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Finance Basics

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Regulates banks and controls the supply of money






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






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






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






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. 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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






14. Bears = pessimists - Bulls = optimists






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






16. 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






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

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18. 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






19. 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






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






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






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






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

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






25. 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






26. 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






27. 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






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






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






30. 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






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






32. Total common equity / Common shares outstanding






33. 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






34. An investor whose views determine the actual stock price






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






36. 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






37. 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






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






39. 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






40. 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






41. 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






42. 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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43. Financial Management - Capital Markets - & Investments






44. 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






45. Current assets - Current liabilities






46. 1 for the IRS - the other for reporting to investors






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






48. 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






49. Finding the proper values of individual securities






50. 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)