FIN Flashcards
True or False:Money, credit and banking affect the lives of people
TRUE
True or False: Money may improve or ruin financially an individual, a business or a nation
True
True or false: Money may seriously affect families,
education of children is sacrificed
or a happy marriage may reel under the great pressure of breaking up
True
It is used as a medium of exchange
Money
Holder of money is said to have the power to purchase.
True
True or false: Money must be managed properly, one must have sufficient knowledge about the nature and characteristics
True
the rate of increase in prices over a given period of time
Inflation
It refers to “the inevitable ups and downs of economic activity, as measure by periods of economic growth and and contraction”
Business cycles
It has become a great influencer in the development of economies.
✓Credit
—–when properly used, it can help nations, businesses, and even individuals engage in wealth-enhancing activities.
credit
It serves as intermediaries between the providers of funds and those which require them.
Banking
a person who acts as a link between people in order to try to bring about an agreement or reconciliation;
a mediator.
The activities of —- has immediate effects on the operations of business.
bank
When —- is reduced, businesses are forced to reduce their output.
lending
branch of economics concerned with resource allocation as well as resource management, acquisition, and investment.
Finance
A broad term that describes activities associated with banking, leverage or debt, credit, capital markets, money, and investments.
Finance
It represents money management and the process of acquiring needed funds.
Finance
What are the areas of finance
Investment
Public finance
Financial Markets
Corporate finance
Personal finance
the study of the investment process. It refers to the commitment of funds to one or more assets will be held over some future time period. Perhaps the most common are stocks, bonds, real estate, and ETFs/mutual funds.
Investment
deals with taxation, bond issues, budgeting, asset management, and financial planning activities of the government.
Public finance
include any place or system that provides buyers and sellers the means to trade financial instruments, including bonds, equities, the various international currencies, and derivatives. It facilitate the interaction between those who need capital with those who have capital to invest.
Financial Markets
deals with the proper acquisition of cash and the efficient allocation of that cash within the corporation.
Corporate finance
is an area of finance that deals with the proper management of an individual’s money to achieve personal economic satisfaction
Personal finance
Major components of Finance
- Microfinance -
- Macrofinance
that part which deals with the study of the decision making process within the firm.
- Microfinance -
- that part which deals with the environment that effects corporate financial decisions.
- Macrofinance
Currency Used : barter system, no currency. What period?
pre-Spanish period 1st phase
seashells
pre-Spanish period 2nd phase
Currency Used
gold wax, cotton, small shells, dye wood, carabao horns;
metal bells and silver wires
pre-Spanish period 3rd phase
currencies of Mexico, Peru, Bolivia Chile, Argentina and other Latin
American countries
1810 onwards
piloncito, a conical gold coin
with an embossed inscription
Pre-hispanic era
Penniform Gold Barter Ring
between 8th & 14th centuries
Europian silver coins
introduced by Magellan i n 1521
silver coins from the mints of Mexico & other latin American countries
brought by the galleon trade from
Mexico in1565
Spanish barilla(first coin minted in the Philippines)
1729 onwards
Spain’s eight-real coins circulated throughout the world including
the Philippines
1732 to 1771
Pre-hispanic:
barter rings & piloncitos
Spanish Era (1521-1897):
Cobs or macuquinas & dos mundos
Revolutionary period (1898-1899):
two centavo copper coin & revolutionary notes
Philippine Republic:
present money
- It was difficult to look for that person who has the things you need and who also wants the things you are offering for exchange.
reason why the society abandoned the barter system
- There is no common denominator to measure the value of goods and services sought for exchange.
reason why the society abandoned the barter system
- Most of the goods traded have unequal values.
reason why the society abandoned the barter system
- It is time consuming, cumbersome and very inconvenient for individuals to use the barter
systems.
reason why the society abandoned the barter system
- It lacks generalized purchasing power.
reason why the society abandoned the barter system