAL ANALYSISThis CHAPTER introduces the basic concepts and formulas of FINANCIAL analysis. Financialanalysis is the process of evaluating the cash flows associated with different managementscenarios in order to determine their relative profitability. This is clearly an important factorto consider in evaluating alternatives, but not necessarily the only one. At first glance, youmay think it should be fairly obvious that alternatives that generate the most money, afterexpenses, are the most profitable. Generally speaking, this is true; however, it can and doesget a bit more complicated than primary factor that complicates FINANCIAL analysis is the fact that the timing of a cost orrevenue can have a large effect on the value of the cost or revenue. As an example, considerwhich of the following lottery prizes you would rather win: 1) a payment of $100 which youget in cash today, or 2) a payment of $1,000 that you will receive in 30 years.
CHAPTER 2: FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FOREST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 11 given dollar amount at some point in the future. Conversely, compounding is the process of calculating a dollar amount at a later date that is equivalent to a dollar amount today.
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