Securities Analysis Flashcards

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Fundamental analysis

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What to buy

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Technical analysis

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When to buy

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Types of risk

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Market/systematic, business/nonsystematic, credit, call risk, liquidity, interest rate, reinvestment, inflationary, capital, regulatory, currency, political, prepayment, timing

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10k and 10q include:

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Balance sheet, income statement, cash flows

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Balance sheet equation

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Assets = liabilities + stockholders equity

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Current assets

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Convertible into cash w/in 1 yr, cash, securities, accts rec, prepaid expenses, inventory

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Fixed assets

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Not easily converted into cash, land, machinery, equipment

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Intangible assets

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Non physical, reputation, trademarks, goodwill, patents

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Current liabilities

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Debt obligations owed w/in 1 yr: accts payable, wages, notes payable, taxes, dividends, interest, bonds maturing,

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Balance sheet formula

Working capital

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Current assets - current liabilities

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Balance sheet formula

Current ratio

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Current assets/current liabilities

Should be at least 2 to 1 to be liquid

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Balance sheet formula

Quick ratio

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All current assets (less inventory and prepaid expenses)/current liabilities

Measures liquidity of company w/in 3-5 mos, should be at least 1 to 1 to be liquid

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Balance sheet formula

Net worth

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Total assets - total liabilities

Same as stock holders equity

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Paid in capital

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The amount over par value that a company receives for issuing stock

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Retained earnings

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Amount of money a company has after paying all expenses, interest, taxes, and dividends.

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Inventory T/O

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Sales compared to value of inventory measured annually

Sales/avg inventory

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Bond (debt) ratio

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LT liabilities/total capitalization

i.e. Bonds/stocks

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Income statement

EPS

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Net income - pref divs/# of common shares outstanding

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Income statement

PE

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Price earnings ratio

Mkt price/eps

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Income statement

Div payout ratio

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Annual div per common share/ eps

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Income statement

Gross profit margin

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Net sales - cost of goods sold - operating expenses/ net sales

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Income statement

Cash flow

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Net income+depreciation +depletion+amortization

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Income statement

Depreciation

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Tax write off, considered operating expense

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Income statement

Current stock yield

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Annual div/mkt price

Use the ask

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Income statement Bond interest coverage
EBIT/bond interest How much money to cover expenses
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Income statement Net profit margin
Net income/net sales
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Interest rate indicators 5
1. Reserve requirements - can't be loaned to customers 2. Discount rate - fed rate for member banks 3. Fed funds rate - Rates btwn banks, b/d's, institutions, lowest, most volatile 4. Call loan rate - rates on margin accounts 5. Prime rate - rate for best customers
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M1
Currency in circulation, checking accts
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M2
M1 + savings deposits, money mkt, short term debt
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M3
M2 + jumbo cd's
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Balance of payments
Reflects the amount of money coming into country vs out
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Interbank mkt
Unregulated decentralized for foreign currency transactions
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Spot mkt
Interbank transactions, 2 parties agree to trade foreign currencies, delivery 1 to 2 days
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Forward mkt
Same as spot mkt but longer time frame, usually several months
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Floating exchange rate
Values based in supply and demand vs other currencies
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Recession
Mild 6 month/2 qtr in biz activity and stock prices
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Depression
6 qtr/18 month economic decline
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Cpi
Measures changes in the price of goods, in certain cities each month
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Stagflation
Inflation increases in a slow economy (particularly w/raw materials)
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Gdp
Sum of all goods and services produced, measured in constant dollars (considers inflation)
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Disintermediation
Movement of money from savings to money mkt/short term bonds Occurs during periods of tight money
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Fiscal policy
Taxes and govt spending (controlled by congress)
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Keynesian
Governments should be active through spending to foster economic growth
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Supply side
Belief the government should be passive and economy will grow by itself
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Monetarist
Belief money supply needs to be properly controlled for economy to prosper
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Moral suasion
Chairman of the fed asks banks to expand or contract lending
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Leading indicators
- Money supply M1, M2, M3 - stocks - fed funds - discount rate - reserve req't - housing (permits/new starts) - unemployment - avg hrs worked - durable goods orders - consumer sentiment - yield curve
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Lagging indicators
- prime rate - industrial/commercial loans - Corp profits - consumer credit - personal income - duration of unemployment - unemployment rate - inventories - sales
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Coincidental indicators
- industrial production - personal income - gasp - retail sales
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Breakout
Technical indicator when prices break out of normal trading rang by more than 3% above resistance or below support
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Odd lot theory
Small investor is usually wrong, small investor is usually wrong
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Random walk
Assumes mkt is perfectly efficient, aka efficient mkt theory
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CAPM
Shows relationship btwn expected risk and expected return T-Bill return + [(s&p 500 expected return - T-Bill) x beta]
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Mkt weighted index
Positions in index calculated by mkt cap Most common
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Price weighted index
The higher the price, the greater the weight
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Non weighted index
All stocks equally weighted Value line
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Circuit breakers
Level 1 - 7% decline, 15 min halt Level 2 - 13% decline 15 min halt Level 3 - 20% decline closed rest of day
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The rate controlled directly by the FED?
Discount rate
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Most common tool used by the FED to control money supply
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