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Intro to Financial Management

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Principle 1: The Risk-Return Trade-Off   We won't take on additional risk unless we expect to be compensated with additional return. Higher the risk of an investment, higher the expected return.  
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Principle 2: The Time Value of Money   A dollar received today is worth more than a dollar to be received in the future. Opportunity costs--interest.  
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Principle 3: Cash--Not Profits--Is King   In measuring wealth or value, we use cash flow, not accounting profit, as our measurement tool.  
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Principle 4: Incremental Cash Flows   The incremental cash flow is the difference between the projected cash flows if the project is selected, versus what they will be if the project is not selected. This difference reflects the true impact of a decision.  
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Principle 5: The Curse of Competitive Markets   It is hard to find exceptionally profitable projects. If industry is generating large profits, new entrants attracted, adds competition, drives profits down. Product differentiation and cost advantages can help.  
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Principle 6: Efficient Capital Markets   The values of securities at any instant in time fully reflect all publicly available information. Prices reflect value and are right. Price changes reflect changes in expected cash flows. Good decisions drive up the stock price and vice versa.  
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Principle 7: The Agency Problem   The separation of management and the ownership of the firm creates the agency problem. Managers may make decisions that are not in line with the goal of the firm (maximizing shareholder wealth).  
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Principle 8: Taxes Bias Business Decisions   The cash flows we consider for decision making are the after-tax incremental cash flows to the firm as a whole  
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Principle 9: All Risk is Not Equal   Some risk can be diversified away, and some cannot. Diversifying can reduce risk, and measuring a project/asset's risk is very difficult.  
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Principle 10: Ethical Behavior is Doing the Right Thing, and Ethical Dilemmas are Everywhere in Finance   Each person's set of values forms the basis for personal judgments about what is the right thing. Unethical decisions can destroy shareholder wealth  
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What is the Goal of the Firm?   To maximize shareholder wealth. Shareholder wealth measured by share prices.  
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Sole Proprietorship   Business owned by individual. Unlimited liability. Termination by choice or death.  
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General Partnerships   All partners are fully responsible for liabilities incurred by the partnership.  
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Limited Partnerships   One or more partners can have limited liability. Must be at least one general partner with unlimited liability. Limited partners cannot participate in the management of the business and their names cannot appear in name of firm.  
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Corporation   Legally functions separate and apart from its owners. Owners (shareholders) dictate direction and policies of the corp. Shareholder's liability restricted to amount of investment in company  
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Benefits and Drawbacks of a Corporation   Benefits: Limited liability, Easy to transfer ownership, Unlimited life Drawbacks: No secrecy of information, Maybe delays in decision making, Greater regulation, Double taxation  
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Double Taxation   When corporation distributes dividends to shareholders, they are taxed, even though the corp already paid taxes on that amount.  
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Objectives of Income Taxation   Raise revenues for government expenditures. Achieve socially desirable goals. Economics stabilization.  
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Capital Gains   Profits from investments (over a year)  
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How do you compute the Federal tax liability for a corporation? (Steps)   1. Determine the "Taxable Income" 2. Using the Taxable Income and Federal Tax Tables, compute tax liability  
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Compute Taxable Income   Gross income less tax deductible expenses, plus interest income and dividend income. Sales - Cost of Goods Sold = Gross Profit - Operating Expenses = Operating Income - Interest Expense  
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Compute Gross Income   Dollar sales from a product or service less cost of production or acquisition  
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Tax Deductible Expenses   Operating expenses (marketing, depreciation, administrative expenses) and Interest Expense *Dividends paid are NOT tax deductible.  
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