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Finance Basics

Subject : business-skills
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1. 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






2. Bears = pessimists - Bulls = optimists






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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 Amount of cash that could be withdrawn from a firm without harming its ability to operate and to produce future cash flows/ how much cash a firm can distribute to its investors - [ EBIT x (1-T) +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






9. Regulates banks and controls the supply of money






10. 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






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


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






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 individual who targets a corporation for takeover because it is undervalued






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






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






17. 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)






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






19. Financial Management - Capital Markets - & Investments






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






21. 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






22. Total common equity / Common shares outstanding






23. 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


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






26. 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






27. 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'






28. Finding the proper values of individual securities






29. 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






30. 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






31. Dividends paid to common shareholders / Common shares outstanding






32. 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






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






34. 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






35. An investor whose views determine the actual stock price






36. 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






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


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






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






40. Current assets - Current liabilities






41. 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






42. Net income / Common shares outstanding






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






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






45. 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






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






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






48. 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






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






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