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Finance Basics

Subject : business-skills
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1. Financial Management - Capital Markets - & Investments






2. 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






3. 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






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






5. Finding the proper values of individual securities






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






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






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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






13. Regulates banks and controls the supply of money






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






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






16. 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






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






18. 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






19. 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)






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






21. 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






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






23. 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






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






25. 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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. Bears = pessimists - Bulls = optimists






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






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






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

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






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

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






38. 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






39. 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






40. Total common equity / Common shares outstanding






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






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






43. 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






44. 1 for the IRS - the other for reporting to investors






45. 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






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






47. 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






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






49. 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






50. An investor whose views determine the actual stock price