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Finance Basics

Subject : business-skills
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1. Charge used to reflect the cost of long term assets used up in the production process over their useful life (not a cash outlay). Accelerated generally used for the IRS and straight line for investors






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






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






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






5. 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






6. 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'






7. 1 for the IRS - the other for reporting to investors






8. 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






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






10. 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






11. An unincorporated business owned by 2 or more persons. 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






12. Financial Management - Capital Markets - & Investments






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






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






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






16. Regulates banks and controls the supply of money






17. Total common equity / Common shares outstanding






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






19. 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






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






21. Profit a company would generate if it had no debt and held only operating assets - = EBIT x (1-T)






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






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






24. Similar to an LLC but used for professional firms in the fields of accounting - law - and architecture. It has limited liability like corporations - but is taxed like partnerships.Investors have votes in proportion to their share of ownership






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






26. 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






27. How did sales perform and did it make a profit? A report summarizing a firm's revenues - expenses and profits during a reporting period (generally a quarter or a year)






28. 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






29. Current assets - Current liabilities






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






31. Bears = pessimists - Bulls = optimists






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






33. 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






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


35. 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






36. 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)






37. Current assets - (Current liabilities - Notes payables)






38. Situation in which the actual market price equals the intrinsic value so investors are indifferent between buying or selling a stock






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






40. Finding the proper values of individual securities






41. Amount of cash that could be withdrawn from a firm without harming its ability to operate and to produce future cash flows/ how much cash a firm can distribute to its investors - [ EBIT x (1-T) + Depreciation & Amoritization] - [Capital expenditures






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






45. 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






46. Dividends paid to common shareholders / Common shares outstanding






47. A relatively new type of organization that is a hybrid between a partnership and a corporation. It has limited liability like corporations - but is taxed like partnerships. Investors have votes in proportion to their share of ownership






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






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






50. Net income / Common shares outstanding