Defining Financial Terms FIN/370 March 7‚ 2013 Defining Financial Terms 1. Finance a. The study of how people and businesses evaluate investments and raise capital to fund them 2. Efficient Market b. Markets where all important information is available to all the different participants at the same time. The prices also correlate with the available information c. Stock markets are an example of efficient market 3. Primary Market d. This is where the buyer
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Fin/370 I Defining Financial Terms: Finance- The study of how people and businesses evaluate investments and raise capital to fund them and it help organizations to study every decision they make from investing in a product to market short term or long term * Efficient market- A market in which all the available information is fully incorporated into securities prices and the returns investors will earn on their investments cannot be predicted. In this type of market no insider trading
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Financial Leverage: Financial leverage is a leverage created with the help of debt component in the capital structure of a company. Higher the debt‚ higher would be the financial leverage because with higher debt comes the higher amount of interest that needs to be paid. Leverage can be both good and bad for a business depending on the situation. If a firm is able to generate a higher return on investment (ROI) than the interest rate it is paying‚ leverage will have its positive effect shareholder’s
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Do problems 7-1‚ 7-3‚ 7-5‚ 7-7‚ 7-9‚ 7-11‚ 7-13‚ and 7-15‚ page 179 of your textbook 7-1. Determine the interest payment for the following three bonds: 3 ½ percent coupon corporate bond (paid semiannually)‚ 4.25 percent coupon Treasury note‚ and a corporate zero coupon bond maturing in ten years. (Assume a $1000 par value.) 3 ½ percent coupon corporate bond (paid semi-annually): ½ × 3.5% × $1‚000 = $17.50 4.25 percent coupon Treasury note: ½ × 4.25% × $1‚000 = $21.25 corporate zero coupon
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Definitions Steven Puryear Fin 370 10-6-2011 Mrs. Watson Definitions 1. Finance- The science of funds management. 2. Efficient Market- A market in which the values of all assets and securities at any instant in time fully reflect all available information‚ which results in the market value and the intrinsic value being the same. 3. Primary Market- A market in which new‚ as opposed to previously issued‚ securities are traded. The primary market provides the channel for sale of new
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Nareekan Wongwisetsiri Finance 317 Financial Statements Homework #1 1. Watson Oil recently reported (in millions) $8‚250 of sales‚ $5‚750 of operating costs other than depreciation‚ and $650 of depreciation. The company had $3‚200 of outstanding bonds that carry a 5% interest rate‚ and its federal-plus-state income tax rate was 35%. In order to sustain its operations and thus generate future sales and cash flows‚ the firm was required to make $1‚250 of capital expenditures on new fixed
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|FIN/370 Version 7 | | |Finance for Business | Copyright © 2012‚ 2011‚ 2010‚ 2008‚ 2006 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course introduces the student to the essential elements of finance for business. Emphasis is placed on financial management‚ financial markets
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FIN 370 – Finance for Business Weekly Discussion Questions Template Name: Please answer the following questions on this template and submit as your assignment for the Weekly Discussion Questions. Week One Discussion Questions What is the capital market? How is the primary market different from the secondary market? In your opinion‚ are these markets efficient? Why? * * A place where stocks and bonds are traded; and long-term financial instruments is called the capital
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Chap 17‚ Prob B1 A. Bixton’s objective is to achieve a credit standing that falls‚ in the words of the chief financial officer‚ “comfortably within the ‘A’ range.” What target range would you recommend for each of the three credit measures? To remain within the ’A’ range the following is recommended Fixed Charge Coverage 3.00–4.30 Funds From Operations/Total Debt 45%–65% Long-Term Debt/Capitalization 22%-32% So to be comfortably within the range A the company should try to maintain
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Pedro Reyes – FIN/370 Week 1 Individual Assignment Resource: Financial management: Principles and applications Define the following terms and identify their roles in finance: * Finance - The “science of funds management.” Finance includes saving money and often includes lending money. The field of finance deals with the concepts of time‚ money‚ risk and how they are interrelated. Finance also deals with how money is spent and budgeted. * * Efficient market - A market in which
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