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Managerial Finance

Subject : business-skills
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1. Create wealth for the shareholders through maximizing the value of the firm by making financial decisions that will increase the price of common stock.






2. 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






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

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4. Price of assets traded fully reflect all available information - and investors must be rational






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






6. All else equal - the longer the time to maturity - the greater the interest rate risk to the investor






7. 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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






13. Investment bank underwrites issuance - risk is on the investment bank - bid on shares






14. A bond that a corporation issues to raise money to expand its business






15. 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.






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






17. Is preferred stock with no stated face value but with a stated annual dollar dividend






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






19. Are provisions in a bond indenture that place operating and financial constraints on the borrower






20. 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.






21. Interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan






22. Stock that gives its owners preference in the payment of dividends and an earlier claim on assets than common stockholders if the company is forced out of business and its assets sold.(not voted)






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






24. 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.






25. 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.






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






27. Periodic payments of profit to the shareholders






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






34. 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.






35. High-risk - high-interest bonds






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






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






38. 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?






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






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






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






42. Interest compounds four times per year.






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






44. Inflation - opportunity cost - risk






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






46. Is usually applied to equity instruments such as common stock; the cost of funds obtained by selling an ownership interest.






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






48. Is usually applied to debt instruments such as bank loans or bonds; the compensation paid by the borrower of funds to the lender; from the borrower's point of view - the cost of borrowing funds.






49. Type of bonds representing property put up as collateral






50. 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.