Each day your bank closes its books and you earns a few pennies' interest on the 18 grand you have in your savings account (good for you!). In order to earn the free set of Avengers-themed steak knives at the end of the year, you have to maintain an AVERAGE BALANCE of at least $15,000. There are 20 business days in the month this month and as long as your average balance remains above that level, then bully for you - you get the knives.
Figuring average balance is pretty easy. Add up the closing balance for each day and divide by the number of days you are looking at (in this case the 20 business days in the month) and you get the average. We know it might take a minute to flash back to junior high math, but you'll figure it out...
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Finance: What is a Consolidated Balance ...3 Views
Finance a la shmoop what is a consolidated balance sheet? okay people
this is a tale of two balance sheets it was the best of times right here and all [Lemonade stand balance sheet appears]
that cash no debt,, yeah and it was the worst of times and pretty much the
opposite and then one magical mergy day the two companies possessing these
two divergent balance sheets decided to you know merge it was a lovely ceremony [Bride and groom holding hands]
the bride wore white the groom stepped on the glass so then the balance sheets
were consolidated that is they were merged or combined or fully brought
together liabilities plus liabilities assets plus assets so the few dollars in
cash here in the worst of times balance sheet
well that was tacked on to the cash in the best of times balance sheet and the
same happened with long term liabilities and short and eventually after the
wedding night was you know consummated these two balance sheets had merged and [Man and girl standing by their lemonade stands]
consolidated and looked like this and that's what happens when companies merge
everything including their balance sheets consolidate let's hope they
generate lots of tiny cash flows and credits in the future....Mazel Tov
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