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Finance Basics

Subject : business-skills
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1. 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






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






3. 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






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






5. 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






6. Total common equity / Common shares outstanding






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






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. 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






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. 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






12. 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






13. 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






14. An investor whose views determine the actual stock price






15. Current assets - Current liabilities






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






17. 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






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






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


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






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






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






23. 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


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






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






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






27. 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






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






29. Dividends paid to common shareholders / Common shares outstanding






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






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






32. 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






33. 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






34. 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






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






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






37. Regulates banks and controls the supply of money






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






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






41. 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






42. 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'






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






44. 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






45. Bears = pessimists - Bulls = optimists






46. 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






47. 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






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






49. 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






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