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Finance Basics

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. 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






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






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






5. 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






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






7. Total common equity / Common shares outstanding






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






9. 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)






10. 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






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






12. 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






13. 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






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






15. Finding the proper values of individual securities






16. Regulates banks and controls the supply of money






17. Dividends paid to common shareholders / Common shares outstanding






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






21. 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






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






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






24. 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)






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






26. 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






27. Current assets - Current liabilities






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


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






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






31. 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


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






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






34. 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






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






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






37. 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






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






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


40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Net income / Common shares outstanding






48. 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






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






50. 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'