FINA Ch. 01 - 04 Flashcards

1
Q

a business organized as a separate legal entity owned by stockholders

A

Corporaiton

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2
Q

assets used to produce goods and services

A

real assets

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3
Q

financial claims to the income generated by the firm’s real assets

A

financial assets

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4
Q

the owners of a corporation are not personally liable for its obligations

A

limited liablity

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5
Q

managers are agents for stockholders, but the managers may act in their own interests rather than maximizing value

A

agency problems

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6
Q

individual investors that hold 5%, 10% or more of the corporation’s shares

A

blockholders

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7
Q

Market where securities are issued and traded

A

financial market

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8
Q

Market for the sale of new securities by corporations

A

primary market

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9
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Market in which previously issued securities are traded among investors

A

secondary market

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10
Q

first offering of stock to the general public

A

initial public offering (IPO)

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11
Q

market for debt securities

A

fixed-income market

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12
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market for long-term financing

A

capital market > 1 year

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13
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market for short-term financing

A

money market < 1 year

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14
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An investment company that pools the savings of many investors and invests in a portfolio of securities

A

mutual fund

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15
Q

A private investment pool, open to wealthy or institutional investors, that is only lightly regulated and therefore can pursue more speculative policies than mutual funds

A

hedge fund

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16
Q

Fund set up by an employer to provide for employees’ retirement

A

pension fund

17
Q

the ability to sell an asset on short notice at close to the market price

A

liquidity

18
Q

financial statement that shows the firm’s assets and liabilities at a particular time

A

balance sheet

19
Q

procedures for preparing financial statements

A

generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)

20
Q

value of assets or liabilities according to the balance sheet

A

book value

21
Q

The value of assets or liabilities were they to be resold in a market

A

market value

22
Q

a financial statement that shows the revenues, expenses, and net income of a firm over a period of time.

A

income statement

23
Q

All items on a common-size income statement are expressed as a percentage of revenues

A

common-size income statement

24
Q

a financial statement that shows the firm’s cash receipts and cash payments over time

A

statement of cash flows

25
Q

market capitalization minus book value of equity

(share price x shares outstanding) - equity

A

market value added

26
Q

after-tax operating income minus a change for the cost of capital employed, also called residual income

operating income - (cost of capital x total capitalization)

A

economic value added (EVA)

27
Q

return on capital, return on assets, return on equity

A

book rates of return

28
Q

after-tax operating income as a percentage of long-term capital

A

return on capital (ROC)

29
Q

after-tax operating income as a percentage of total assets

A

return on assets (ROA)

30
Q

net income as a percentage of shareholders’ equity

A

return on equity (ROE)