Financial Management Week 4 Flashcards
When do you record cash flow within financial management?
You record when the money moves, explicitly avoiding accrual accounting.
How are cash flows classified as relevant or not for potential project investments within financial management?
When deciding on a project, all cash flows that change between implementing the project vs not become relevant. Any cash flow that does not change as a result of taking on the project are irrelevant.
If NOT taking on a project creates a negative cash flow, and taking the project creates a positive cash flow, what should you assume in financial management?
Cash flows should be the difference of taking the project against NOT. For this example, take the positive cash flow and subtract the negative cash flow to build analyses (like NPV).
What would you call a cost where spent cash does not materially impacting the cash flow of the project?
Sunk Cost
What would you call a cost where cash flow is used on R&D?
Test Marketing Cost
What would you call a cost where part of cash flow is impacted by a shifting cash flow from another part of the firm?
Erosion Cost
What would you call a cost where cash flow could be used in an alternate project that is mutually exclusive?
Opportunity Cost
What does ATCF stand for within financial management?
After-Tax Cash Flow
What does CF stand for within financial management?
Cash Flow
What type of expense is a depreciated Cash Flow?
A non-cash expense
What is the formula for ATCF?
(Revenue - Cost) * (1 - Tax) + Depreciation * Tax
How are Cash Flows categorized at the beginning and end of a project within financial management?
Working Capital is:
- Beginning = Cash Outflow
- End = Cash Inflow
What factors should you consider when making Cash Flow estimates within financial management?
- Price
- Volume
- Variable Costs
- Fixed Costs
- Capital Expenditure
- Working Capital
What is a Nominal Return?
The percent change in the written money, over some time; relative to a “Real” Return. $100 with a 10% nominal return, will become $110.
What is a Real Return?
The percent change in the purchasing power of money, over some time; relative to a “Nominal” Return. A 20% nominal return, with a 10% inflation rate, is a “Real” return of 9.1%.
What is the Formula for the Fisher Effect?
1 + R = (1 + r) * (1 + h)
- R: nominal return
- r: real return
- h: inflation rate
What is the Formula for the approximated Fisher Effect?
R = r + h
- R: nominal return
- r: real return
- h: inflation rate
What is Sensitivity Analysis within financial management?
Sensitivity Analysis is the process of creating an analysis where key variables change to compare and contrast alternate project outcomes.