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Finance Basics

Subject : business-skills
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1. Indicates a rapidly growing company (investing in new assets) which is ok as long as the company eventually utilizes the assets to become profitable and contribute to its FCF






2. Regulates the trading of stocks and bonds in public markets






3. Current assets - (Current liabilities - Notes payable)






4. Shows the amount of equity the stockholders had at the start of the year - the items that increased or decreased it and the equity at the end of the year


5. Cumulative total of all earnings kept by the company during its life - a claim against assets - they do not represent cash on the balance sheet






6. Success (0.5 x $2000) + Failure (0.50 x $0) = $1 - 000 (New Stock Price)






7. The best way to structure portfolios or 'baskets' of stocks and bonds






8. Indicates how large a company is. What assets the company owns & who has claims on those assets as of a given date. Displayed in 2 columns with the assets (what the company owns) on the left side and the firms liabilities and equity on the right side






9. An investor whose views determine the actual stock price






10. Categorized as current assets because are used & then replaced






11. A special designation that allows small businesses that meet qualifications to be taxed as if they were a proprietorship or a partnership rather than a corporation - exempt from corporate tax - must have less than 100 stockholders to qualify






12. 1) Increased globalization of business 2) Ever improving information technology 3) Corporate governance (the way top managers operate and interface with stockholders)






13. Investor psychology is examined in an effort to determine if stock prices have been bid up to unreasonable heights in a speculative bubble or driven down to unreasonable lows in a fit of irrational pessimism






14. Financial Management - Capital Markets - & Investments






15. Represents the amount that stockholders paid the company when shares were purchased and the amount or earnings the company has retained since its origination


16. Stock value based on 'perceived' but possibly incorrect information as seen by the marginal investor






17. Sole Proprietorships - Partnerships - Corporations (incl. S Corp. and Non-profits - Limited Liability Companies (LLC) and Limited Liability Partnerships






18. Expected % Gain of Stock Price = Increase of stock $ less original stock $ ($1 - 000 - $10) divided by original stock price (/ $10 x 100%) (100% is a constant)






19. Earnings Before Interest - Taxes - Depreciation & Amoritization = Sales revenues - operating costs






20. Focuses on decisions relating to how much and what types of assets to acquire - how to raise the capital needed to purchase assets - and how to run the firm so as to maximize its value






21. A company's attitude and conduct toward its employees - customers - community - and stockholders






22. Law passed by Congress that requires CEO's & CFO's to certify their firms financial statements are accurate and deal with the consequences if the statements are not accurate






23. The issue of whether stock and bond markets at any given time are 'too high' or 'too low' or 'about right' - Behavioral Finance is a tool often used to aid in this analysis






24. 1 for the IRS - the other for reporting to investors






25. Dividends paid to common shareholders / Common shares outstanding






26. The larger the expected cash flows - and the lower the perceived risk the higher the stock's price






27. Principal task is to evaluate proposed decisions and judge how they will affect the stock price and thus shareholder wealth. Success or lack thereof of projects can determine the stock prices






28. Net income / Common shares outstanding






29. Bears = pessimists - Bulls = optimists






30. What investors DO expect given the limited information they actually have






31. Usually considered a debt (fixed charge) by stockholders and equity by bondholders. A hybrid between convertible bonds and long-term leases






32. A non-cash charge similar to depreciation except that it is used to write off the costs of intangible assets over their useful life






33. Current assets - Current liabilities






34. Accomplished through a combination of current liabilities - long-term debt - and common equity






35. The value of any asset is the present value or the stream of cash flows that the asset provides to its owners over time. In general the valuation is different if it is the 'market value' or the 'book value'






36. What investors would expect if they had all of the information that existed about a company






37. New investments - raise funds through financing - repurchased debt or equity - or paid dividends. How much cash the firm started the year with - how much it ended up with and what it did to increase or decrease its cash. A report that shows how th






38. Debt securities that give the bondholder an option to exchange their bonds for shares of common stock






39. The markets where interest rates - along with stock and bond prices are determined






40. Receive more when the company does better - often in conflict with bondholders






41. Sales revenues - operating costs (including depreciation & amoritizaton)






42. Issued annually by a corporation to its stockholders - containing basic financial statements as well as management's analysis of the firm's past operations and future prospects. Provides 4 basic reports - Balance Sheet - Income Statement - Stateme






43. Acquisition of a company over the opposition of its management






44. A legal entity created by a state - separate and distinct from its owners and managers - having unlimited life - easy transferability of ownership an limited liability. Major drawback is double taxation - earnings are taxed and dividends paid out






45. 1) Limited liability reduces the risks borne by investors - the lower the risk - the higher the value. 2) Firm's value is dependent on its growth opportunities - less risk easier to attract investor - more money more growth opportunities. 3) Valu






46. Focuses on decisions concerning stocks and bonds and includes a number of activities - 1) Security Analysis - 2) Portfolio Theory - & 3) Market Analysis






47. An uninicorporated business owned by one individual. 3 advantages - Easy and inexpensive to form - subject to few government regulations - and subject to lower income taxes than corporations. 3 disadvantages - Unlimited personal liability for the bu






48. Receive fix payments regardless of how well the company does - often in conflict with stockholders






49. An estimate of a stock's 'true' value based on accurate risk adn return data - it can be estimated but not measured precisely - estimate by stock analysts - a long term concept - management should maximize this value not the market price






50. SE = Paid-in Capital + Retained Earnings or SE = Total Assets - Total Liabilities