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Unit 2 Overview Flashcards

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1
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Finance vs Accounting

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Finance looking ahead

Accounting - looking back

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3 types of Finance

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Business/Corporate finance - funding, capital structure of a corporation
Investment - deciding what to invest in, asset pricing
Financial institutions - Banks, insurance, mortgage, pension

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Main principle of personal and business finance

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does benefit outweigh cost

maximize utility

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Utility

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total satisfaction received from consuming goods/services

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Role of Financial Manager

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acts on behalf of owner to manage finances

maximize shareholder/owner wealth

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3 main tasks of Financial Manager

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make investment decisions - most important role, cost/benefit
make financing decisions - may need to issue stocks/bonds
manage working capital - short term obligations

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Finance

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management and allocation of capital or money
objectives of 
investing, 
forecasting, 
budgeting, 
saving, 
borrowing, 
and lending
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Treasuries

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bonds issued by US government to borrow money from the public

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Corporate Bonds

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bonds issued by corporations to borrow money from the public. Bondholders paid back first over shareholders when a company is liquidated

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10
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money market

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financial market used to borrow/lend money over short term

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capital market

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financial market used to borrow/lend money over long term

stock/bond markets

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Primary market

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market where stocks/bonds are first sold

issued with help of a syndicate

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syndicate

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used to oversee issuance of stocks/bonds on primary market

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2 ways bonds are placed with a syndicate

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competitive bid

negotiated sale

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IPO

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first sale of new stocks on primary market

new equity offering

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secondary market

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where securities are traded after initial offering

stock market

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2 types of secondary markets

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auction - physical location, highest bidder, NYSE

dealer - securities bought and sold through network of dealers, which each compete with each other - NASDAQ

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bid-ask price

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difference between bid and ask prices that compensate the specialist for providing liquidity

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19
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role of financial markets

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reduce cost for companies to obtain financing

20
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efficient market

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prices fully reflect available information about a security

inefficient markets have mispriced securites

21
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SEC

A 
Securities and Exchange Commission
independent federal agency that 
- protects investors
- maintains fair, orderly, efficient markets
- facilitates capital formation
22
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2 main types of financial institutions

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Depository (Banks) - accept deposits, provide loans

Non-depository - does not take deposits, may lend money or be intermediary between savers and lenders

23
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3 types of non depository institutions

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Securities firms - underwriters, trade on secondary market
Investment firms - mutual funds, hedge funds, investment trusts
Contractual savings institutions - insurance company, pension fund

24
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role of Central banks

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oversee , manage all other banks i.e. Federal Reserve Bank

25
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role of Banks and Credit unions

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checking, savings accounts, lending, some financial advice

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role of insurance

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charge premiums to invest in stocks/bonds, pay claims

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role of mutual funds

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offer investments, buy securities on behalf of investors

28
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role of pension funds

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invest retirement funds, provide retirement payments

29
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role of investment banks

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underwriting, facilitate mergers, trade securities

30
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role of private equity

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use money from investors to buy high potential/troubled companies to improve and return profit through public sale

31
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3 types of indicators

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leading - indicate change before it happens
lagging - a change that happens after the economy changes
coincident - collected as change happens

32
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Yield Curve

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type of leading indicator
3 types
normal - long term bonds have higher interest rates than short term bonds, growing economy
inverted - long term bonds interest rates lower than short term bond interest rates, slowing economy
flat - short/long term bond IR same - economy in transition

33
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Stock Market return

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type of leading indicator
rising - growing economy
declining - slowing economy
need to know reason for rising stock market to determine if it truly reflects growing market

34
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lagging indicators

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unemployment rate

CPI - inflation rate

35
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Coincident indicators

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GDP - rising = strong economy, falling = weak economy

Personal Income - rising = strong economy, falling = weak economy

36
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2 main priorities of US central banks

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regulate inflation and unemployment

37
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SEC responsibilities

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Protect investors
maintain fair, orderly efficient markets
facilitate capital formation

38
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ethics

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accepted standard of conduct

39
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morals

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beliefs about what is right and wrong

40
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ethical dilemma

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deciding among multiple options that are not completely ethical

41
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agency costs

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costs not in shareholder interest

42
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agency problem

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management does not act in best interest of owner, incurring agency costs

43
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examples of confilcts between managers and owners

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manager self dealing
wasteful spending by manager
fraudulent accounting by manager

44
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example of conflicts between shareholder and bondholder

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shareholder taking on overly risky projects

bondholder setting unreasonable limits on

45
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steps in evaluating ethical conflict

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  1. Identify/define problem. Ask questions. What rules/laws will be violated? What demands are creating the conflict?
  2. Consider alternative courses of action,
  3. Consider all stakeholders.
  4. Consider consequences.
  5. Move forward with ethical action.

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