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Finance Basics

Subject : business-skills
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1. 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






2. Dividends paid to common shareholders / Common shares outstanding






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






4. 1 for the IRS - the other for reporting to investors






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


6. 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






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






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






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






10. 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


11. Bears = pessimists - Bulls = optimists






12. 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






13. 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






14. 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






15. An investor whose views determine the actual stock price






16. 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)






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






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






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






20. 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






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






22. Current assets - Current liabilities






23. 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






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






25. 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






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






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






28. 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






29. 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'






30. 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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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


37. Financial Management - Capital Markets - & Investments






38. 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






39. 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






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






41. Finding the proper values of individual securities






42. 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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






48. 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






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