Principles Of Finance Finc 3610 Flashcards
What are the three questions we ask in Corporation Finance?
1.) What should we invest in?
Firms perspective; firm’s invest in assets; long-term investments
2.) How do we finance those investments?
Long-term finance of the firm
3.) How do we manage the day-to-day operations of the firm?
Short-term cash flow management
Balance Sheet Identity
A =L + S.E.
What is capital budgeting?
The process of planning and managing the firm’s long-term investments.
How do we budget capital?
- Estimate cash flows. (Timing)
- Estimate the cost of those cash flows. (Risks)
- Discount the Cash Flows.
What is capital structure?
The mix of debt and equity describing how the firm is financed.
Costly current assets-current liab.
Net Working Capital
What does short-term cash flow management entail?
- net working capital
- cash management
- credit management(a.r. who and how much)
Sell stock shares to public and receive money
Initial Public Offering(IPO)
sell additional shares of stock to public and get money
Seasoned equity offering(SEO)
Shares ownership to another investor and receive cash
Private placement
Firms sell stocks and bonds to investors securities and they give money to firms
Primary market
Bob sells stocks and bonds to Sue and she gives him money
Secondary Market
Debt is _______________
A promise to repay
Equity __________________
Gets everything else
- One Owner
- easy startup
- taxed as personal income
- Unlimited liability
- life limited to that of the owner
- difficulty in transferring ownership
Sole Proprietorship
- two or more partners
- easy start-up
- taxed as personal income
- unlimited liability
- life limited to that of the owners
- difficulty in transferring ownership
Partnership
A business created as a distinct legal entity composed of one or more individuals or entities
Corporation
Separation of ownership and control in corporations
- Shareholders: elect/hire directors
- Directors: hire/fire and monitor managers
- Managers: run corporation
- limited liability
- easy transfer of ownership
- unlimited life
- equity is not limited
- difficult start up
- double taxation of earnings
Corporation
Goal of the firm is…
To maximize shareholder wealth
What is a principle-agent relationship?
- Principle hires agent to sell home
- Allign goals to be the same
The cost of the conflict of interest between stockholders and management.
Agency Costs
Money firm loses because conflict of interest
- wasteful spending
- monitoring and auditing
Direct Agency Cost
Missed Opportunities
Indirect Agency Costs