Common requirements include: purpose of the loan, history of the business, financial statements for three years (existing businesses), schedule of term debts (existing businesses), aging of accounts receivable and payable (existing businesses), projected opening-day balance sheet (new businesses), lease details, amount of investment in the business by the owner(s), projections of income, expenses and cash flow, signed personal financial statements and personal resume(s).

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The price of any single stock in isolation is affected by its current and projected earnings, the degree of reliability of those projections, its balance sheet, its dividend or prospect of a dividend, the relative attractiveness of alternative investments and many more factors.

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