Talk:Finance

message: It's literally ridiculous to be using such abstruse terms as "the economics of contingent claims."  If your aim is to educate, then use language that more than one half of one percent of your audience can understand.  But your use of this term makes it abundantly clear that your aim is not to educate, but try to show how "smart" you are.  And that's not a smart thing to do.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.113.188.66 (talk) 05:16, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  abstruse terms 

message: Anyone know about these links? Do they belong here? Any comments?
*For educational finance, see Equity and Adequacy in Educational Finance, Emerging Issues in State-Level School Finance, Efficiency, Equity, and Local Control--School Finance in Texas, Urban School Finance: The Quest for Equal Educational Opportunity, or Financial Equity in the Schools.
:To me they seem not very appropriate for the general finance article, maybe more appropriate for public finance or a separate article on financing education in the US, as they are all US related it appears. - Taxman 23:28, Jun 23, 2004 (UTC)
:These links deal with very specific issues. I dont think we have articles on these topics yet. If you know anything about public school financing you could start an article and add the links there. mydogategodshat 02:53, 25 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Links 

message: I am not comfortable with the financial economics section as it currently reads. It basicly claims that financial economics consists of asset valuation, financial markets, financial institutions, and financial instruments. The problem is not that these arn't part of financial economics. They are. The problems is that they are also part of finance proper. I have dug up my old notes from financial economics and from finance courses annd there is considerable overlap in topics. However there is a difference in the way they are presented. Financial economics gets to these topics by studying the role of money in the economy, at the micro level (risk, portfolio analysis, etc.) and also at the macro level (financial flows, demand for money, deposit multiplier, etc.). Finance proper gets to them from a more practical angle, from the perspective of the user of the financial assets, and from the decisions that an individual or organization is about to make. Any comments? mydogategodshat 22:10, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: The financial economics section

message: There is a new portal. See Wikipedia:Wikiportal/Business, Economics, Finance. Maurreen 03:45, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Portal

message: The article Grameen Bank is currently nominated to be improved on Wikipedia:This week's improvement drive. If you want to support the article, you can vote for it there.--Fenice 09:05, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Improvement Drive

message: From the section "Examples of some basic financial concepts" :
<quote>
The stock gives whoever owns it part ownership in that company. If you buy one share of XYZ Inc, and they have 100 shares available, you are 1/100 owner of that company. You own 1/100 of anything on the asset side of the balance sheet.
<unqoute>
Actually,
share holder's equity = assets - liabilities.
Therefore the last sentence should be :
You own 1/100 of the net difference between assets and liabilities on the balance sheet.
*Actually, you're both right.  You own 1/100 of the asset side of the balance sheet, and you owe 1/100 of the liability side (but you do not owe more than the amount of your investment in the stock; you have "limited liability."  So a condensed way of saying this is that you own 1/100 of the net difference.  [Special:Contributions/69.243.144.144|69.243.144.144]] (talk) 01:33, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  error : explanation of share 

message: The main article on :management links to Financial Management, which links directly here, with no note of it being redirected. This article says that Financial Management is historical accounting, not managing financial resources. How do we solve this?  --SueHay 14:59, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Interproject cooperation - finance, business, economics

message: Normally I hesitate to put such tags on articles, but I thought it important to tag this one.  This is a very important topic, but much of the content consists of bullet points, almost as if it was taken from a Powerpoint presentation!  Could someone knowledgeable in this area please review this material and fill it out with prose?  An encyclopedia should have more than a series of short lists.  Thanks, Walkerma 02:17, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Concur that the article is in sorry state at the moment.  The middle third of the article does indeed seem to be a simple outline which needs to either be fleshed out or removed.  I'll be happy to start a purging this weekend; and I'll try to locate cites for the remaining material. Kuru talk 03:23, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup tag 

message: The confusion is not limited to the editors working on the article. The general topic of money, whence it comes and how it is managed, the topic in question, is subject to a general societal obfuscation. The article is merely a reflection of this fact. Still, just taking the "management of money/wealth" tack and putting effort into a well composed article would remedy the situation. 74.78.162.229 (talk) 01:08, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Essential Confusion 

message: I think the following paragraphs should be reversed in order. The first talks about an example of corporate finance, but the second is the one that introduces the fact that there are several types of finanace (amongst them, corporate)
A specific example of corporate finance is the sale of stock by a company to institutional investors like investment banks, who in turn generally sell it to the public. The stock gives whoever owns it part ownership in that company. If you buy one share of XYZ Inc, and they have 100 shares outstanding (held by investors), you are 1/100 owner of that company. Of course, in return for the stock, the company receives cash, which it uses to expand its business in a process called "equity financing". Equity financing mixed with the sale of bonds (or any other debt financing) is called the company's capital structure.
Finance is used by individuals (personal finance), by governments (public finance), by businesses (corporate finance), as well as by a wide variety of organizations including schools and non-profit organizations. In general, the goals of each of the above activities are achieved through the use of appropriate financial instruments, with consideration to their institutional setting.
  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.216.191.243 (talk) 07:08, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree.  I have restructured the section The main techniques and sectors of the financial industry, reviewed its grammar and (I hope) clarified the expression, including re-sequencing some of its ideas. yoyo (talk) 18:59, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paragraph Order 

message: * Financial institutions can use short-term savings to lend out in the form of short-term loans:
          o Credit on open account
          o Bank overdraft
          o Short-term loans
          o Bills of exchange
          o Factoring of debtors
It sounds as if a short-term loan is a type of short-term loan  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.216.245.27 (talk) 17:29, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Confusing List

message: When we talk about the Fed, or another country's central bank, "raising the interest rates", who does the interest get paid to? In other words, if the central bank loans money to the government at interest, who is ultimately receiving those interest payments? Someone with knowledge of public finance, please respond--inquiring minds want to know! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.155.244.69 (talk) 23:54, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Loaning money in normal times is not one of the roles of a central bank. Especially not to the government. Regardless, this question does not belong to this article. However, in answer to your question, typically most of the money gets paid back to the government. E.g. the Federal Reserve made a profit of $82 billion in 2010 and transferred $79 billion to the U.S. Treasury. Furthermost (talk) 22:45, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  One simple question 

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[foreclosures]  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Amycooper (talk • contribs) 09:33, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:   foreclosures   

message: I disagree with the first stentence. It says, "The field of finance refers to the concepts of time, money and risk and how they are interrelated." That sentence is wrong. First, this article is not called "field of finance." Second, finance does not mean  "concept of time." It also does not mean "concept of risk." Finance is how people obtain income to spend. When you say, "How am I going to finance that" you don't mean borrow money for it. You mean get income for it. Borrowing is sometimes a complication, but it is not the meaning. The sentence sounds like a public speaker's sizzler. However, this is an encyclopedia. The first sentence should not make you wonder what you're talking about. It should tell you what you're talking about. And you are not talking about borrowing.--Chuck Marean 18:00, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you're talking about financing, not finance which is a field. Banking for instance is in the field of finance, and there is much more to it than obtaining money, there is expenditure and balance as well. For instance most companies have a Finance department, which isn't all about how you obtain income, there's outgoingings, payments, salaries, depreciation, budgeting, assets, costings and all manner of other activities in the larger field of Finance. Canterbury Tail talk 19:59, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Your edit removed referenced material. What you returned it to does not make sense. For example, "Banks are the main facilitators of funding through the provision of credit." Credit means borrowing and not funding. They don't give away money. The sentence does not explain how "the provision of credit" would finance anything. The meanig of most of the words in that paragraph are not explained, and it is therefore showing off rather than explaining something. According to the ordinary meaning of the term, finance does not mean going into debt. It means getting money to pay debts so that you are not in debt. Also, lenders check with each other to limit the amount they allow you to be in debt. Credit is not how you are paying for your car. If finance is a field, it is probably called the collections department. What I wrote is based on artiles entitled "finance." The beginning of this article should point out that you finance something from income, because debts are not grants. The article should not be from the point of view of investors. Using the word "risk" is not good enough. "How are you going to pay back the money" means something, however. --Chuck Marean 16:37, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Err, you lost me when you said "credit means borrowing and not funding". Banks provide credit. See credit (finance). That's why they issue "credit cards". The term "lender" is synonymous with "creditor". And actually, according to the ordinary use of "finance", it does often mean going into debt. Finance itself is just gathering capital, I suppose. However, if I finance a start-up, that means I raise capital and I owe money to the people who gave me that capital (I owe it either through interest payments, or through a return on equity). II | (t - c) 17:01, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I replaced the "no references" tag with the "needs more references" tag. I added: "Finance is the science of funds management.[1] The general areas of finance are business finance, personal finance, and public finance.[2] Finance includes saving money and often includes lending money. In lending, the original investor buys the debt or equity security in the primary securities market. The next owner of the security buys it in the secondary market. Commercial banks sell bonds and lend money. Central banks sometimes print money to lend.[3] The field of finance . . ." which I hope is OK.--Chuck Marean 18:37, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I actually think this addition was OK. Can we come to a compromise by adding that back to the lead, and forget all these tags? II | (t - c) 21:17, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accuracy dispute 

message: Re:
“The field of finance deals with the concepts of time, money and risk and how they are interrelated. Banks are the main facilitators of funding through the provision of credit, although private equity, mutual funds, hedge funds, and other organizations have become important. Financial assets, known as investments, are financially managed with careful attention to financial risk management to control financial risk. Financial instruments allow many forms of securitized assets to be traded on securities exchanges such as stock exchanges, including debt such as bonds as well as equity in publicly-traded corporations.”
*This is not a trade journal. It has too many links. It is only talking about secutities. When people “do their finances” they are not talking about stocks and bonds. When you “finance something” you are getting the income to pay for it. That means income rather than borrowing. There is  business finance, personal finance, and public finance, which the paragraph doen’t mention at all. Did a wikipedian write it, or was it copied and pasted from a trade journal or advanced chapter of a book? Is it original research. It sounds like from a banker or stock broker's point of view.--Chuck Marean 21:43, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll admit that I wrote that version of the lead,  and I'll admit it reads more like an overview of corporate finance and financial markets. I support adding back the information you added, and so I added it back . II | (t - c) 23:00, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Re:When you finance something, you are getting the income to pay for it -- NO.  Financing something means borrowing the money in order to purchase it.  Borrowed money is not income.  Due to interest payments on the debit, is a net outflow.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.167.144.32 (talk) 00:25, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The lead 

message: The links I submitted were for the individual blog entries which are purely informative in nature and have no commercial interests in them whatsoever. Hence I kindly consider the links in your external links section.
spam://www.brooklyntroy.com/index.php/blog/Using-your-Self-Directed-IRA-to-obtain-non-recourse-loans.html
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Sundar77 (talk • contribs) 09:22, 26 October 2009
:Sundar77, the link you have given certainly does promote commercial interests. It's advertising the "brooklyn troy" firm. Please read WP:ELNO, WP:SPAM, and/or WP:LINKSPAM. tedder (talk) 08:12, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  why My link is often reverted? 

message: The section The main techniques and sectors of the financial industry contains the sentence:
Banks are thus compensators of money flows in space.
 
My difficulty with that sentence is that I don't understand it, and I doubt many readers would either.  Here are some issues I have with that statement:
Why is the flow in space more significant than that in time?
In a fiat money economy, is a "money flow in space" anything more than an information flow?
In what way does a bank act to compensate a lender for moving money from one place to another?
Therefore I intend to remove it, pending somebody's explanation or improved re-statement of its essential insight. yoyo (talk) 19:14, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Compensators of money flow 

message: I NEED MEANING OF ACCOUNTING ARCHITECTURE.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.167.49.151 (talk) 05:58, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  accounting architecture 

message: There are some good references for some topics discussed in the article. 
I've tried to contribute them but they were deleted. Any idea why?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Inteligentwriter (talk • contribs) 16:55, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The only link you added was to a low content, ad-covered opinion column to support the word "credit card".  Why do you feel this was a reliable source or that the word needed a reference? Was there some other addition you were alluding to? Kuru (talk) 19:03, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding references for the article 

message: The lead is appalling it is irrelevant and too long, I can't believe this article has slipped from B grade. Sort it out.--Editorforthegood (talk) 19:29, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The lead 

message: I came here looking for the etymology of the word finance and believe it would be a relevant addition to this article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by AiwarikiaR (talk • contribs) 16:03, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology 

message: I prefer the investopedia definition which focuses on financial topics as opposed to Webster's which is more general
Finance can be defined as the science that describes the management, creation and study of money, banking, credit, investments, assets and liabilities. Finance consists of financial systems, which include the public, private and government spaces, and the study of finance and financial instruments, which can relate to countless assets and liabilities. Some prefer to divide finance into three distinct categories: public finance, corporate finance and personal finance. All three of which would contain many sub-categories.
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/finance.asp#ixzz1se07ZOF0
--Vfranks10 (talk) 04:07, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition seems a little drab 

message: I have restructured the page to a significant degree and moved a lot of information from the page to this talk page. I thought it was redundant, annoying, and generally useless on the page. No offense to whoever wrote it. Big lists of bullet points I do not think are particularly helpful to readers, in my estimate. Please discuss any disagreement with my changes here. The below area is reserved just for directly removed information, verbatim.  The Sound and the Fury (talk) 23:47, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm done for now. I think hacking out all the junk makes the article much more readable and useful to the public. There is still a bunch of work to do on this and the branch articles, but I think we've made some solid improvements here. The Sound and the Fury (talk) 00:18, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discussion on information removed from article 

message: "Finance is the study of how investors allocate their assets over time in a risky world." The mention of "investors" and "risky world" is way too specific. --NeilN talk to me 20:53, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree. The Sound and the Fury (talk) 21:23, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

text: What about governments? --NeilN talk to me 22:05, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

text: Better that we use more broad language at least to kick the article off. Can narrow it down later. Obviously NeilN's objection here is sustained. The Sound and the Fury (talk) 23:35, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

text: No, they are not "right". Finance is an abstract concept, there is no "right" definition, only opinions. The Sound and the Fury's broader definition is much better. --NeilN talk to me 02:45, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I thought so too, though I was looking for some textual support. The Mishkin text does not start off with a snappy definition. I don't think the Fama and Miller sentence is useful, really. The Sound and the Fury (talk) 13:18, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

text: Maybe there are other parts of the textbook that give a better explanation. Please keep in mind that you are asserting your version over what came before. The convention is that what is extant is nine-tenths of the law. But that aside, I'll get back about this. The Sound and the Fury (talk) 19:21, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

text: Let's not get confrontational. Let's come up with the best definition for the page. Nick N and I have pointed out the problems with the current definition. We will be able to arrive at a better one together. Give me some time to dig through my old books. The Sound and the Fury (talk) 02:51, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

text: No problem.  It would help if you  clearly listed your complaints, so we can discuss them.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sigiheri (talk • contribs) 19:16, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edits to lede 

message: Hello,
I want to know about  the role of finance function in an industrial enterprise.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.202.70.18 (talk) 08:40, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  finance function 

message: The German word for "Finance" is not "Finanzierung" but 'Finanzen'.
'Finanzierung' means 'Funding' and does not correspond to this article.
190.47.46.208 (talk) 14:49, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Don't see this in the article, so it looks like it was addressed. II | (t - c) 04:20, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misconnection of German and English wikipedia article 

message: I strongly believe that,in the introduction for this article, just as the time value of money is made a critical point for the field of Finance, so should the concept of investment. I would ask experts to highlight the importance of the concept of investments in the introduction. Furthermore and similarly, I would explore the article, in order to find spots in where links to the article about investment should be included. For example, on the fourth bullet of section 1 (Investments and accumulation goals).
Ejspeiro (talk) 06:33, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Need for highlighting the concept of Investment 

message: There seems to be a lack of any section directly applicable to global finance; balance of trade, international trade and settlement, governance issues and other such areas. I intend to write one if there is no objection. prat (talk) 02:54, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Global perspective missing 

message: This was redirected to Economics#Finance as an "uncited essay", but it did have a few refs and doesn't seem like an essay to me.  Does anyone else have an opinion?  ekips39 (talk) 03:43, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: While the article needs improvement, this is a major topic with about 11,000 incoming internal links and corresponding articles in most other languages. I'm not in favor of deleting the article unless there's a sound rationale articulated. I've reverted the deletion; a better path forward would be to start a merge proposal or at least discuss the change. Kuru (talk) 10:49, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

text: The redirect target is also mostly uncited so that's hardly an improvement. --NeilN talk to me 12:55, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The editor in question is doing a flurry of these type of moves without discussion.  Take a look at the person's recent contributions.  I'm not sure what should be done about it, as these articles aren't my bailiwick. Red Harvest (talk) 06:10, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect 

message: China’s State Administration of Taxation (SAT) has recently clarified tax policies for equity and asset transfers between tax resident enterprises. Chinese tax resident enterprises are generally subject to Chinese corporate income tax (CIT) on the gain derived from the transfer of equity shares or assets. However, under the new tax policy, equity transfers between Chinese tax resident companies that meet specific criteria may be eligible for tax deferral and a temporary CIT exemption. The policy applies to all types of enterprises including wholly foreign-owned enterprises (WFOE).
Based on the new rules, four types of equity transfers will be included in the preferential tax treatment, specifically: 
Equity or asset transfers from a parent company to its 100 percent directly controlled subsidiary.
1. The parent company transfers the equity or assets held by it to the subsidiary based on the net book value, and the parent company receives 100 percent equity payment from the subsidiary.
2. The parent company transfers the equity or asset held by it based on the net book value to the subsidiary but the parent company does not receive payment.
Equity or asset transfers from a 100 percent directly controlled subsidiary to its parent company
3. The subsidiary transfers the equity or asset held by it based on the net book value to the parent company but the subsidiary does not receive payment.
Equity or asset transfers between subsidiaries that are subject to 100 percent direct control of the same parent company
4. Under the direction of the parent company, one subsidiary transfers the equity or asset held by it based on the net book value to another subsidiary, and the transferor does not receive payment.
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thread_title:  Tax Treatment in Equity Transfers between Resident Enterprises  

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: 119.30.32.177 (talk) 18:13, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: Per WP:ELNO, we do not typically add external links to blogs. ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 18:27, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 22 August 2018 

message: AT the bottom of this page many of t delinks look as though they do not belong in this article. Not only they seem as though they do not belong, they do not redirect you to anywhere. These should be removes as they make the website seem unreliable and unprofessional. 
Isabellewoods (talk) 22:07, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you be more specific? The external links at the bottom of the page seem to work fine. Maybe an example would help. Kuru (talk) 22:12, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Review  

message: Hello! I am a student editor from Texas A&M University and will be working on this article for the next few weeks as part of my work for a Technical and Professional Editing course. Some issues I would like to address and hopefully remedy through my work:
*The article would benefit from light copyediting. While it is structured and organized well, the readability could be improved by better transitions, rephrasing, and general grammatical edits. I would like to focus especially on the History of Finance section. 
*Building off my last point, the History of Finance section needs to be thoroughly edited in terms of content. It needs to be rewritten in some areas to match an encyclopedic tone, and some of the information needs to be condensed for readability. 
*This article is flagged for missing citations. I will try my best to locate these and see if I can cite the information properly. 
Please feel free to respond with any questions or concerns you may have about my work; I look forward to contributing! Frashid01 (talk) 00:07, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I have endeavored to polish the introduction. Apart from wordsmithing, I notice that it includes multiple references to Investopedia. I know Investopedia is written by people that sign their articles, but some of them appear to be stockbrokers. It seems to me that Investopedia is not a pure encyclopedia -- it's also a platform for advertising financial services. I'd like to see something more authoritative, e.g. references to Encyclopedia Britannica, a mass market book by a financial journalist or even a college textbook. I will search for some. Good luck with your project!BuzzWeiser196 (talk) 13:15, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  Encyclopedia Britannica article on finance.. I like their first paragraph. Maybe we can tinker with the Wikipedia lede to include some of these thoughts so we can cite this instead of just relying on Investopedia. I majored in finance in college and had a corporate finance career, so I can be of some help here. Cordially, BuzzWeiser196 (talk) 13:59, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: The History of Finance needs more citations to reliable sources. It's well-written, but all statements should be supported by footnotes which point the reader to reliable, verifiable sources which support the written text. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources. Cordially, BuzzWeiser196 (talk) 11:29, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added a citation to a college text book (Melicher and Welshans) to the lede, which satisfies the issue I raised on April 3, 2021. BuzzWeiser196 (talk) 20:35, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Ongoing Editing (03/21)

message: Hi , thanks for finding a textbook definition , but don't you think that this definition is a bit circular? It would be like saying that bakery is , which does not answer the question what do bakers do?. That's not really helpful as a wikipedia definition isn't it? If you agree, I offer to find a better one myself. JBchrch (talk) 20:41, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the feedback. Feel free to improve. My main concern is that we not rely only on Investopedia. Cordially, BuzzWeiser196 (talk) 12:10, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi . Please take a look at what I just published. I think it addresses your concern while retaining the textbook citations. Of course, feel free to improve. Cordially, BuzzWeiser196 (talk) 11:28, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Finance definition 

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thread_title:  Copyright problem removed 

message: : With all the recent edits to the lead in this article, we've lost the following sentences and citation. I'd like to see them reinstated. 
It is also the study of how to determine the value of assets such as stocks, bonds, loans, and by extension entire companies. Accurately determining value is crucial to sound business decisions. In some cases, such as one company acquiring another or entering a new line of business, judgements about asset values can make or break the investor.  
I put a good deal of effort into finding this material, because I thought the article relied too heavily on citations to encyclopedia articles, some of which aren't even signed by the author. Published college textbooks are, in my opinion, some of the most authoritative reliable sources we have. The author of this textbook  - a finance scholar - states that finance is the study of valuation. Let's let him have his say. Is that OK with you? Cordially, BuzzWeiser196 (talk) 13:52, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  Your user page says you're away for a few months. I don't have your e-mail address. So I'll go ahead and make the change mentioned above. When you get back, if you want to discuss this further just let me know. Cordially, BuzzWeiser196 (talk) 19:52, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  Did you receive the pings I sent you on May 25 and May 26 re: the Irons valuation language in the Finance article? I have further concerns about the way you modified my latest edit, and would rather resolve it on the Talk page than in dueling edits. Cordially, BuzzWeiser196 (talk) 20:54, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Reinstated; apologies re the delay in responding. Fintor (talk) 09:00, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
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message: Hi all. Any thoughts on whether / what links we could have here? These were removed, but are all useful, maintained by academics, and do not seem to be commercial? Thanks. Fintor (talk) 20:52, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
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