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Finance Basics

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1. Financial Management - Capital Markets - & Investments






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 Amount of cash that could be withdrawn from a firm without harming its ability to operate and to produce future cash flows/ how much cash a firm can distribute to its investors - [ EBIT x (1-T) +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






3. 1 for the IRS - the other for reporting to investors






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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

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11. 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






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






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






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






15. 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)






16. 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






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






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






19. 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






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






21. Bears = pessimists - Bulls = optimists






22. 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






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






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






25. 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






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






27. 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






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






29. 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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30. 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






31. 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






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






33. 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






34. An investor whose views determine the actual stock price






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






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






37. 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






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






39. Dividends paid to common shareholders / Common shares outstanding






40. 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






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






42. 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






43. 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)






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






45. Finding the proper values of individual securities






46. Current assets - Current liabilities






47. 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






48. 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






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






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







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