Chapter 1: Financial Markets Flashcards
(32 cards)
Are very important for businesses as well as for individuals.
Assets
Are the term of the Balance-sheet that give us the total worth of a business.
Assets
Two Categories of Assets
- Real Assets
- Financial Assets
Are the ssets that a business or investor owns
Real Assets
Physical assets that help a company generate revenue
Real Assets
Carry an intrinsic value of their own because of their substance and properties are thus important to a business.
Real Assets
More popular with investors for tax benefits, less correlation with equity, attractive return, and inflation protection.
Real Assets
Are liquid assets that one can easily or quickly convert into cash.
Financial Assets
refer broadly to any marketplace where the trading of securities occurs, including the stock market, bond market, forex market, and derivatives market, among others.
Financial Markets
are vital to the smooth operation of capitalist economies.
Financial Markets
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Valuation
Financial Assets -❌
Real Assets - ✅
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Liquidity
RA - ❌
FA - ✅
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Tangibility
RA - ✅
FA - ❌
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Growth
RA - ❌
FA - ❌
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Purpose
RA - ✅ (for businesses)
FA - ✅ (for investment)
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Accounting
RA - historical value
FA - amortized cost and fair value
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Inflation Hedging
RA - ✅
FA - ✅/❌
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Balance Sheet
RA - ✅
FA - 🟰
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Trade
RA - ❌
FA - ✅
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Tax Benefits
RA - ✅
FA - ❌
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Reliability
RA - ✅
FA - ❌
Types of Financial Markets
- Money Market
- Capital Market
True or False
When financial markets fail, economic disruption including recession and unemployment can result.
True
True or False
Real assets determine claims on real assets, whereas financial assets merely represent the wealth of an economy.
False