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Economics Flashcards

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Quantity of money or money supply is the major determinant of price levels

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MONETARIST ECONOMIC THEORY

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2
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Currency in circulation and demand deposits

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M1-NARROW MONEY

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3
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M1 + savings accounts and time deposits

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M2 (BROAD MONEY)

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M2 plus assets and liabilities of financial institutions

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M3 (DOMESTIC LIQUIDITY)

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5
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Government policies could be used to increase demand

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> cut interest rates
pump priming of the economy
investment in infrastructure

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6
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Maintain economic stability by controlling money supply

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CENTRAL BANK

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7
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M2 plus assets and liabilities of financial institutions

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M3 (DOMESTIC LIQUIDITY)

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8
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  • Overheating of investments and production
  • Very low unemployment
  • Overexpansion and overproduction, funded by debts
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PEAKS

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9
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  • Economic growth by lowering barriers for people to produce goods and services
  • Reduce taxes, reduce regulations
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SUPPLY SIDE ECONOMIC THEORY

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10
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Sometimes, no strong automatic mechanism moves output and employment towards full employment levels

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KEYNESIAN THEORY

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11
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Where new issues of bonds, preferred stock or common stock are sold by government, municipalities and companies to acquire new capital
Ex. T-bills, municipal bond issues, IPOs

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PRIMARY MARKET

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12
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  • Analysis of past market data to estimate future price
  • Believes that prices are affected by numerous factors
  • Aside from fundamental factors, prices are affected by psychology
    and sentiment of investors
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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

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13
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  • Permit trading in outstanding issues
  • Provide liquidity for securities issued in the primary market
  • Usually conducted in an exchange or a centralized market for secondary trading of stocks, bond and other securities
    Ex. PSE, NYSE, HK Stock Exchange
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SECONDARY MARKET

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  • Involves dealers and brokers who trade shares that are listed on an exchange away from the exchange
  • Also referred to as over the counter or OTC trading
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THIRD MARKET

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15
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Direct trading of securities without broker intermediation

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FOURTH MARKET

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16
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  • Buys and sells securities for his own account
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DEALER

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17
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  • Buys and sells securities for account of others
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BROKER

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18
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  • Also called specialists
  • Provides liquidity to the market by posting both bid and ask prices for certain issues
  • Acts as both broker and dealer
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MARKET MAKER

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Market is centralized, where Orders matched by a facilitating agent and executed at one price

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Order driven auction market

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20
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Market is decentralized, where numerous dealers provide liquidity

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Quote driven dealer market

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21
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What type of monetary policy does the central bank adopt when M3 growth and inflation are high?

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Restrictive

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22
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Used to measure the average performance of a group of securities

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INDEX USES

23
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Judge the performance of investment managers

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Benchmark

24
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Led to the creation of index funds and ETFs (Exchange-traded funds)

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Form indexed portfolios

25
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-Perform research on effect of macroeconomic factors on security prices and to compare risk-adjusted performance of alternative asset classes

  • Perform technical and fundamental analysis of the entire class of assets
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INDEX USES

26
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Serve as the “market” portfolio for measuring beta and systematic risk

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INDEX USES

27
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TYPES OF INDICES (BASED ON INDEX WEIGHTINGS)

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PRICE – WEIGHTED AVERAGES
MARKET VALUE – WEIGHTED INDICES
EQUAL WEIGHTED INDICES

28
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Arithmetic mean of current prices

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PRICE – WEIGHTED AVERAGES

29
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Sum of the market value of all stocks

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MARKET VALUE – WEIGHTED INDICES

30
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Compute day-to-day percentage price change for each security in the index and then averaging the results

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EQUAL WEIGHTED INDICES

31
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RISK OF GLOBAL INVESTING

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Currency Risk
Country Risk
Geographic Risk
Regional Risk

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FINANCIAL RATIOS

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PROFITABLE RATIOS
ACTIVITY RATIOS
LIQUIDITY RATIOS
COVERAGE RATIOS
VALUATION MEASURES

33
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Measures how much a company earns on top of cost to produce goods

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Gross Profit Margin (GPM)

34
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Formula of Gross Profit Margin (GPM)

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Gross Margin = Gross Profit/Net Sales

35
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Measures how much a company earns on top of cost to produce goods, and costs to conduct day to day operations (selling, general and administrative expenses)

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Operating Profit Margin (OPM)

36
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Formula of Operating Profit Margin (OPM)

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Operating Profit Margin = Operating Profit/Net Sales

37
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Measures how much a company earns on top of ALL costs

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Net Profit Margin (NPM)

38
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Formula of Net Profit Margin (NPM)

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Net Profit Margin = Net Profit/Net Sales

39
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Measures how much return the company generated on the capital of common shareholders

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Return on Common Equity (RCE)

40
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Formula of Return on Common Equity (RCE)

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Return on Common Equity = (Net Income- Preferred Dividends)/Average Common Equity

41
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Purpose for studying activity ratios

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• Improve company’s cash flow
• Enhance profitability
• Improve ability to capitalize on opportunities

42
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Formula of Inventory Turnover

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Inventory Turnover = Cost of Goods Sold/Average Inventory

43
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Formula of Days Inventory

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Days Inventory = 365 days/Inventory Turnover

44
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Formula of Receivables Turnover

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Receivables Turnover = Sales/Average Receivable

45
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Formula of Average Collection Period

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Average Collection Period = 365/ Receivables Turnover

46
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Measures ability to meet short-term obligations

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LIQUIDITY RATIOS

47
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Formula of Net Working Capital

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Net Working Capital = Current Assets – Current Liabilities

48
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Formula of Current Ratio

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Current Ratio = Current Assets/Current Liabilities

49
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Formula of Quick Ratio

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Quick Ratio = (Cash & equivalents + Receivables)/Current Liabilities

50
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Also called acid test ratio

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QUICK RATIO

51
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Formula of Cash Ratio

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Cash Ratio = Cash & equivalents/Current Liabilities

52
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Measure a company’s financial leverage and risk

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COVERAGE RATIOS

53
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Formula of Debt to Equity Ratio

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Debt to Equity Ratio = Total Liabilities/Total Equity

(The lower, the less risky!)

54
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Formula of Times Interest Earned

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Times Interest Earned = Earnings before Interest and Tax/Interest

(The higher, the better)

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