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Finance Basics

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The markets where interest rates - along with stock and bond prices are determined






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






3. 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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. 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'






9. 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






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


11. 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






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






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






14. 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






15. 1 for the IRS - the other for reporting to investors






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






17. Finding the proper values of individual securities






18. 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






19. Regulates banks and controls the supply of money






20. Total common equity / Common shares outstanding






21. 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






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






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






24. 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


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






26. 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






27. 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






28. An investor whose views determine the actual stock price






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






30. Bears = pessimists - Bulls = optimists






31. 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






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






33. 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






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






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






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


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






38. Current assets - Current liabilities






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






40. 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)






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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. Dividends paid to common shareholders / Common shares outstanding






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






48. 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






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






50. 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