What Are Short Term Investments?

Patrick Curtis

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Expertise:Investment Banking | Private Equity

Short Term Investments are an accounting concept referring to the value of any liquid investments which are not held for a long time (i.e. options, shares, bonds etc). Short Term Investments is found under Current Assets on the Balance Sheet.

Short Term Investments can be calculated either by summing the value of all the short term investments held by the company, or by taking the previous years value, adding on any purchases (fromCFS) and subtracting any sales and maturities (also fromCFS).

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