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Finance Basics

Subject : business-skills
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1. Current assets - (Current liabilities - Notes payables)






2. 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






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






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 Amount of cash that could be withdrawn from a firm without harming its ability to operate and to produce future cash flows/ how much cash a firm can distribute to its investors - [ EBIT x (1-T) +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






5. An investor whose views determine the actual stock price






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






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


8. 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






9. 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






10. 1 for the IRS - the other for reporting to investors






11. 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






12. 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






13. 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






14. 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)






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






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






17. 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






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






19. 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






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






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. Finding the proper values of individual securities






23. 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)






24. Bears = pessimists - Bulls = optimists






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






31. 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






32. 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






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






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






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






36. Current assets - Current liabilities






37. Total common equity / Common shares outstanding






38. 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






39. 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






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






41. 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






42. 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






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


44. 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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






50. 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'