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Finance Final
Finance Final
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Finance
Graduate
02/09/2014

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[image]Dynamic process to determine how to meet goals.
wMake, implement, and then revise plans
wForecast financial statements and estimate financing needs
[image]Identify the feasibility of strategy
[image]Identify interactions and options

 

[image]Avoid surprises  
Definition
Financial Planning
Term

Net work capital measures __________

Return on equity measures_________

Definition

risk

return

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Replicating Portfolio
Definition
If two portfolios give you the same payout, they should have had the same initial price
Term
***Options are always riskier than stocks
Definition
Term

Hedge Ratio

Under Binomial Option Pricing

Definition
range of option values/ range of stock values
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Value real option
Definition
NPV with option -  NPV without option
Term
Managerial Options
Definition

The opportunity to make changes to planned activities

 

By varying output or production methods

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Flotation Costs
Definition

The cost of using a security

You must lower the price by the flotation cost

Term
Preferred stock is riskier than debt so a firm should pay more for it because of the risk
Definition
Term
If a company has no debt, the ______and _____should be the same
Definition
ROE and ROA
Term
Retained earnings are an opportunity cost because it means you dont' pay dividends
Definition
Term
Capital Budgeting
Definition

Planning and Managing Expenditures of long lived assets

 

- Tend to be long term decisions, expensive, and not easily reversed

Term
Difficulties of Capital Budgeting
Definition
  1. Benefits occur in the future
  2. THe cost and benefits occur at different times
  3. Setting a value on quality
Term
How do you evaluate a project
Definition
  1. Payback- how long it takes to get investment back
  2. Net present value($)
  3. Internal Rate of Return (%)
  4. Profitability index (benefits-cost ratio)
Term
For Equal Cash flows, Payback equals
Definition
Investment/cash flows
Term
For unequal cash flows, pay back equals.....
Definition
when the sum of the cash flows is greater than or equal to the investment
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Cons of Payback method (3)
Definition
  1. Ignores time value of money
  2. Ignores any cash flow after the payback
  3. Arbitrary decison rule
Term

*** Accept if Net Present Value of a project is greater than zero

 

NPV is the present value of cash flows - inital investment

Definition
Term
When is NPV used for valuation
Definition
large decisions and when cash flows are easily measured
Term
Cons of NPV method of valuation
Definition
  1. results are sensitive to the interest rates
  2. solution is a dollar amount rather than a %age
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IRR Acceptance rule
Definition
Accept if IRR>Cost of Capital
Term
When do you use IRR for valuation
Definition
when you need to capture a complex project in a single number that is easy to communicate
Term
IRR Decartes Rule
Definition
You cannot have 2 IRRs. Irr is where it crosses the x axis. if it changes signs more than once.
Term
Non conventional cash flow
Definition

When cash flow sign changes more than once

i.e. CF0= -100, C01= 100, CO2= -100

 

You have as many IRRs as you have changes in sign. 

Therefore you can't use IRR

Term
When there is a conflic between NPV and another decision ruule, choose NPV
Definition
Term
When NPV a
Definition
Term
IRR is unreliable in the following situations
Definition

mutually exclusive projects

non-conventional cash flows

Term

Profitability Index

 

PI Rule

Definition

measures the value received PER investment dollar

 

Accept if PI>1

Term
If you have a budget limit, which decision method do you use
Definition
Profitability Index
Term

When the cost of capital is high,

Funds are ________valuable

Favors _____projects

Favors_____payback

Definition

more

small

faster

Term
Equivalent Annual Annuity (EAA)
Definition

when you evaluate asset replacement with unequal lives

(i.e. purchase a cheap machine that lasts a short period, or an expensive machine that lasts a long time)

Term
Equivalent Annual Annuity process steps
Definition

1. calculate PV using NPV in calculator for both

2. plug answer as PV, COC as I, # years as N, COMPUTE PMT

3. The higher EAA is the one you should choose

 

Term
Fair Market Value
Definition
The price an asset would trade for between rational individuals with all relevant information
Term

 

Maturity Matching

Definition
when you hedge risk by matching the life of the asset with the life of the liability
Term

temporary current assets require ______ financing

 

permanent current assets require ________ financing

Definition

short term

 

long term

Term
permanent current assets
Definition
the level of inventory you always have in stock
Term
temporary current assets
Definition
inventory that is added for a short period of time (i.e., sunscreen in the summer)
Term
Capital investment
Definition
fixed assets
Term
Net Working Capital
Definition

Current assets- current liabilities

 

really just current assets

Term
Capital investment affects tax indirectly due to depreciation because....
Definition
Depreciation reduces a firm's taxable income
Term
****Salvage value of depreciated item is TAXED when the item is sold
Definition
Term
The higher the growth, the ______the Additional funds Needed will be
Definition
larger
Term
The higher the capital intensity ratio (total assets year 0/sales of year 0) the ________ Additional Funds Needed will be
Definition
higher
Term
The higher the spontaneous liabilties, the ______ smaller Additional funds needed will be
Definition
smaller
Term
The higher the profit margin, the __________the additional funds needed will be
Definition
lower
Term
The lower the payout ratio, the ___________ the additional funds needed will be
Definition
smaller
Term
If a firm is operating below capacity and the projected sales are below capacity, then...
Definition
no additioanl property, plant, and equipment is needed
Term
the self supporting growth rate
Definition
the maximum growth a firm could achieve if it had no access to external growth
Term
What are the determinants of GROWTH?
Definition

1. Profit Margin

2. Asset turnover rate

3. Financial Leverage

4. Company's divident policy

Term
Operatin Cash Flow Equation
Definition
EBIT- taxes + depreciation
Term
Zero Sum Game
Definition

Applies to options

 

means that the writer's loss is owner's game and vice versa

 

 

Term
Intrinsic values in options CANNOT be negative. IF they are "out of the money," they are just $0
Definition
Term
When dividends go down, stock prices go down so what does that do to call prices and put prices?
Definition

decreases call prices

increases put price

Term
Free Cash Flows template and order of operations
Definition

Sales

(expenses)

(fixed)

(depreciation)

Gives you EBIT

(tax)

Gives you Net Income

+Depreciation

Gives you Operating Cash Flows

+/- Capital Investment

+/-NWC investment

Gives you Cash flow

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