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Applied Finance. Final Exam Review. Price/Earnings Ratio. How do you calculate it?. Answer: Click Here. Business Lifecycle. Brainstorm steps:. Startup Growth Maturity Decline Cessation. Capital. What is it?.
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Applied Finance Final Exam Review
Price/Earnings Ratio • How do you calculate it? Answer: Click Here
Business Lifecycle • Brainstorm steps: • Startup • Growth • Maturity • Decline • Cessation
Capital • What is it? • Any form of wealth that can be used to create more wealth, such as cash, which can be invested to generate more income.
Ways to raise capital • Loan from bank • Private investors • Venture Capital Firms • Stocks • Bonds • Sell equipment or property • Liquidation
Types of Business • What are they? • Sole Proprietorship • Partnership • Corporation • Limited Liability Company
Corporation Disadvantages: • Legally complex to start and operate • One of the two most regulated business forms • Profits are taxed twice - once as corporation income, and again as investor income
Sole proprietorship Disadvantages: • The owner is personally responsible for all actions of the business • The owner is personally liable for all business debts
General partnership Disadvantages: • All partners are responsible for any actions taken in the name of the business by all other partners • All business debts are the personal responsibility of the partners
Sole proprietorship Advantages: • Simple and inexpensive to create and operate • Least regulated of all business forms • All profits are reported on the owner’s personal income tax return
Limited liability company (LLC) Characteristics: Treated as an individual for purposes of ownership and legal standing, but it is not taxed at the higher corporate rates
Corporation Characteristics: • In the eyes of the law, is treated like an individual: • It can own property • It can be sued • It must file a tax return
Corporation Advantages: • Owners are not responsible for the actions taken by the business • Debts are not the responsibility of the owners (limited liability) • The business can sell shares (stock) in the business to the public in order to raise capital
LLC • Can choose to be taxed as the property of the owners (like a partnership) or an individual (like a corporation)
General partnership Advantages: • Simple and inexpensive to create and operate • All profits are taxed as personal income to the partners
LLC Disadvantages: • Governed by complex laws • The owners normally can’t be employees • When a partner dies, the business entity is dissolved
Corporation Characteristics: • Can hire employees, which may include the owners
Lesson 3 – Product or Service Development Cycle • See poster…
Lesson 3 – Product or Service Development Cycle • See this game: • http://www.quia.com/rd/283618.html
Which is more expensive? • Shipping inputs and products a long distance or • Obtaining goods and services locally?
Which is more expensive? • Shipping inputs and products a long distance or • Obtaining goods and services locally?
Profit Margin • How is it calculated? • Profit divided by revenue
What is a monetary guarantee that a financial obligation will be fulfilled? • Surety Bond • Worker’s Compensation • Speculative Risk • Product liability insurance
What insurance protects a company from lawsuits if someone is injured by the company’s products? • Surety Bond • Speculative Risk • Worker’s Compensation • Product liability insurance
What is a situation where there is a chance of either loss or no loss, but no chance of gain? • Surety Bond • Pure risk • Risk Mitigation • Insurance premium
Fact • Only pure risks are insurable; otherwise insurance is akin to gambling.
What insurance protects a business from lawsuits • Risk mitigation • Theft insurance • General liability insurance • Quality assurance
What insurance protects a company in the event that an employee is seriously injured on the job? Worker’s compensation insurance This insurance is required in most states.
Lesson 6: Financial Record-keeping and Analysis Which document is sent to shareholders at the end of every year? These are required by the SEC for corporations. Annual Report
Lesson 6: Financial Record-keeping and Analysis What is a measure of a company’s earnings before income and taxes? EBIT
Lesson 6: Financial Record-keeping and Analysis Which financial statement is a summary of a firm’s assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity on a certain date? Balance Sheet!
Lesson 6: Financial Record-keeping and Analysis What is a document describing a company’s incoming and outgoing money? Cash Flow Statement
Lesson 6: Financial Record-keeping and Analysis What is another word for net income? $Profit$
Lesson 6: Financial Record-keeping and Analysis What is another word for net income? $Profit$
Lesson 7: Financial Strategies How do you make a personal budget? What are the steps? • Track money coming in • Track money going out (spent) • Find the balance. Are you making more than you’re spending, or vice versa? • Set budget • Review regularly
Lesson 7: Financial Strategies Which analysis involves tracking moving averages and looking for trends & cyclical variations? Quantitative Qualitative
Lesson 7: Financial Strategies Which analysis assesses opinions through consumer panels, focus groups and in-house judgements? Quantitative Qualitative
Lesson 7: Financial Strategies What is extrapolation? Using current and/or historical data to estimate or forecast the future.
Lesson 8: Business Financing Options In the term “SBA Guaranteed Loan,” what does SBA stand for? Small Business Administration
Lesson 8: Business Financing Options What organization should you go to to obtain a 504 loan? Small Business Administration
Lesson 8: Business Financing Options What does a CDFI stand for? Community Development Financial Institution
Lesson 9: The Stock Market Which is a rising stock market? Bear Market Bull Market