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Finance Basics

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. An investor whose views determine the actual stock price






3. Regulates banks and controls the supply of money






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






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






6. 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






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






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






9. 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






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






11. 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






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 Amount of cash that could be withdrawn from a firm without harming its ability to operate and to produce future cash flows/ how much cash a firm can distribute to its investors - [ EBIT x (1-T) +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






13. Dividends paid to common shareholders / Common shares outstanding






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






15. 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






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






17. 1 for the IRS - the other for reporting to investors






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






19. 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






20. 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


21. 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)






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






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






24. 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






25. 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






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






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






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






29. Finding the proper values of individual securities






30. Net income / Common shares outstanding






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






32. Total common equity / Common shares outstanding






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






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


35. 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






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






37. 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'






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






39. 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






40. 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






41. 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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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