operating income will change by a greater percentage than Firm B’s operating income if sales change. Firm A has a higher degree of operating leverage than Firm B. 12-3 If sales tend to fluctuate widely‚ then cash flows and the ability to service fixed charges also will vary. Consequently‚ there is a relatively large risk that the firm will be unable to meet its fixed charges. As a result‚ firms in unstable industries tend to use less debt than those whose sales are subject to only moderate fluctuations
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DOMINGO -ARVYNNE FAJARDO Chapter 8: Corporate Stocks 3 Classification of Capital Requirements 1. short term 2. intermediate-term 3. long term Stock Financing-when shares of stock are sold to raise funds for the long term financing requirements of the firm. Capital Stock‚ Dividends‚ and Retained Earnings CAPITAL STOCK- interest of the owners of a corporation. -Issued Stock- portion of the authorized stock has been issued and sold. - Unissued Stock- those which are not yet issued. DIVIDENDS-
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Safety Stock James Pappas Logistics Management and Operations‚ TLMT 353‚ Spring 15 American Public University Professor Ernest Hughes 15 June 2015 Safety Stock Safety stock is the parts buffer a business builds into the production line to ensure the through put is not interrupted. Running a successful business means ensuring customer satisfaction to the fullest extent possible. Time is a vital resource in business and not something that the consumer wants to waste. The ability
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Allie measured her foot and it was 21cm long‚ and then she measured her Mother’s foot‚ and it was 24cm long. "I must have big feet‚ my foot is nearly as long as my Mom’s!" But then she thought to measure heights‚ and found she is 133cm tall‚ and her Mom is 152cm tall. In a table this is: Allie Mom Length of Foot: 21cm 24cm Height: 133cm 152cm The "foot-to-height" ratio in fraction style is: Allie: 21 133 Mom: 24 152 So the ratio for Allie is 21 : 133 By dividing both values by 7 we get 21/7
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Stock exchange A stock exchange is a form of exchange which provides services for stock brokers and traders to trade stocks‚ bonds‚ and other securities. Stock exchanges also provide facilities for issue and redemption of securities and other financial instruments‚ and capital events including the payment of income and dividends. Securities traded on a stock exchange include shares issued by companies‚ unit trusts‚ derivatives‚ pooled investment products and bonds. To be able to trade a security
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analysis examples: equity options and ETF Mutual funds positive profit:LIZ‚ AAPL‚ BK‚ CSCO‚FMX‚ MX negative profit: APOL‚SLB‚ SHLD‚DWA‚ MOD‚F 3) what went wrong and right with the specific trade and overall portfolio chapter8 page 260 loss aversion and anchoring‚ overconfidence. Buy sell policy : -10% 4) calculate data technical analysis chapter 11 &6 5) summary‚ what I have learned through Stock Trak Market efficiency‚ beat the market‚ random walk and stock price from chapter 7 ‚ page
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LECTURE STOCK VALUATION 1. Common stock valuation A share of common stock is more difficult to value in practice than a bond‚ for at least three reasons. First‚ with common stock‚ not even the promised cash flows are known in a advance. Second‚ the life of the investment is essentially forever‚ since common stock has no maturity. Third‚ there is no way to easily observe the rate of return that the market requires. Nonetheless‚ as we will see‚ there are cases in which we can come up with
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PREFERRED STOCK VERSUS COMMON STOCK The primary advantage to an investor of holding preferred stock compared with common stock is that the preferred stock return is somewhat more predictable (more certain). The issuing company will generally make a real effort to try to avoid defaulting on the preferred stock dividend. Since the return to preferred stock is reasonably well defined and since the preferred stockholders precede the common stockholders (the preferred dividends are paid before the
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With Preferred stock‚ there are of a variety of features that can be added to in order to either increase its attractiveness to investors‚ or to make it easier for the issuing company to buy back. Some company uses this to gain access to cash fast and they can control their payback. Preferred stock can have a lot of features add to it but here are the four major categories they will fall into: Callable this feature gives a company the ability to buy back preferred stock on specific dates and at
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T F 1. The first step in the top-down approach to stock valuation is analyzing the position of the industry in its life cycle. Answer: False T F T F T F T F T F 6. Industry life cycles measure the growth path of an industry through five stages. Answer: True T F 7. Industry life cycles predict an industry’s sensitivity to the economy. Answer: False T F 2. The method of starting the stock valuation process with an analysis of the economy is referred
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