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One key to operating a successful and competitive dairy business is to monitor business performance and make the necessary adjustments to correct any bottlenecks that may adversely affect profitability. Benchmarks can be useful tools in helping dairy producers evaluate their business. Producers should always have a “Big Picture” view of how their business is performing. Dairy producers can accomplish this by knowing ten key performance indicators for their businesses; five financial ratios and five herd performance indicators. These indicators are comparable to the warning lights on the dashboard of a car. They can signal that something is wrong, but will provide little detail as to what the specific cause of the problems might be. However, if any of these ten indicators are significantly different, from a negative perspective, than recommendations outlined in this manual or the goals established by the business owners, other indicators should be examined to determine the cause of substandard performance.
Conducting an annual business performance analysis is an essential process for all business owners. Although dairy producers are no exception, many fail to address this important matter. An annual business analysis provides the owner with a comprehensive view of how the business has performed in a number of key areas over the past year. The analysis will answer some important questions every business owner must answer and can help determine the strengths and weaknesses of the business. If properly conducted, an annual business performance can pinpoint the bottlenecks that are reducing profits.
Collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) are structured fixed income securities whose payouts depend on the performance of pools of collateral comprised of corporate bonds or loans or other structured securities which are themselves backed by underlying collateral pools. Recently, large numbers of highly-rated CDO notes backed by mortgage securities have experienced dramatic credit rating downgrades and a few have declared defaults. As investors have become increasingly concerned about the credit risk embedded in complex structured products, demand for CDOsandother structured products has plummeted, creating liquidity and credit challenges for some financial institutions.
Islamic finance starts from one basic concept that is to avoid trading directly present for future money. Finance is provided in the form of money in return for either equity or rights to share proportionately in future business profits. It is also provided in the form of goods and services delivered in return for commitment to repay their value at a future date. This is an obvious option in addition to the conventional practices of interest-based finance through which people borrow money and pay it back in the future in addition to interest. This paper addresses itself to four questions: (1) Why all the fuss about the rate of interest? (2) Is Islamic finance, as an alternative to interest based debt finance viable and efficient? (3) What Islamic finance implies for the whole economy? (4) Given that Islamic finance is really viable, why it has not been adopted at a larger scale?
