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Finance Basics

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Total common equity / Common shares outstanding






2. Dividends paid to common shareholders / Common shares outstanding






3. Finding the proper values of individual securities






4. 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






5. 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






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






7. Net income / Common shares outstanding






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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


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






15. Financial Management - Capital Markets - & Investments






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. 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






25. 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)






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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. Current assets - Current liabilities






32. 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)






33. Bears = pessimists - Bulls = optimists






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






43. Regulates banks and controls the supply of money






44. An investor whose views determine the actual stock price






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 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






47. 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






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






49. 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


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'