1st Mastery Test Flashcards
It is the study of how the players in a financial system acquire, spend, manage, and make other sound financial decisions concerning money and other financial resources.
•Describes activities associated with banking, leverage or debt, credit, capital markets, money, and investments.
Finance
It refers to managing an individual’s monetary resources across five key areas—income, savings, investments, expenditure, and assets protection.
The goal is to make intelligent investment decisions and build a safety net that sustains the individual without constraints or bad debts.
Personal Finance
Like individuals, governments need to allocate their resources to different sectors of the economy. It is how federal, state, and local institutions track revenue and manage expenses for all the services they provide to the public.
Public Finance
It covers all the financial activities related to running a business. You can think of this in terms of acquisitions and investments, funding, capital budgeting, risk management, and tax management needed for business growth in financial markets.
Companies need to maintain a balance between cash flow, risks and investment opportunities to increase their value and strengthen their capital structure.
Corporate or Business Finance
Basic Functions of Money
- Medium of Exchange
- Unit of Account
- Store of Value
Reasons to Study Finance
- To be able to manage money or financial resources
- To be able to make sound economic decisions
- To be able to arrive at sound personal and business investment decisions
- To be able to understand the career path available to finance professionals
Careers in Finance
Commerce & Industry
Government
Academe
Academe
- Lecturer
- Researcher
Government
1.Administrative Clerk
2. Examiner
3.Collections Officer
Commerce & Industry
1.Financial Analyst
2.Cash Management
Analyst
3.Credit Analyst
4.Bank Tellers
5. Investment
Researchers 6.Real Estate Agent 7.Financial Advisors
Characteristics or Areas of Financial Environment
Financial Institutions and markets
Financial Markets
Investments
Financial Management
are organizations or intermediaries that help the financial system operates efficiently and transfer funds from depositors and investors to individuals, business, and governments.
example: banks, insurance companies, & lending institutions
Financial Institutions and markets
describes any market place where trading of securities such as shares, bonds and currencies occurs
in the Philippines —Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE)
Financial Markets
focuses on the decisions made by businesses and individuals as they choose securities for their investment portfolios.
example: sales or marketing of securities, analysis of securities
Investments
involves financial planning, asset management, and decisions to increase the value of the stakeholders.
deals with decisions concerning cash flows, including both inflows and outflows
Financial Management