study set
A local start-up company just hit its five-year anniversary and is planning an initial public offering
sometime this year. In order to issue public stock, which market will the company use? - ✔✔Primary
market
About a year ago, the short-term Treasury bill had 1.54% interest and the long-term Treasury note had
2.54% interest. This week, the 1-year Treasury bill has an interest rate of 3.13%, while the 10-year
Treasury note has an interest rate of 2.28%. What does this information indicate about the future
economy? - ✔✔It may indicate an economic downturn.
Accounting - ✔✔Focuses on the past, The system of recording, reporting, and summarizing past
financial information and transactions.
Annual Percentage Rate (APR) - ✔✔The annual rate that is charged for borrowing (or made by
investing), expressed as a single percentage number that represents the actual yearly cost of funds over
the term of a loan.
annuity due - ✔✔an annuity whose payments occur at the beginning of each period
Asset pricing - ✔✔The process of valuing assets
Auction market - ✔✔type of secondary market with a physical location and where prices are
determined by investors' willingness to pay
Banks and credit unions - ✔✔Receive deposits and extend loans to individuals and businesses
bondholders - ✔✔give the company credit, more interested in projects that give them a higher chance
of getting their investment back while providing sufficient compensation.
, Business finance - ✔✔Area of finance that deals with sources of funding and the capital structure of
corporations, the actions that managers take to increase the value of a firm for its owners, and the tools
and analysis used to allocate financial resources.
Capital - ✔✔A financial asset that can be used by a firm or individual. EX: machinery or cash
Capital market - ✔✔used for long-term assets that are held for greater than one year.
Central banks - ✔✔Ensure that a nation's economy remains healthy by controlling the amount of
money circulating in the economy
coincident indicators - ✔✔economic indicators that usually change at the same time as changes in
overall business activity: gross domestic product (GDP) and personal income
compound interest - ✔✔the interest on the principal plus the interest on earned interest
compounding - ✔✔finding a future value given a present value
Current market value - ✔✔What someone would pay right now for an asset.
Dealer market - ✔✔Type of secondary market; dealer buys and sells for themselves, at their own risk;
over the counter (OTC) markets; most of the buying and selling is done by the dealer; has no physical
location; NASDAQ
discounting - ✔✔finding a present value given a future value