Financial Resources

Financial resources are the set of liquid assets of an organizations. Financial resources are:

• Cash
• Bank deposits
• Stocks
• Bonds
• Foreign currencies holdings

Financial resources are used to carry out the operations of a business and to make long term investments.

Financial resources management should take into account the risk of a shortage of financial resources and it's consequences, and the opportunity cost of having a stock of financial resources. The liquidity of the assets must be taken into account.

The sources of financial resources are mainly:

• Capitalizations: capital contributions or issuance of stocks
• External financing
• Sale of goods and/or services

Financial Planning