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Chapter 1 An Introduction to the Foundations of Financial Management
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1) Financial management deals with the maintenance and creation of economic value or wealt
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Keywords: Financial Management Learni
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2) Each financial decision made by a corporate manager can be evaluated by its direct impact on t
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he corporation's stock price.
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3) The fundamental goal of a business is to maximize the retained earnings available to the corporatio
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n's shareholders.
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4) Shareholder wealth maximization means maximizing the price of the existing common stoc
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,Keywords: Shareholder Wealth, Goal of the Firm Le
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5) It is important to evaluate a corporate manager's financial decision by measuring the effect the decision
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should have on the corporation's stock price if everything else were held constant. A
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, 6) Corporate managers should accept investment projects that maximize profits in the short run becau
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se of the time value of money.
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Keywords: Goal of the Firm, Profits, Time Value of Money Learn
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7) The goal of the firm's financial managers should be the maximization of the total value of the fir
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8) The payment of a dividend to current shareholders will have no impact on a corporation's share pr
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ice because the cash paid is not available to future potential shareholders who may want to buy the
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corporation's stock. ma
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9) One problem with maximization of shareholder wealth as a goal is that it ignores risk taken by
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the firm's financial decisions.
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