FINMAN5 Flashcards
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ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF SECURITIES
TYPES OF INVESTMENT VEHICLES
Financial Assets
Real Assets
Public (publicly traded) securities
include securities (stocks and bonds), derivative contracts, and currencies.
Financial Assets
include real estate, equipment, commodities, and other physical assets.
Example of it are real estate, equipment, and machinery. Although they have been traditionally held by firms
for their us in production, real assets are increasingly held by institutional investors both directly and indirectly.
Real assets
are traded on exchanges or through securities dealer and are subject to
regulatory oversight.
Public (publicly traded) securities
Securities that are not traded in public markets are referred to as
private securities.
are often illiquid and not subject to regulation
Private securities
can be classified as fixed income or equity securities, and individual securities can be combined in pooled
investment vehicles.
Securities
are the most common issuers of individual securities.
Corporations and governments
The initial
sale of a security is called an ____ when the security is sold to the public.
issue
Financial securities can be classified as _____ or _____
debt or equity
are promises to repay borrowed funds.
Debt securities
represent ownership positions.
Equity Securities
typically refer to debt securities that are promises to repay borrowed money in the
future.
Fixed income Securities (debt securities)
generally have a maturity of less than one or two years;
Short-term fixed income securities
are
longer than five to ten years,
long-term maturities
fall in the middle of the maturity range.
intermediate term maturities
represent ownership in a firm and include common stock, preferred stock, and etc
Equity Securities
is a residual claim on a firm’s assets.
Common Stock
are paid only after interest is paid to
debt holders and dividends are paid to preferred stockholders.
Common stock dividends
Furthermore, in the event of firm liquidation, _________ and ________ have priority over common stockholders and are usually paid in full before common
stockholders receive any payment.
debt holders
and preferred stockholders
is an equity security with scheduled dividends that typically do not change over the security’s life
and must be paid before any dividends on common stock may be paid.
Preferred Stock
2 examples of equity securities
common stock and preferred stock
an equity instrument carrying ownership interest
stocks
a debt instrument with a promise to pay back the money with interest
bonds
return of stocks
dividends
return of bonds
interest
what is the additional benefits of stocks?
has a voting rights in the company
T/F
stocks has return guarantee while bonds don’t have
F, it’s the other way around
what is the additiona benefits of bonds
preferential treatment when bond matures
8 FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES:
BIBEDACI
BROKERS
INVESTMENT BANKS
BLOCK BROKERS
EXCHANGE
DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION
ARBITRAGEURS
CLEARING HOUSES
INSURANCE COMPANIES
stand between buyers and sellers, facilitating the exchange of assets, capital, and risk. Their services
allow for greater efficiency and are vital to a well-functioning economy
Financial Intermediaries
help their clients buy and sell securities by finding counterparties to trades in a cost- efficient manner. They
may work for large brokerage firms, for banks, or at exchanges.
brokers
help corporations sell common stock, preferred stock, and debt securities to investors. They also
provide advice to firms, notable about mergers, acquisitions, and raising capital.
Investment Banks
help with the placement of large trades. Typically, large trades are difficult to place without moving the
market.
Block brokers
provide a venue where traders can meet. _____ sometimes act as brokers by providing electronic order
matching. They regulate their members and require firms that list on the exchange to provide timely financial
disclosures and to promote shareholder democratization
Exchanges
Examples include banks, credit unions, and savings and loans. They pay interest on customer
deposits and provide transaction services such as checking account
Depository Institutions
are intermediaries, in that they collect insurance premiums in return for providing risk reduction
to the insured. They can do this efficiently because it provides protection to a diversified pool of
policyholders, whose risks of loss are typically uncorrelated
Insurance Companies
In its pure (riskless) form, ____ refers to buying an asset in one market and reselling it in another at
a higher price. By doing so, __act as intermediaries, providing liquidity to participants in the marke
arbitrage - blank
meaning - arbitrageurs
TYPES OF FINANCIAL MARKETS
MONEY MARKETS
CAPITAL MARKETS
TRADITIONAL INVESTMENT MARKETS
ALTERNATIVE MARKETS
refer to markets for debt securities with maturities of one year or less.
MONEY MARKETS
refer to markets for
longer-term debt securities and equity securities that have no specific maturity date
CAPITAL MARKETS
refer to
those for debt and equity such as commercial and universal banks.
TRADITIONAL INVESTMENT MARKETS
refer to the modern ways of investing
such as crypto, play-to-earn games, etc.
ALTERNATIVE MARKETS
BASIC INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES
SECURITY
LIQUIDITY
YIELD
Central to any investment objective, we have to basically ensure
the safety of the principal. One can afford to lose the returns at any
given point of time but s/he can ill afford to lose the very principal
itself.
SECURITY
Because we may have to convert our investment back to cash or
funds to meet our unexpected demands and needs, our investment
should be highly ___
Liquidity
is best described as the net return out of any investment.
Yield
CHARACTERISTICS OF INVESTMENTS
Risk
Return
Liquidity
Marketability
Concealability
Capital Growth
Purchasing power stability
Stability of income
Tax benefits
refers to the loss of principal amount of an investment. It is one of the major characteristics of an investment
risk