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Chapter 1 of Business Finance
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Finance
Undergraduate 3
05/18/2015

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Capital Budgeting
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Fixed Asset purchase
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Working Capital
Definition
Current assets and current and liabilities
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Gneral Partnership
Definition
Equally share in the decision makng and in the profits or losses
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Corporation
Definition
50-50 basis, no personal liability for the firm debts
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Stakeholder
Definition
federal government has a tax claim on the cash flow
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Financial institution
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Loan officer---regional bank
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Currency trader
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international area of finance
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Cash Management
Definition
Treasure
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Capital Budgeting
Definition
Size, timing and risk of future cash flow
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Capital Stucture
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Establishing the preferred debt equity level
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Working Capital Management
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Determining which customer will be granted credit
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Sole proprietorship
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Has its profits taxed as personal income
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Corporation
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IS a legal entity separate from its owners
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Limited liability company
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Prefers its profits be taxed as personal income to its owner
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Primary goal of financial management
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Increasing the market value of the firm
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Goal of financial management
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Current market value per share
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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Corporate accounting and financial fraud and increase protection against corporate fruad
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Agency Conflict
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Separating management from ownership
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Primary Market
Definition
South Wind Product sold 1,000 shares of newly issued stock to Mike
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Securities dealer
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Dealers buy and sell from their own inventory
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Auction Market
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Has a physical trading floor
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NASDAQ
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has more listed stocks than does the NYSE
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Stockbroker
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is one of the most common career
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Portfolio management
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is a second investment related career path
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Portfolio management
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Manage money for investor; Buy into mutual funds; Pension funds insurances companies
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Security analysis
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Third area; Researches individual investment; Stock---companies---price
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Financial institution
Definition
Banks
insurance
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Bank
Definition
Commercial loans officers
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Insurance
Definition
analyst--risk
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Marketing
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Understanding budgets
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Financial analyst
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Marketing analyst
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Accounting
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Financial decision
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Financial decision
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Understand the implications of many; Newer financial contracts
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Management
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Strategy; Profitability
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Management (Strategy)
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Have clear understand of financial implications
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What is Business Finances
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What long term investments should you take on; Where will you get the long-term financing to pay for your investment; How will you manage your everyday financial activities
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Where will you get the long term financing to pay for your investment
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Bring in other owner; Borrow money
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Financial Manager
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CFO; Coordinates the activities of the treasure and the controller
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Controller's
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Cost financial accounting
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Cost financial accounting
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Tax payment; Management information system
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Treasurer
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Firms cash/credit; Financial planning; Capital expenditures
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Decisions
Definition
Capital Budgeting' Capital structure; Working Capital Management
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Capital Budgeting
Definition
The process of planning and managing a firm's long-term investment; Identify investment opportunities that are worth more to the firm; Value of cash flow generated by an asset exceed the cost of that assets; How much cash they expect receive
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Capital Structure
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To the specific mixture of long-term debt and equity the firm use to finance its operation; How much should the firm barrow; What are least expensive source;Financing mix, where to raise the money
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Working Capital Management
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To firm's short term asset; Day to day;
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To firm's short term assets
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Inventory and Short term liabilities
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Questions
Definition
How much cash and investor; Should we sell on credit to our customers; How will we obtain any needed short-timer financing
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Business Organization
Definition
Sale Proprietorship; Partnership; Corporation
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Sale Proprietorship
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Own by one person; simplest type; Keeps all profits; Unlimited liability; One income; Personal income tax;Amount of equity can be raised is limited
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Partnership
Definition
Except that there are two or more owners; General Partnership; Limited partnerships; Corporation
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General Partnership
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Not easy to transfer; All parnters share in increase and decrease; Unlimited liability; Partnership agreement
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Partnership agreement
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Written agreement important; Oral or written
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Limited Partnership
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One or more general partnership; One or more limited partnership; Don't actively participate; Amount--contributes; Real estate ventures; Terminates; Easy to transfer
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Corporation
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Is the most important form of business organization; Legal person; Borrow money/buy land; Articles of incorporation; Bylaw; Corporation name, intended life, business purpose, number of shareholders
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Corporation
Definition
How the corporation regulates its own existences; Stockholder-board director
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Disadvantages of Corporation
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Pay taxes; Dividends; Double taxation; Name
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Name
Definition
Joint stock companies; Public limited companies; Limited liability companies
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Goal of Financial Management
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Profit Maximization
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Profit Maximization
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Most commonly goal; Not very precise objective
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The goal of financial management in a corporation
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Decides for the stock holder; Good increase stocks, bad decrease stock; Is to maximize the current value per share of the existing stock
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Questions of Corporation
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What is the appropriate goal when the firms has not trade stock
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The total value of the stock in a
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corporations is to simply equal to the value of the owner equity
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act
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Sarbox; Strength then protection--corporation account fraud; 11/15/2004; Public corporation---review and sign annual report
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Management
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Control
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Agency Relationship
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Relationship between manager and stock holder; Principal hires the agent; Agency problem; Agency cost
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Agency problem
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The possibility of conflict of interest between the owners and management of a firm
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Agency Cost
Definition
The new investment is expected to favorable impact the stock price but it is also a relatively risk venture
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Limited Partnership
Definition
One or more general partnership; One or more limited partnership; Don't actively participate; Amount--contributes; Real estate ventures; Terminates; Easy to transfer
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Corporation
Definition
Is the most important form of business organization; legal person; Borrow money/buy land; Articles of incorporation; Bylaw; Corporation name, intended life, business purpose, number of shareholders; How the corporation regulates its own existence; Stockholder--board director
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Disadvantages of Corporation
Definition
Pay taxes; Dividends; Double taxation; Name
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Corporation (Double Taxation)
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Earns and paid out
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Name of Corporation
Definition
Joint Stock companies; Public limited companies; Limited liability companies
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Cash Flow to and from the firm
Definition
The firm invest the cash in current and fixed asset; Those assets generates cash; Some of which goes to pay corporate taxes; After taxes are paid, some of this cash flow is reinvested in the firm; The rest goes back to the financial markets
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Financial Markets
Definition
Bringing buyer and seller together
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Primary Markets
Definition
Original sales of securities by government and corporations; To skip SEC--sold to insurance companies or mutual funds
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Primary Markets (2 types)
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Public offering and Private placement
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Secondary Market
Definition
Are those in which these in which these securities are bought and sold after the original sale; One owner or creditor selling to other; Transferring owners of corporation securities
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Secondary Market (Dealers)
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By and sell for their self; over the counter; Long-term debt
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Secondary Market (Auction)
Definition
Physical place; To match those who wise to sell to those who want to buy
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Equity
Definition
issued by corporation---registered by SEC
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Debt securities
Definition
issued government and corporation registered by SEC
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Investments
Definition
Work with financial assets such as stocks and bonds; Value of financial assets, risk vs return, and asset all location
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Job opportunities
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Stockbroker or financial advisory; Portfolio manager; Security analyst
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Financial Institution
Definition
Companies that specialize in financial ;
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Financial Institution (Banks)
Definition
Commercial and investment, credit union, saving and loans
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Other Financial Instituion
Definition
Insurance companies, Brokerage firms
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International Finance
Definition
An area of specialization within each of the areas discussed so far; May allow you to work in other countries or at least travel on a regular basis; Need to be familiar with exchange rates and political risk; Need to understand the customs of other countries; speaking a foreign language fluently is also helpful
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Advantages of Sole Proprietorships
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Easiest to start; Least regulated; Single owner keeps all of the profit; Taxed once as personal income
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Disadvantages of Sole Proprietorships
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Limited to life of owners; Equity capital limited to owner's personal wealth; Unlimited liability; Difficult to sell ownership interest
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Advantages of Parternership
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Two or more owners; More capital available; Relatively easy to start; Income taxed once as personal income
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Disadvantages of Partnerships
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Unlimited liability; Partnership dissolve when one partner dies or wishes to sell; Difficult to transfer ownership
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Corporation Advantages
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Limited and unlimited liabilities; separation of ownership and management; Transfer of ownership is easy; Easier to raise capital
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Corporation Disadvantages
Definition
Separation of ownership and management; Double Taxation
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What should be the goal of a corporation
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Maximize profit; Minimize cost; Maximize market share; Maximize the current value per share of the company's existing stock; Maximize the market value of the existing owners' equity
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Does this mean we should be anything and everything and everything to maximize owner wealth
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Outsourcing; Off-shoring; Enron; Corporate support of charities
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act
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Driven by corporate scandals; Intended to strengthen protection against accounting fraud and financial malpractices; Compliance every costly;
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