Intro Flashcards
Division
Investors- Securities Markets- Corporates (Dividend+Interests Paid)- Capital Projects (Profits)
Asset pricing
Prices are determined by firm risk relative to aggregate benchmarks. Firms risk characteristics are independent of actions of competitors
QUESTIONS
Corporate Finance
Investigates the failure of MM proposition that the real and financial decisions of the firm are independent
What’s the Fair Price for Stock/ Bond?
What’s the Expected Return from holding this Security?
How Risky is this Stock/ Bond?
How Risky is this Portfolio of Assets?
What’s the Historical Evidence on how Stock+ Bond Markets have performed in terms of Returns & Risks?
What’s the evidence on whether Securities are Fairly Priced in markets?
SKILLS
Investment Evaluation of Security+ Industry+ Economy
Stock Worth (More)
Take Data on Stock/ Bond Prices=> Evaluate Security’s Historical Risk/ Return Profile (statistical analysis)