Chapter 1: An Overview of Financial Mgmt and the Financial Environment

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Corporate Finance FlashCards sobre Chapter 1: An Overview of Financial Mgmt and the Financial Environment, criado por L F em 22-09-2017.
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Financial Markets... simple ways of connecting providers with users
Providers of cash... are lenders. Cash now for promise of future cash.
Users of cash... are borrowers. Promise of future cash for cash now.
Three main forms of business organizations Proprietorship Partnership Corporation
"Going public" "IPO" IPO - Initial Public Offering First time company's shares are sold to the public.
Free Cash Flows (FCF) Cash flows available for distribution to investors after - expenses and taxes paid - req'd investments to support growth paid
Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) The average return required by the firm's investors.
Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) is determined by: D I Fr Mr - Debt to equity mix (capital structure) - Interest rates - Firm's risk - Market's attitude toward risk
The intrinsic value of a firm depends on... Firm's FCF: - Size BIGGER is BETTER - Timing SOONER is BETTER - and the firm's risk SAFER, not UNCERTAIN
Calculating a firm's intrinsic value = FCF^1/(1+WACC)^1 + FCF^2/(1+WACC)^2 ...
The primary objective of management should be... MAXIMIZE stockholders' WEALTH by MAXIMIZING the company's intrinsic VALUE.
Transfers of capital between borrowers and savers take place by transfers: 1. of money and securities 2. through investment banks 3. through financial intermediaries
A financial security is... Claim on future cash flows that is standardized and regulated. Examples: debt, equity, derivatives
Required Rate of Return The prospect of more money in the future is REQUIRED to induce an investor to give up money today.
Fundamental factors that affect the Required Rate of Return (the cost of money) PO, TPC, R, I 1. production opportunities 2. time preferences for consumption 3. risk 4. inflation
"Spot markets" and "futures markets" are... Whether the assets are bought/ sold for "on the spot" delivery or for delivery at some future date.
Money Markets are... the markets for debt securities with maturities of LESS THAN A YEAR.
Capital Markets are... the markets for LONG-TERM debt and corporate stocks.
Primary Markets are... MARKETS in which CORPORATIONS raise NEW capital.
Secondary Markets are... MARKETS in which EXISTING, already-outstanding securities are traded among investors. SECONDARY = SECOND-HAND
A Trading Venue is a site... Where secondary market trading occurs. TRADING => SECONDARY
Orders from buyers and sellers can be matched in one of 3 ways: OOA, DM, ATP 1. open outcry auction (face to face) 2. dealer markets (computer network) 3. automated trading platforms (computers match orders and make trades)
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Passed in 2010 in an effort to PREVENT financial crises such as the one that triggered the recession of 2007.

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