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What is the difference between the Short - Term Financial Planning and the Long Term Financial Planning?

? Short-term financial planning where the focus is on ensuring that the firm does not run out of cash. Short-term planning is, therefore, often termed cashed budgeting. Long-term financial planning focuses on the implications of alternative financial strategies. It allows managers to avoid some surprises that cannot be avoided. And it helps to establish goals for the firm and to provide standards for measuring performance. List and describe the role of financial institutions. Financial institutions act as financial intermediaries that gather the savings of many individuals and reinvest them in loans or in the financial markets. For example, bank raises money by taking deposits and by selling debt and common stock to investors. They then lend the money to companies and individuals. Of course banks must charge sufficient interest to cover their costs and to compensate depositors and other investors.

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