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Finance Basics

Subject : business-skills
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1. Earnings Before Interest - Taxes - Depreciation & Amoritization = Sales revenues - operating costs






2. 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






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


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






5. An investor whose views determine the actual stock price






6. 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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. Regulates banks and controls the supply of money






12. 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






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






14. 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'






15. Financial Management - Capital Markets - & Investments






16. Bears = pessimists - Bulls = optimists






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






18. Current assets - Current liabilities






19. 1 for the IRS - the other for reporting to investors






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






21. 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






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






23. 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






24. Dividends paid to common shareholders / Common shares outstanding






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






34. Finding the proper values of individual securities






35. 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






36. 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






37. 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






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






39. Total common equity / Common shares outstanding






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






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






42. 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






43. 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






44. 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






45. 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


46. 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






47. 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)






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






49. 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






50. 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)