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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 investor whose views determine the actual stock price






2. 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


3. Regulates banks and controls the supply of money






4. 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)






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






6. Dividends paid to common shareholders / Common shares outstanding






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






8. 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






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






10. 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






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






12. 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






13. Amount of cash that could be withdrawn from a firm without harming its ability to operate and to produce future cash flows/ how much cash a firm can distribute to its investors - [ EBIT x (1-T) +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






14. 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






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






16. Bears = pessimists - Bulls = optimists






17. Net income / Common shares outstanding






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. 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






25. 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






26. 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






27. 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






28. 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'






29. 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






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


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






32. 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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. Financial Management - Capital Markets - & Investments






39. 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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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)






46. 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






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






48. 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






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






50. 1 for the IRS - the other for reporting to investors