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FFO: Earnings or Cash Flow? In 1991, funds from operations (FFO) was defined by NAREIT and became widely used by the industry. Users of the industry's financial statements have accepted FFO as a starting point from which to analyze the historical, as well as prospective profitability and value of companies...   |
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Special Issue 2005
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One World, One GAAP Global businesses and international investors are increasingly demanding accounting information that they can understand when running businesses and making investment decisions on a worldwide basis. |
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Mar/Apr 2004 |
Meeting Higher Standards In my view, we have two key requirements that REITs must meet. First, we must ensure that the financial statements of publicly traded real estate companies are comparable to the rest of corporate America. Second, it is vital that financial reporting be consistent among all companies in our industry. |
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Sep/Oct 2000
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The Motley Fool
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Understanding Funds From Operations Investors often ignore or misunderstand real estate investment trusts because the methods used to evaluate their performance are often very different from the ways that investors analyze other companies. What exactly is the FFO number that many REITs provide? |
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New Board for Private GAAP Finance chiefs of privately held companies will no longer be faced with the difficult and costly task of applying public accounting standards to their situations. |
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Mind the GAAP What advantages does the income-tax basis accounting method offer? |
The Motley Fool
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You Should Look Into U-Store-It The self-storage REIT's experienced new management team could turn the ship around. Investors, is it time for further research? |
U.S. Banker
March 2009
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FASB Hesitates, SEC Stands Still on Fair Value The banking industry wins a minor skirmish in the fair value war when the Financial Accounting Standards Board turned down a proposed amendment that would have expanded controversial fair value/mark-to-market practices in the financial sector. |
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October 1, 2010
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Keeping Cool on the Hot Seat Departing Financial Accounting Standards Board chairman Robert Herz takes a look back at his tenure. |
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Mind the GAAP Alternatives More accounting options for small and mid size companies are on the way. |
Real Estate Portfolio
May/Jun 2003
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Quantity vs. Quality Public companies face strict mandates to disclose more financial information on a timelier basis, but can too much disclosure diminish its value to investors? |
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Something Afoot at American Financial Its performance of this REIT fails to impress, but rumors of a buyout have the shares on the rise. |
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February 1, 2003
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Questions of Value Is fair-value accounting the best way to measure a company? The debate heats up. |
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The Trickle-Down Effect of Sarbanes-Oxley Real estate private equity funds are finding themselves in an overly regulated, ever-changing and immensely complex climate when it comes to financial reporting and accounting issues. |
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Jul/Aug 2003
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Implications of Sarbanes-Oxley You need to go back to the 1930s to find laws that have had as much impact on the fundamental systems of REITs and other publicly traded companies. |
The Motley Fool
June 8, 2004
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Earnings Madness Quarterly corporate earnings dominate the financial media. Earnings releases send investors into a flurry of buying the winners and selling the losers. But you should be looking beyond what you see in the news. |
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Tangible Agitation Over a Proposal on Intangible Assets Beefing up the disclosure of intangible assets would potentially yield greater transparency, enabling the investment communities to make better decisions about their capital. Should companies be required to disclosure information about their intangible assets to investors? |
Real Estate Portfolio
Sep/Oct 2004
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A Path to Making Net Income Relevant Arriving at a consensus for the most useful performance measurement for REITs and other real estate companies is darn near impossible. |
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On the Same Page U.S. and international standard setters are coordinating their efforts to craft a common language for business... |
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REITs and FFOs REITs may deserve a spot in your portfolio. Learn more. |
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A Rescue Plan to Save the Beleaguered Accounting Industry A new book called Building Public Trust: The Future of Corporate Reporting does not break much new ground, but it does an admirable job of tying together a number of topics that have challenged the accounting industry and providing a framework for financial reporting in the future. |
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You Say IASB, I Say FASB, You Say... A description of efforts to harmonize U.S. and international accounting standards, and shifts in the accounting profession caused by recent scandals. |
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FASB as Private-Company Standards-Setter? A proposed new council would report to FASB, an idea at odds with another recent high-level recommendation. |
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January 1, 2008
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Long Live the King? As international accounting standards close in on GAAP, the U.S. standard-setter considers its mortality. |
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The SEC Rules Five years after Sarbanes-Oxley, the SEC is flexing its regulatory muscle as never before. |
The Motley Fool
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American Financial's Acceptable Risks Numerous transactions and unique operations make this REIT more complicated than most, but not perhaps as much as its current stock price suggests. |
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July 1, 2005
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A GAAP of Their Own Private companies seeking a wholesale exemption from FASB's accounting rules are likely to be disappointed. |
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The Potential Impact of Lease Accounting Changes on Corporate Real Estate Decision-Making With the goal of improving lease information transparency and comparability, the new standards could have residual effects on the way in which companies form decisions regarding their real estate needs. |
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October 1, 2010
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Herz Closes the Books on FASB Tenure Finance executives look ahead with both hope and caution. |
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October 1, 2007
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Rewriting the Rules Everything you thought you knew about accounting is about to change. Is there any reason to smile? This is the third of a three-part series examining the state of accounting five years after passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. |
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August 1, 2002
Ronald Fink |
The Fear of All Sums To restore investor trust, many companies are disclosing more information, according to a CFO survey. But it may not be enough. |
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April 1, 2008
Alan Rappeport |
One Standard, Many Laws Accounting convergence could be derailed by countries making too many modifications. |
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Sep/Oct 2008
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Parting Thoughts The chairman and CEO of NAREIT discusses the accomplishments of the past year. |
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November 1, 2010
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One Step Closer to Little GAAP New panels and a forthcoming report give hope to smaller companies. |
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September 1, 2006
Ronald Fink |
Will Fair Value Fly? Fair-value accounting could change the very basis of corporate finance. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2003
Christopher M. Wright |
Q&A with David M. Blitzer, Ph.D. David M. Blitzer, managing director and chairman of the Index Committee at Standard & Poor's, shares his thoughts on the capital markets and the inclusion of REITs in the S&P 500. |
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How Foreign Firms Can Attract U.S. Investors: Overcoming 'Home Bias' There are clearly substantial benefits to foreign firms that are able to attract U.S. investors in terms of lowering the cost of capital. |
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Goodbye To GAAP? Probably not. But Enron's collapse makes changes in financial regulation likely... |
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Feeling Burned by Accounting Scams in the U.S.? Just Look Overseas Self-dealing and the misappropriation of profits at the expense of minority shareholders is much more common in other countries due to the weaker legal measures protecting such stockholders. |
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February 1, 2008
Alix Stuart |
A New Vision for Accounting Robert Herz and FASB are preparing a radical new format for financial statements. |
IDB America
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Daniel Drosdoff |
International accounting standards: A good investment A corporate finance expert explains why better accounting standards boost confidence and attract investors... |
CFO
May 1, 2008 |
Standards and Lack Thereof Readers write to say that "convergence" is a misnomer; consumer-driven health plans are a cost shift, not a cost control; the Web 2.0 world can expect to be downsized; small companies don't understand cash-flow statements; and more. |
U.S. Banker
July 2009
Joseph Rosta |
FASB Waves Goodbye to "Qs" The Financial Accounting Standards Board has decided to eliminate the concept of qualified special purpose entities. |
The Motley Fool
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Nathan Parmelee |
Boston Properties' Big Deal Office REIT Boston Properties' sale of 280 Park Place puts the company in an interesting position. Investors, it's hard not to like Boston Properties for the long term, even if today's price isn't so thrilling. |
