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Finance Basics

Subject : business-skills
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1. Total common equity / Common shares outstanding






2. 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






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






4. 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






5. Finding the proper values of individual securities






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 Amount of cash that could be withdrawn from a firm without harming its ability to operate and to produce future cash flows/ how much cash a firm can distribute to its investors - [ EBIT x (1-T) +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






7. 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






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






9. 1 for the IRS - the other for reporting to investors






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






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






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






13. 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






14. 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






15. 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






16. Current assets - Current liabilities






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


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






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






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






21. 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






22. 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






23. 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






24. 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






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






26. 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






27. 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)






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






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






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






32. 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


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






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






35. 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)






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






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






38. Dividends paid to common shareholders / Common shares outstanding






39. 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






40. Financial Management - Capital Markets - & Investments






41. Net income / Common shares outstanding






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






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. 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






45. Bears = pessimists - Bulls = optimists






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






47. 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






48. 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'






49. Regulates banks and controls the supply of money






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