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Finance Basics

Subject : business-skills
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1. Finding the proper values of individual securities






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






3. 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






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






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






7. Net income / Common shares outstanding






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






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


10. 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)






11. 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






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






13. 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






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






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






16. Dividends paid to common shareholders / Common shares outstanding






17. Regulates banks and controls the supply of money






18. For example - based on 50% probability of failure/success and current bond value of $1000 - a current stock price of $10 and projected new stock price of $2000 if successful






19. 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






20. 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






21. 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






22. 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






23. 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






24. An individual who targets a corporation for takeover because it is undervalued






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






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






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


28. Financial Management - Capital Markets - & Investments






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






35. The primary goal for managers of publicly owned companies implies that decisions should be made to maximize the long-run value of the firm's common stock. Corporate social responsibility is not inconsistent with maximizing shareholder value






36. 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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. 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






42. 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)






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






44. 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






45. 1 for the IRS - the other for reporting to investors






46. 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






47. An investor whose views determine the actual stock price






48. Bears = pessimists - Bulls = optimists






49. 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






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