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Finance Basics

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Debt securities that give the bondholder an option to exchange their bonds for shares of common stock






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






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


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






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






6. 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






7. Finding the proper values of individual securities






8. 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






9. 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






10. Total common equity / Common shares outstanding






11. Dividends paid to common shareholders / Common shares outstanding






12. Regulates banks and controls the supply of money






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






14. 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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. 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






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






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






22. 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






23. Financial Management - Capital Markets - & Investments






24. 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






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






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






27. Bears = pessimists - Bulls = optimists






28. 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






29. An investor whose views determine the actual stock price






30. 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






31. 1 for the IRS - the other for reporting to investors






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






33. 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






34. 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






35. Net income / Common shares outstanding






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






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






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






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


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






41. 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)






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






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






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






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






46. Current assets - Current liabilities






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. 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






49. 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'






50. 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