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Finance Basics

Subject : business-skills
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1. 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






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






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. Dividends paid to common shareholders / Common shares outstanding






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 Amount of cash that could be withdrawn from a firm without harming its ability to operate and to produce future cash flows/ how much cash a firm can distribute to its investors - [ EBIT x (1-T) +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






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






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






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






9. Finding the proper values of individual securities






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






11. 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






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






13. 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






14. 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)






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






16. Total common equity / Common shares outstanding






17. 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






18. Regulates banks and controls the supply of money






19. 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






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






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






22. Bears = pessimists - Bulls = optimists






23. 1 for the IRS - the other for reporting to investors






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






25. Financial Management - Capital Markets - & Investments






26. 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


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






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


29. 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






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






31. 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






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






33. 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






34. Current assets - Current liabilities






35. 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






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






37. 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






38. 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






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






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






41. 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






42. 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






43. 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






44. Net income / Common shares outstanding






45. 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






46. 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'






47. 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)






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






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






50. 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