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Quiz 1 Flashcards

1
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A study of how individuals or Businesses evaluate:
- Investment opportunities
- Business proposals
- Business projects
-Raise capital for funds

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What is Finance

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A science and art of managing money

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Finance

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3
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  • Record keeping/Bookkeeping
  • Preparation for financial Statements
  • Backward-looking
  • Communicating the financial position
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Accounting

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  • Management of money, fund, and resources
  • Review, analyze or interpret financial data
  • Forward-looking
  • Figuring out how to add value
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Finance

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  • Tax Systems
  • Government Expenditures
  • Budget Procedures
  • Stabilization procedures]
  • Instruments
  • Debt Issues
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Public finance

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  • Managing Assets
  • Liabilities
  • Revenues
  • Debts for the Business
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Corporate Finance

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  • Budgeting
  • Insurance
  • Revenues
  • Debts for Business
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Personal Finance

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8
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The efficient and effective management of funds

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Financial Management

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9
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Organizations that provide financial services
- Credit fund
- administration
- Financing Depository
- Safekeeping among others

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Financial Institutions

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  • Savings and loan Association (S&L)
  • Specializes in offering savings accounts
  • Originating home mortgages
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Thrift bank (bank)

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  • Financial Institutions that accept deposits
  • Accepts deposits
  • Offers Checking account
  • make various loans
  • Offers basic finance products
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Commercial banks (Bank)

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12
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-Lends to multinational companies
- Lends to companies that have a global presence
- Transactions are larger than commercial banks
- Denominated multicurrency

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Universal bank (BANK)

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13
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  • Known to successfully raise funds for big corporations and governments
  • raises funds in a specialized creative manner
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Investment Banks (Bank)

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14
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  • Collective investments
  • Funds of small investors pooled together
  • Managed to be able to reach maximum returns
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Mutual Funds (Non-bank)

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15
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  • regulated by SEC
  • Perform similar functions as banks through bond issuance and IPO
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Investment companies (Non-bank)

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  • Companies that sell insurance, coverage for death, illness, accident, loss or damage of property
  • In return of premium payment
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Insurance Companies (Non-Bank)

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17
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  • Not regulated by any regulatory body
  • regulated by private fund managers and private investors
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Private Equity Funds (Non-Bank)

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Responsible for controlling or administrating all or part of a company or similar organization

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Manager

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19
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  • ensures the financial success of companies
  • manages their money and financial risks
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Treasurer

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20
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  • Monetary Assets are purchased with the idea that the asset will price income
  • Assets bought will be sold at a higher price for profit
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Investment

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21
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  • Distribution of some of the companies earnings to its shareholders
  • Determined by the company’s BOD
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Dividend

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A real or a virtual document representing a legal agreement

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Financial Instrument

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  • Involves any kind of monetary value
  • a contract that gives rise to the creation of financial assets of one entity
  • Creation of financial liability or an equity instrument in another entity
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Financial Instrument

24
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Debt Security:
Inexpensive way for government and financial institutions to raise funds

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Money Market

25
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Debt Security
- Payment terms are longer
- Interest rates are higher

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Long term Debt

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Equity Financing
- Signifies ownership in a corporation
- Represents a claim on a part of the corporation’s assets and earnings

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Stock Market

27
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( A type of debt security)
- Issued by the treasury government
- Matures within one year
- Default free

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Treasury Bills

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( A type of debt security)
- Issued by a financially sound business to fund investment
- 9-month maturity
- Low default risk

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Comercial Papers

29
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  • Issued by banks or mutual fund company
  • No specific maturity date
  • Low default risks
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Money Market Funds

30
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( A type of debt security)
- Issued by banks, credit unions, and financing companies
- Maturity date varies
- Default risk varies

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Consumer Credit, Credit Card

31
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( A type of debt security) (Long-term Debt)
- Issued by governments and no defaults
- two or more years of maturity
- less attractive due to low interest

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Treasury Notes

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( A type of debt security) (Long-Term Debt)
- Issued by the federal Agency Debt
- Matures up to 30 years
- Low default risk

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Federal Agency Debt

33
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( A type of debt security) (Long-Term Debt)
- Issued by corporations
- Maturity date of more than 30 years
- Medium Default risk

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Corporate Bonds

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(Equity Financing)
- Issued by the corporation and no maturity date
- Pays dividends but no voting rights
has preference over common stock

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Preferred Stocks

35
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( Equity Financing)
- Issued by the government and pays dividends
- Has voting rights on the selection of BOD
- enjoy potential profits from capital appreciation

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Common Stock

36
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A marketplace that provides an avenue for the sale and purchase of assets
- Bonds
- Stocks
- Purchase exchange
- Derivatives

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Financial Markets

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Types of Financial Market
- Wheat, vehicle, machinery, real estate, etc…

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Tangible Assets

38
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Types of Financial Market
Deal with Stocks, Bonds, Notes and mortgages

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Financial Assets

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Types of Financial Market
- Assets are bought or sold on the spot
- “On-the-spot” delivery

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Spot Markets

40
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Types of Financial Market
- Participants agree today to buy or sell assets at a future date

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Future Markets

41
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Types of Financial Market
- Corporations raise capital by issuing new securities

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Primary Market

42
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Types of Financial Market
- Securities and other financial assets are traded among investors
- Issued by Corporations

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Secondary Markets

43
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Types of Financial Market
- Transactions are worked out directly between two parties

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Private Markets

44
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Type of Financial Markets
- Standardized contracts are traded on organized exchanges

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Public Markets

45
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  • Setting Policies on investment, capital structure, and dividends
  • Approving the company’s strategies goals and budgets
  • Appointing and removing members of top management, including the president
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Roles of Board of Directors

46
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-Determining top management’s compensation
Approving information
- Approving disclosures reported in Financial Statements

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Roles of Board of Directions

47
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(Types of Financial Decisions)
- Determine how scarce or limited resources of funds of the business firm are committed to projects

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Making Investment Decisions

48
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(Types of Financial Decisions)
- Assets mixed with debts and equity chose to finance investment should maximize the value of an investment

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Making Financing Decisions

49
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(Types of Financial Decisions)
- Determine the profits to be distributed to the owners
-Determine the frequency of the payments
- determine the amount to be retained by the firm

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Making Dividends Decisions

50
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  • Decisions that involve determining and planning short-term objective
  • Goals concerning routine tasks
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Making Operating Decisions

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