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Financial Management Flashcards

1
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What is the primary focus of working capital management?

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Managing inventory & receivables (current assets & liabilities)

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How is Net Working Capital calculated?

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NWC : Current Assets - Current Liabilities

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What are the characteristics of effective Working Capital Management?

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Shorten the cash conversion cycle Don’t negatively impact operations

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What is the Inventory Conversion Period?

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Average time needed to convert materials into finished goods and sell them Average Inventory : (BI + E) / 2 Inventory Conversion Period : Average Inventory / Sales Per Day

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What is the Receivables Collection Period?

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Average time needed to collect A/R RCP : Average Receivables / Credit Sales Per Day

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What is the Payables Deferral Period?

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Average time between materials and labor purchase and their A/P payment Average Payables : (BP + EP) / 2 Payables Deferral Period : Average Payables / (COGS/365)

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What is the Cash Conversion Cycle?

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Amount of time it takes to receive a cash inflow (Customers) after making a cash outflow (Vendors) Inventory Conversion Period + Receivables Collection Period - Payables Deferral Period : Cash Conversion Cycle (Inventory Really (-Pays) Cash)

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What traits should Cash and Short-Term Investments have?

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Liquid Safe

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9
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For what are Letters of Credit used?

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Used for importing goods. Issued by importer’s bank.

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What is the advantage of using Trade Credit?

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No interest cost if paid timely.

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What is a Lockbox System? What are the advantages?

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Customer Payments are sent to a bank-managed PO box. Employees don’t have access to cash. Deposits are more timely. Interest income from deposits should pay for the Lockbox fees (if they don’t- lockbox is not beneficial)

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12
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What is float?

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Time it takes to mail a payment and have it clear your bank account Maximize float on cash payments Minimize float on cash receipts

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What are Zero Balance Accounts?

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Regional bank sends enough cash to cover daily checks Advantages: Checks take longer to clear -more float Low amounts of cash tied up for compensating (minimum) balances

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What is the difference between Treasury Bills- Notes and Bonds?

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Treasury Bills: Short term (less than one year) Think: $1 Bill Treasury Notes: Medium term (less than 10 years- more than 1) Treasury Bonds: Long term (greater than 10 years) Think: government is in long-term bondage to you; they owe you money

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What is commercial paper?

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Similar to T-Bill- but issued by corporations instead of Government Greater than 9 Months Maturity Unsecured Issued by large firms

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of Commercial Paper?

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Advantages: Financing at less than Prime. No compensating balances required. Disadvantages: Unpredictability of markets. Credit crisis emerges and large insurance/investment companies aren’t lending.

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What is Economic Order Quantity?

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The order quantity that minimizes inventory costs. EOQ : Square Root of (2DO/C) D : Unit Demand (Annual) O : Order Cost C : Cost of Inventory

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What is Carrying Cost?

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The cost of keeping inventory.

19
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What is Order Cost?

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Cost of executing an order and starting product production.

20
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What is inventory reorder point?

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How low inventory should get before it should be re-ordered. IOP : Average Daily Demand x Average Lead Time

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What is a Just In Time (JIT) system?

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Orders inventory so that you get it just in time for when it’s needed JIT is valuable when Order Cost is low and Cost of Carrying Inventory is high

22
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What is Factoring of receivables?

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Receivables are sold to a financing company where they pay less than the value of the receivables due to a discount related to risk of non-collection

23
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What is a Trade Discount?

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Buyer saves if paid early Example: 1/10 Net 30 1% Discount if paid within 10 days If not- bill is still due in 30 days

24
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What is the cost of forgoing a discount?

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(Discount % x 365) / ((100% - Discount) x (Pay Period - Discount Period))

25
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What is the Prime Rate?

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A benchmark used for lending only to the best customers Most customers will be charged Prime + 3%- for example If the lending institution and the customer are not in the same country- the LIBOR rate is often used

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What is the Nominal (Face- Coupon- Stated) Rate?

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Interest rate stated on the face of a bond.

27
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How is Current Yield calculated?

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CY : Interest Payment / Bond Price

28
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What is the Effective (YTM- Market) Rate?

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PV of Principle + Interest : Bond Price

29
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What is a Zero Coupon Bond?

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No interest payments made Bond sold at a discount Interest reflected when Bond matures

30
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What are the characteristics of a Junk Bond?

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High interest rate High default risk

31
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What are debenture bonds?

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Bonds unsecured by collateral

32
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What are subordinated debentures?

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Debenture Bonds that will be repaid if any assets are left after liquidation of a company

33
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What are Redeemable Bonds?

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Provision in Bond contract allows demand of Bond payment under certain circumstances

34
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What is a Callable Bond?

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Borrower can pay off debt early

35
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What is a Convertible Bond?

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Lender can demand payment via company stock instead of money

36
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What is a Sinking Fund?

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Borrower deposits regular sums into an account that will eventually pay off the debt

37
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What is the disadvantage of Common Stock in comparison to bonds?

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Common Stock is more expensive to issue than debt. Why? Investors demand a greater ROI than debtors (bondholders)

38
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What is the advantage of Preferred Stock?

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Hold dividend priority over common stock

39
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What is Weighted Average Cost of Capital?

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A company uses this to determine the true cost of their capital Example: Debt costs 5%; 40% of Cap. Equity costs 12%; 60% of Cap. (5% x 40%) + (12% x 60%) WACC : 9.2%

40
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What is CAPM?

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A stock’s expected performance is based on its beta (risk) compared to that of the stock market. More risk : more expected return.

41
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How is Cost of Debt calculated?

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(Interest Expense - Tax Benefit) / Carrying Value of Debt

42
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What is the CAPM formula?

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Required Rate of Return = RFR + ß(ERR-RFR)

where:

RFR - Risk Free Rate

ERR - Expected Rate of Return (benchmark)

ß - Beta volatility

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