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Business Finance
For test chapter 1-3
Question | Answer |
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6 steps of planning | predict need for funds source of funds tax management *relations with investors and creditors insureable risks inventory management |
4 steps of controlling | general accounting budgeting auditing establishing systems/ procedures |
forms of ownership | sole proprietorship partnership corporation |
which form of ownership generates the most money? | corporation |
which form of ownership is most common? | sole proprietorship |
Personnal guarentee by small business owner | "piercing the corporate veil" |
To encourage business formation there are two other types of business | subchapter S & Limtied liability Company |
Limtied liability compnay ( 6 facotrs) | Not asrestictive as S corps Members and governors Taxed as a corporation ( if retain earnings, no double tax) Non transferable ownership limited life no stock options |
agency theory | relationship between managers and owners |
Institutional investors | Stock mutual, pension funds, large % stock holding - professionaly managed |
options for "non" effective managers | *fire them *proxy fights *threat of takeover *Stock options/ stock |
3 Goals of financial management | * Maintain or increase overall firm value * Maximize owners wealth in long run * socially responsible/ ethical activity |
3 ways to maintain or increase overall value of firm | * risk involved in operations * timing of earnings * quaility of reports- new SEC rule, CEOs and CFOs must certify results. |
What are two markets for financial assets? | money "short term" securites mature under 1 year & Capital" long term" securites mature over 1 year |
Money invloves | * T bills * Cds Commercial papers |
Capital invloves | * stock- prefeered, common * bonds- govn't corp * Primary- oringinal issues IPO * secondary- buy previously owned securities |
Finance | Managment of the flows of funds through the organization. also invloves providing capital & managing it efficiently & profitable |
Factors of production | used to make goods to and services and to distribute them localy and globaly |
Important things in finance | land labor capital entreprenuers knowledge |
risk analysis | relative certanity of outcomes Optimistic- 15% Most likly- 65% Pessmistic- 20% = risk adjusted expected value |
Pricing theory | compeditive strusture perfect compition, monopolistic, competion, oligolopy |
comparative return | Section a vs. section b |
Income statement | revenues - expenses |
Balence sheet | Assest - Liabilities = Owner's equity |
Cash Flow Statement | * operating avtivities * Investing activites * Financial activites |
Ratio Analysis | *relationships between the amounts on the balence sheets and L. S. * Compare to other years * compare ot other companies |
1990's | Industrial revoltion * merges & acquuisitations created monopolies Rockfeller- oil carnagie- steel -vanderbitt- rail dupoint- chemical |
1920's | antitrust legislation strictly enforced sherman (1890) forbids combined resourses to restrict trade, attempt to create monopoly. |
clayton act (1914) | illegal attempts to leason competition resulting in monopoly - exclusive deals - tieing contracts - interlock directorates |
FTC (1914 | prohbit unfair methods of competition. |
companies raised capital by offering... | Ownership shares- increase equity debt contracts (bonds)- increasing liability |
1923-1929 | roaring 20's, rapid expansion of business |
1930's | great depression * value of stock grew to fast * maintain liquidity * reorganized trouble firms * preserve capital * SEC disclosure (1934) |
1960's to present | better crash managemtn up collections down payments |
Profit margin= | Net income / Sales |
Return on assests = | Net Income / total Assets |
Return on equity = | Net Income / Stock holders Equity or Return on assets / (1 - debt/assets) |
Du point system of analysis | resturn on assets ( investment) = profit margin x Assest turnover |
Receivable turnover = | Sales( credit) / Recivables |
Average collection Period = | Accounts reciable / Average daily credit sales |
Inventory Turnover = | Sales / Inventory |
Fixed asset turnover = | Sales / Fixed Assets |
Total Asset Turnover = | Sales / Total Assets |
Current Ratio = | Current assets / Current Liabilities |
Quick Ratio = | Current assets - Inventory / Current liabilties |
Debt to total assets = | Total Debt / Total Assets |
Times interest Earned = | Income before interest and taxes / Interest |
Fixed charge coverage = | Income before fixed charges and taxes / Fixed charges |
Income before fixes charges and taxes = | Income before interest and taxes + Lease payments |