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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 12e (Ross)
Chapter 2 Financial Statements, Taxes, and Cash Flow
Limited liability - shareholders not personally responsible for debts of corporation
May be 'private' or 'public' (latter has shares issued and trading on exchanges)
May be 'closely held,' or widely dispersed shareholders
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Shareholders elect a board of directors, who appoint and monitor managers
"Separation of ownership and control" - shareholders defer to board, managers
Managers may quit, or be replaced, and corporation continues
Downside? "Agency costs"
Berle and Means, The Modern Corporation and Private Property
Two other downsides
Expensive legal/compliance machinery
"Double taxation" - corporate income taxed, and so are dividends and capital gains for
shareholders
llimited liability
the owners of a corp are not personally liable for obligations of the corp- but can still be sued for
personal decisions
cfo
chief financial officer-leader, the most important
leads financial decisions and execution
oversees offices of treasurer, controller
Oversees whole financial staff
Close contact with CEO, other senior execs
Key external voice for corporation
treasurer
responsible for financing, cash management, and relationshp with banks and other instit.
internal/external manage.
controller
internal statements- responsible for budgeting, taxes, and accounting
oppurtunity cost of capital
minimum acceptable rate of return on capital investment- the rate of return that investions could
earn in finance. markets, look at proj. of similar risk, return
agency problems
capex decisions
capital expenditure decision:decisions to invest in tangible/intangible assets
capex
Capital Expenditure-land,property, equip, long term real assets
free cash flow
Cash available once the firm has covered it's capital expenditures
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financing decisions
concerned with the ways in which firms obtain and manage long term financing to acquire and
support their productive assets(finance or pay for assets)
-the form and amount of financing a firm's investment, how to get $ in the door, should I issue
debt or isssue equity?
real assets
Assets used to produce goods and services, not financial
asset
future benefit
economic resource
future economic value will produce profit/value in the future
financial asset
financial claims to income generated by real assets
-bonds
corporation
A business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for
its debts
-organized as a seperate legal identity owned by stockholders
"a nexus of contracts"
A distinct legal entity, owned by shareholders
Organized under 'articles of incorporation'
managers are agents for shareholders, but the managers may act in their own interest
stakeholder
anyone with a financial interest in the firm
financial market
market where securities are issued and traded
primary market
market for the sale of new securities by corporations, A financial market in which new issues of
a security are sold to initial buyers.
secondary market
market in which previously issued securities are traded amond investors, Exchanges and over-
the-counter markets where securities are bought and sold after original issuance. Proceeds of
secondary market sales go to the selling investors, not to the companies that originally issued the
securities.
NYSE, NASDAQ
Specialist system vs. dealer systems
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Are intermediaries valuable? Peake-Mendelson proposals 1980s
Trading pits vs. electronic exchanges in derivatives markets
fixed income market
market for longer-term financing
capital market
Market in which money is lent for periods longer than a year.
money market
market for short term financing
financial intermediary
Firms, such as banks, mutual funds, pension funds, and insurance companies, that borrow funds
from savers and lend them to borrowers
orgs that raise money from investors and provides financ for ind. corp or other orgs
mutual fund
financial statement that shows the firms cash receipts and cash payments over a period of time
market capitalization
total market value of equity which = share price x numbers of shares outstanding
market value added
market capitalization minus the book value of equity
market to book ratio
ratio of market value of equity to book equity
economic value added
after tax operating income minus charge for cost of capital employed
also called residual income
roc
return on capital
after tax operating income as a percentage of long term capital
return on assets
return on assets
after tax operating income as a percentage of total assets
roe
return on equity
net income as percentage of shareholders equity
operating profit margin
after tax- operating income as a percent of total sales
du pont formula
roa equals the product of asset turnover and the operating profit margin
LIQUIDIty (redux
access to cash or assets that can be turned into cash on short notice
ebit
earnings before interest and taxes
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