China CGame (China CGame) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities : $0.10 Mil (As of Sep. 2011)

China CGame Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Chart

China CGame Annual Data
	Trend	Dec02	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities		Get a 7-Day Free Trial				2.12	4.04	9.52	0.74	4.13

China CGame Quarterly Data
	Dec06	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07	Dec07	Mar08	Jun08	Sep08	Dec08	Mar09	Jun09	Sep09	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															3.01	4.13	2.41	0.19	0.10

China CGame Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Calculation

Cash and cash equivalents are the most liquid assets on the balance sheet. Cash equivalents are assets that are readily convertible into cash, such as money market holdings, short-term government bonds or Treasury bills, marketable securities and commercial paper.

Marketable Securities are very liquid securities that can be converted into cash quickly at a reasonable price.

China CGame  (OTCPK:CCGM) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Explanation

Marketable securities are very liquid as they tend to have maturities of less than one year. Furthermore, the rate at which these securities can be bought or sold has little effect on their prices.

A high number means either:

1) The company has competitive advantage generating lots of cash

2) Just sold a business or bonds (not necessarily good)

A low stockpile of cash usually means poor to mediocre economics.

There are 3 ways to create large cash reserve.

1) Sell new bonds or equity to public

2) Sell business or asset

3) It has an ongoing business generating more cash than it burns (usually means durable competitive advantage)

When a company is suffering a short term problem, Buffett looks at cash or marketable securities to see whether it has the financial strength to ride it out.

Important: Lots of cash and marketable securities + little debt = good chance that the business will sail on through tough times.

Test to see what is creating cash by looking at past 7 yrs of balance sheets. This will reveal how the cash was created.

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