Chapter 2 Flashcards
What is arbitrage?
- Riskless profit
- If the same good has two different prices in two different markets an investor could create a profit without any form of risk.
- Can be exploited when law of one price does not hold
Whats the compounding value of money?
- Used to calculate the value of a cash flow in the future
- Takes interest on interest payments into account
Whats the discounting value of money?
- Calculates the present value
- Value of a future cash flow today
What is the net present value?
The NPV of an investment is the equivalent of the cash you would receive/pay today
→ Therefore as long as the NPV is positive, the project is a good investment
How do you calculate the ROI?
Profit / Initial Investment
Whats an annuity?
- Constant finite cash flow stream
- Same value each period
- Finite life
- By evaluating cost and benefits using competitive market prices, we can determine whether a
decision will make the firm and its investors wealthier. This central concept is called:
A) the Law of One Price.
B) the Present Value.
C) the Valuation Principle.
D) the Internal Rate of Return.
C
How do you calculate the net present value? (NPV)
net cash flow / (1 + discount rate)
Which of the following statements regarding bonds and bond markets is FALSE?
A) The coupon payment of a coupon bond equals the coupon rate times the bond price.
B) Prior to its maturity date, the price of a pure discount bond is always below its face value (assume a
strictly positive yield to maturity).
C) A coupon bond that trades at a premium has a yield to maturity below the coupon rate.
D) Treasury bills are U.S. government bonds with a maturity of up to one year.
A
The firm’s revenues and expenses over a period of time are reported on the firm’s
A) income statement or statement of financial performance.
B) income statement or statement of financial position.
C) balance sheet or statement of financial performance.
D) balance sheet or statement of financial position
A
The statement of financial performance is also known as the A) balance sheet. B) income statement. C) statement of cash flows. D) statement of stockholder's equity
B
The firm’s asset turnover measures
A) the value of assets held per dollar of shareholder equity.
B) the return the firm has earned on its past investments.
C) the firm’s ability to sell a product for more than the cost of producing it.
D) how efficiently the firm is utilizing its assets to generate sales
D
The firm’s equity multiplier measures
A) the value of assets held per dollar of shareholder equity.
B) the return the firm has earned on its past investments.
C) the firm’s ability to sell a product for more than the cost of producing it.
D) how efficiently the firm is utilizing its assets to generate sales
A
If Alex Corporation takes out a bank loan to purchase a machine used in production and everything else stays the same, its equity multiplier will \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, and its ROE will \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A) increase; increase B) decrease; decrease C) increase; decrease D) decrease; increase
A
The DuPont Identity expresses the firm’s ROE in terms of
A) profitability, asset efficiency, and leverage.
B) valuation, leverage, and interest coverage.
C) profitability, margins, and valuation.
D) equity, assets, and liabilities
A