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1
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Return on investment equals

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Amounts received - Amounts invested

2
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Rate of return equals

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Return on investment divided by Amount invested

3
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Residual income equals

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Operating income - Target return on invested capital

4
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Quantifies the expected return on an equity security by relating the security’s level of risk to the average return available in the market.

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Capital asset pricing model (CAPM)

5
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The CAPM Formula:

Required rate of return equals

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Rf + B (Rm -Rf)

Rf = Risk-free return
Rm = Market return
B (Beta) = Measure of eh systematic risk or volatility of the individual security in comparison to the market (diversified portfolio)

6
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Is the risk faced by all firms. The risk cannot be offset through diversification.

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Systematic risk

7
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Is the risk inherent in a particular investment. This risk can be offset through diversification.

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Unsystematic risk

8
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When choosing a portfolio of investments, an investor wants to

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Maximize return and minimize risk

9
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Is the weighted average of the returns on the individual securities in the portfolio.

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Portfolio return

10
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Is less than a simple average of the risks of the securities in the portfolio

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Portfolio risk

11
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Is an investment transaction in which the parties’ gain or loss is derived from some other economic event.

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A derivative instrument

12
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Has bought the right to demand that the counterparty buy or sell an underlying asset on or before a specified future date.

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A party who buys an option

13
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Gives the buyer the right to purchase the underlying asset at a fixed price.

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A call option

14
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Gives the buyer the right to sell the underlying asset at a fixed price

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A put option

15
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The price of an option (the option premium) consists of two components:

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1) Intrinsic value and

2) the time premium

16
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Equals Intrinsic value + Time premium

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Option premium

17
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Is the price at which the holder can purchase (in the case of a call option) or sell (in the case of a put option) the asset underlying the option contract.

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The exercise price

18
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Of a call (put) option is the amount by which the exercise price is less (greater) than the current price of the underlying asset.

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The intrinsic value

19
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Is an agreement that, at a set future date, one party will perform and the other will pay a specified amount for the performance.

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A forward contract

20
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Is a commitment to buy or sell an asset at a fixed price during a specific future period.

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A futures contract

21
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Is an exchange of one party’s stream of payments for another party’s stream of payments with a different pattern.

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A swap transaction

22
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Is the process of using offsetting commitments to minimize or avoid the effects of adverse price movements.

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Hedging

23
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Are futures contracts that are purchased to protect against price increase (declines)

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Long (short) position hedges

24
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Are the principal form of long-term debt financing for corporations and governmental entities.

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Bonds

25
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In general, the longer the term of a bond is,

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The higher the return demanded by investor to compensate for increased risk will be.

26
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Are the owners of a corporation, and their rights as owners, although reasonably uniform, depend on the laws where it is incorporated.

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The common shareholders

27
Q

Common stock valuation based on

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Dividend yield models

28
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When the dividend per share of common stock is constant and expected to be paid continuously, the price per share

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Po = D divided by r

Po = Price per share now
D = Dividend per share (constant)
r = Required rate of return (cost of common stock)
29
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Assumes that dividend per share and price per share grow at the same constant rate.

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The constant growth model (dividend discount model)

30
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Has features of debt and equity. It has a fixed charge, but payment of dividends is not an obligation.

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Preferred stock

31
Q

The future cash flows from the preferred stock are assumed to consist only of the

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Estimated future annual dividends (Dp)

32
Q

Estimated future annual dividends (Dp) equals

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Par value of preferred stock x Preferred dividend rate

33
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A firm’s financing structure consists of three components:

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1) Long-term debt,
2) Preferred equity, and
3) Common equity

34
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A firm’s weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) is a single, composite rate of return on its

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Combined components of capital

35
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Is the process of planning and controlling investments for long-term projects.

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Capital budgeting

36
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The first step in assessing the desirability of a potential capital project is to

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Identify the relevant cash flows (do not include sunk costs)

37
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Is the difference between the present values of the net cash savings or inflows expected over the life of the project and the required dollar investment.

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A capital project’s net present value (NPV)

38
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The internal rate of return (IRR) of a project is the

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Discount rate at which the investment’s net present value equals zero.

39
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If the internal rate of return is higher than the company’s hurdle rate,

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The investment is desirable

40
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If the internal rate of return is lower,

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The project should be rejected

41
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Is the number of years required for the net cash savings or inflows to equal the original investment. No consideration is made for the time value of money under this method

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The payback period

42
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Payback period equals

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Initial investment divided by (Annual after-tax cash savings divided by Inflows)

43
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Is a technique for assessing potential capital projects that ignores the time value of money.

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The accounting rate of return

44
Q

Is the formula for residual income adjusted for the opportunity cost of capital.

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Economic value added (EVA)

45
Q

The goal of cash management is to

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Determine and maintain the firm’s optimal cash balance.

46
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Is a minimum amount that the bank requires the firm to keep in its demand (checking) account

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A compensating balance

47
Q

Companies use various strategies to

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Speed up cash collections while slowing cash disbursements

48
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Is the single most important strategy for expediting the receipt of funds.

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A lockbox system

49
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Is the amount of current liabilities, such as trade payables and accruals, that arises naturally in the ordinary course of business without the firm’s financial managers needing to take deliberate action.

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Spontaneous financing

50
Q

The annualized cost of not taking the discount is

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Discount % divided by (100% - Discount %) x (Days in year) divided by (Total payment period - Discount period)

51
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Is one in which the interest is paid at the end of the loan terms.

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A simple interest loan

52
Q

The amount of interest to be paid is based on

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The nominal (stated) rate and the principal of the loan (amount needed)

53
Q

Interest expense equals

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Principal of loan x Stated rate

54
Q

The effective rate on any financing arrangement is

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The ratio of the amount the company must pay to the amount the company gets use of.

55
Q

Effective interest rate equals

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Interest expense divided by Usable funds

56
Q

Is one in which the interest and finance charges are paid at the beginning of the loan term.

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Discounted loan

57
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Total borrowings equals

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Amount needed divided by (1.0 - Stated rate)