Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Risk and return are intrinsically linked in the world of finance. Investments with higher risk tend to yield higher returns, but this relationship also carries the potential for greater losses. Diversification plays a vital role in managing risk. By spreading investments across different asset classes, industries, and geographic regions, you can potentially reduce overall risk exposure. The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) helps assess an investment's expected return based on its risk relat...

Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis: CVP analysis explores the relationship between costs, volume, and profit. Students learn how to calculate breakeven points, analyze contribution margins, and evaluate the impact of changes in sales volume on profitability. Costing Systems: This section may cover different costing systems, such as job costing and process costing. Students learn how to allocate costs to products or services using various methods, including direct materials cost, direct labor c...

The Chapter One notes offer a concise overview of management activities, organization structure, manufacturing costs, product versus period costs, income statements, and activity-based costing. Topics covered include planning, directing, and controlling functions of management, organizational charts, manufacturing costs (direct/indirect materials, labor, overhead), product/period costs distinction, income statement calculations, and activity-based costing methods. These notes provide a comprehen...

Very in depth of what the topics that we discussed in class

Risk and return are intrinsically linked in the world of finance. Investments with higher risk tend to yield higher returns, but this relationship also carries the potential for greater losses. Diversification plays a vital role in managing risk. By spreading investments across different asset classes, industries, and geographic regions, you can potentially reduce overall risk exposure. The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) helps assess an investment's expected return based on its risk relat...

very organized, has eveerything that was on the powerpoint slides and the in class discussions

These notes focus on incremental analysis, a process to identify financial data that change under different courses of action. It assesses the impact of decisions on future earnings by analyzing relevant revenues and costs. Consideration of both financial and non-financial information is crucial, with financial data evaluating incremental revenues and costs, and non-financial information providing additional insights. Key concepts covered include relevant costs, opportunity costs, and sunk costs...

The notes on pricing highlight the factors influencing pricing decisions, including pricing objectives, market conditions, demand, and costs. Target costing is introduced as a strategy to achieve desired profits by setting the cost based on the market-determined price. The relationship between selling price, cost, and markup is explained, considering competitive conditions and the desired return on investment (ROI). Regarding budgeting, it involves creating a detailed financial plan for a spe...

notes from class

Notes for freshman year Psych 100 tests, all notes were taken for each of the four exams/tests we had, and there was no final this year. Class was taken fall of 2021.