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Managerial Finance

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1. Periodic payments of profit to the shareholders






2. Wealthy individual investors who do not operate as a business but invest in promising early-stage companies in exchange for a portion of the firm's equity.






3. Create wealth for the shareholders through maximizing the value of the firm by making financial decisions that will increase the price of common stock.






4. The actual rate of interest charged by the supplier of funds and paid by the demander






5. Is a complex and lengthy legal document stating the conditions under which a bond has been issued.






6. Allows common stockholders to maintain their proportionate ownership in the corporation when new shares are issued - thus protecting them from dilution of their ownership.






7. Money flows directly from investor to corporation - $ flows from investor to corp through an investment bank ('privileged subscription')






8. The current dollar value of a future amount - the amount of money that would have to be invested today at a given interest rate over a specified period to equal the future amount.






9. Is interest that is earned on a given deposit and has become part of the principal at the end of a specified period.






10. Investment bank underwrites issuance - risk is on the investment bank






11. When interest is credited twice a year.






12. A portion of a security registration statement that describes the key aspects of the issue - the issuer - and its management and financial position






13. Inflation - opportunity cost - risk






14. Shares of common stock that have been put into circulation. - = outstanding shares + treasury stock






15. The process of finding present values; the inverse of compounding interest






16. Stock is an arbitrary value established for legal purposes in the firm's corporate charter - and can be used to find the total number of shares outstanding by dividing it into the book value of common stock.






17. Preferred stock is preferred stock for which all passed (unpaid) dividends in arrears - along with the current dividend - must be paid before dividends can be paid to common stockholders






18. Estimates stock value by multiplying the firm's expected earnings per share (EPS) by the average price/earnings (P/E) ratio for the industry.






19. Money has a time value - Risk requires a reward - Cash flow is what matters - Market prices are generally correct - and Conflicts of interest create agency problems.






20. Investors bid to buy shares - risk is on corporation

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21. A statement transferring the votes of a stockholder to another party






22. A paid individual - corporation - or commercial bank trust department that acts as the third party to a bond indenture and can take specified actions on behalf of the bondholders if the terms of the indenture are violated






23. Planning the long-term investments - $ coming in > $ going out






24. Shares of ownership in a public corporation. The shareholder has voting rights in the corporation.






25. A potential conflict of interest between outside shareholders (owners) and managers who make decisions about how to operate the firm.






26. Agencies that assess the 'credit worthiness' of an organization. The two major rating agencies are Moody's and Standard & Poor.






27. The risk that a company will be unable to pay the bond's face amount or interest payments as it becomes due.






28. Providers of venture capital; typically - formal businesses that maintain strong oversight over the firms they invest in and that have clearly defined exit strategies.






29. High-risk - high-interest bonds






30. Issued shares of common stock held by investors - this includes private and public investors.






31. Investment bank does not underwrite - risk is on corporation

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32. Type of bonds representing property put up as collateral






33. Day to day operations - how much cash to keep on hand - how much inventory to keep on hand - will we allow to buy on credit?






34. The percentage of a bond's par value that will be paid annually - typically in two equal semiannual payments - as interest.






35. Mixture of debt and equity to finance long-term investments






36. The value at a given future date of an amount placed on deposit today and earning interest at a specified rate. Found by applying compound interest over a specified period of time.






37. An unsecured type of bond that pays interest only when the debtor company has positive earnings.






38. Is preferred stock with a stated face value that is used with the specified dividend percentage to determine the annual dollar dividend.






39. Assumes that the stock will pay the same dividend each year - year after year






40. A widely cited dividend valuation approach that assumes that dividends will grow at a constant rate - but a rate that is less than the required return.






41. First time selling stock - indirectly with financial intermediary - indirectly with investment bank






42. Selling stock anytime after initial time






43. The rate that creates equilibrium between the supply of savings and the demand for investment funds in a perfect world - without inflation - where suppliers and demanders of funds have no liquidity preferences and there is no risk






44. Privately raised external equity capital used to fund early-stage firms with attractive growth prospects.






45. Is an annuity for which the cash flow occurs at the beginning of each period.






46. A rising trend in the prices of most goods and services






47. Is a stream of equal periodic cash flows - over a specified time period. These cash flows can be inflows of returns earned on investments or outflows of funds invested to earn future returns.






48. Preferred stock is preferred stock for which passed (unpaid) dividends do not accumulate.






49. Ownership in a Corporation (stock)






50. Is included in nearly all corporate bond issues - gives the issuer the opportunity to repurchase bonds at a stated call price prior to maturity.







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