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Money
Economy depends on it, Money vs Barter, Unit of Value ,Euro/Yen/Pound, Control of Money Supply ,Global Exchange- Rise/Fall of Dollar , Too much money leads to inflation , Money needs to move around
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Characteristics of Good Money System
portability, Divisibility, Stability Durability, Uniqueness
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Gold Standard
reliable, will not disappear, not portable, not easily divisible
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The Money Supply
Currency +Demand deposits = Total M1 +Time Deposits & Money Markets Accts. = Total M2 - Captures the amount of money in the system
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Federal Reserve System
Central Bank
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Current Chair of Federal Reserve
Jerome Powell
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Previous CHairs of Fed Reserve
Janet Yellen and Ben Bernake(2008 recess)
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Federal Reserve Structure
Federal Open Market Committee- 12 members, 12 Regional Banks
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Federal Open Market Committee
The people assessing the economy and determine whether the interest rate is getting higher or under control
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If the economy is rising too fast
they raise the federal interest rate up
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If the economy is not in a good state
they lower the federal interest rate
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12 Regional Banks
Federal Reserve oversees member banks in the region (New York Bank is the largest)
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Run
If the economy goes to a crisis ,people go to banks and try to withdraw all their money, Reserve requires member banks to keep certain percentages within banks to be prepared for runs
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Treasury Secretary
Janet Yellen (treasury is a gov agency)
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Federal Reserve & responsibilities
Separate from the government, Buy/Sell Foreign Currency, Regulates Fed Reserve credit to member banks, Supervise banks, Collects data on money supply/economic activities , Processes Checks
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How the FED regulates the money Supply
Increase Discount Rate(interest rate), Sell Government Bonds, Set Credit Controls
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Discount rate
Rate the Fed charges banks to borrow money
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IF the economy is too slow how does the Fed try to expand it
Reduce the Discount rate, Buy Government Bonds, Set Credit Controls
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American Banking System-Depository
Commercial Banks, Saving and Loan, Association/Thrifts, Credit Unions
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American Banking System-Regulations
FDIC- insure banks, Sec- Stock exchange
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International Banking
eurodollar Currency Exchange, Letter Of Credit, Banker's Acceptance, World Bank, IMF
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Letter Of Credit
A promise by the bank to pay the seller a given amount if certain conditions are met.
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BlockChain
which is a database that exists on many servers at the same time. Con; If you are the central bank its hard to know whats going on
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Volatile stock Market
Huge dip in the Stock market is a recession ,The small ups and downs are volatility, If theres no volatility the economy would be making no profit
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VIX -Volatility index
captures the variance
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Who is Warren Buffet?
Philanthropist ,Advocating high tax for investors,Well known as conglomerate empire
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Functions of Securities Markets
Long-term Funding For Businesses, Place to Buy/Sell Securities (Investments)
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Debt Financing
Secured or Debenture, Must be Repaid on maturity date, Interest must be paid whenever specified, Issuing bonds
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Equity Financing
Preferred or Common, Investment never has to be repaid, Not legally obligated to pay dividends, To Sell stocks
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Investment Banker
Assist Sale/Issue Of New Securities,Underwrite issues, Sells to Institutional Investors ,Help to give valuation of company , evaluate assets and liabilities
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Advantages of Bonds
No Vote= No power in the company, Interest is Tax-Deductible, Temporary Source of Funds, Can be repaid before maturity with call provision
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Disadvantages of Bonds
Increase Debt, Legal Obligation to Pay Interest, Repaid On Maturity Date
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Special Bond Features
Sinking Fund, Callable, Convertible
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Advantages of Stock
No Repayment No legal Obligation and Does Not create Debt
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Disadvantages of stock
Voting Rights; you have somewhat of a say, Dividends not Tax-Deductible, Management Works to keep stockholder Happy
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Carl Icahn
Activist Investor ,Aim is to grab a big share of the stocks, storms board meetings and says a lot of complaints
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Michael Dell
Made Dell Public, Struggled with active investors, The company reversed and went private
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Portfolio Performance
Diversification, Timelines(Short or long), Safety & Risk, Income & Total Return
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Harry Markowitz
The better the portfolio the better your success
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Investment Criteria
Risk,Yield, Duration, Liquidity, Tax Consequences
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Corporate Bonds
1-20 years, Taxable, Riskier than Gov bonds- higher yield
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Municipal Bonds
1-40 years, Exempt from Fed taxes and some states
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US Treasury Bonds
2-30 years
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Growth vs. Income
Capital Gain vs Divident
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Market Order
tells a broker to buy or sell a stock immediately at the best price available
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Limit Order
tells the broker to buy or sell a stock at a specific price, if that price becomes available
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Stock Split
An action by a company that gives stockholders two or more shares of stock for each one they own.
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Bull Market
when overall stock prices are rising (Bulls believe that stock prices are going to rise; they buy stock in anticipation of the
increase)

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Bear Market
When Stock prices are declining (Bears expect stock prices to decline and sell their stocks in anticipation of falling prices.)
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Mutual Funds
Pools Investors Money, Best For Small Investors, Index Fund , Diversification, Non-load vs load, open end vs closed-end
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Traditional Investments
Stocks & Bonds
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High Risk
Stock on margin, Junk Bonds, Commondites
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Stock on margin
borrowing money from a broker to purchase a stock
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Junk Bonds
High-risk, high-interest bonds.
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Dow Jones Index
Tracks Stock Market
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The Accounting System
Input/Output analysis, Input- Accounting Documents, Output- Financial Statements
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Who has the influence of Accounting Information
Managers, Government , and Investors-Suppliers-Creditors
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Managers influence
Their Financial Reports pinpoint problems/ opportunities
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Government Influence
Assists with tax collection
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Investors-suppliers-Credits influence
provide a means to analyze business
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Areas of Accounting
Managerial Accounting & Financial Accounting
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Managerial Accounting
Inside Organization, C.M.A
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Financial Accounting
Annual Report, Private Accountant, Public Accountant, C.P.A, Auditing, Tax Accounting, Government & Not-for-Profit Accounting
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Types of Accountants
Public & Private
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Public Accountants
Auditing, Tax Consulting & COmpliance, Management Consulting
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Private Accountants
Management Accounting, Government Accounting, Academia
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The Big 4 Accounting Firms
PriceWaterhouseCoopers(PWC), Deloitte, ERNST & Young, KPMG
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Cooking the Books
Early Recognition of Revenue, Late Recognitions of Expense, Inadequate Reserves for Bad Debts, Reuters, and Liabilities, Changing Inventory Valuation, Phony Transactions with Partnerships
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Lehman Brothers Collapse 08
Ernst & Young cooked the financial info and mislead investors
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Bookkeeping
Start of Accounting, Record/Journalize
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Accounting
Analyze, Recommend
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GAAP
U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
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IFRS
International Financial Reporting Standards- Global standard, Developed by the International Accounting Standards Board(IASB)
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Financial Statements
Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Statement of Cash Flow
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Balance Sheet
Statement of Financial Positions (Assets and Liabilities & Owner’s Equity)
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Income Statement
Statements of Revenues and Expenses( Revenues, Cost of Goods Sold, Gross profit, Operating expenses)
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Statement of Cash Flow
Statement of Cash Receipts & Disbursements
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Accounting Equation
Assets= Liabilities +owners Equity or Owned=Owed + Owner’s Claims
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Current Assets
within a year (12 Months)
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Fixed Asset
Assets acquired before that measured period
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Net Sales
Sales achieved during the 12 month period
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Cost of Good Sold
How much it cost you for those Net sales
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Beginning Inventory
You entered the year with these from the previous year
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Net Purchases
purchases you made during this year
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Ending Inventory
The inventory you have currently left at the end of the period
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Having ending inventory is
better than out of Stock; must keep some inventor to meet customer demand
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Gross profit=
Net sales- Cost of goods sold
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NET Income=
Gross Profit - expenses and taxes
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Cross sectional Analysis
looking at the performance of other companies in the same year
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To determine if your company is doing well
Look at your own record across time
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In Parenthesis
Means negative
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Beginning Cash balance
Cash as of January 1st of the 12 month period you're looking at
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Cash flow will tell you
how much money your company currently has
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Ratio Analysis
Uses percents to determine information so currency used isn't an issue
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Liquidity Ratio
How much assets can be converted cash
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Current Ratio=
Current assets / Current Liabilities
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Quick(acid test) ratio
Cash+Marketable securities+ Receivables / current liabilities
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Current ratio includes
Inventory
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QUICK DOESN'T INCLUDE INVENTORY because
its not easy to get money from
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Leverage (Debt) Ratio
measure the degree to which a firm relies on borrowed funds in its operations
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Debt to equity=
Total Liabilities/ Owner's Equity
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When it comes to Debt ratio its better to have
a smaller ratio, higher means they are struggling with debt
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Profitability ratio
How profitable your company is (whether your company is in good or bad shape)
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Profitability =
Operating success
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Returns on Sales=
Net Income/ Common Shares
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Earnings Per Share=
Net Income / # Common Shares
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Return on Equity=
Net Income/ Owners Equity
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Activity Ratio
Inventory Turnover =Cost of Goods sold/ Avg. Inventory
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In Activity ratio is a
Larger number is better means there are more sales over the smaller inventory
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Just In Time (JIT) Strategy
leads to higher activity ratios by moving factories closer to minimize travel time and inventory , while pushing sales

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Time Series Analysis/ Tend
Look at the companies data across horizon (time)

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10 K Annual Reports
Includes Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flow
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Financing
to raise the money
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Finance managers
have to raise the money , Planning, Budgeting, Investing/ Advising
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Financial Planning
Plan for the future, Operating Budget, StocHastic volume look at the data to determine the future values
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Firms Need Short term funds for
Monthly expenses
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Firms Need Long term Funds for
New Product development
, Replacing capital expenditure, M&A( mergers and acquisitions), Expansion into new markets , Building new facilities

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Ways of Equity Financing
Internal sources & External Sources
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EF Internal Sources
retained earnings (Bal sht) and Owner Contributions
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EF External Sources
Sales of Partnerships, Venture Capital, Public Sale of Stock
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Venture Capitalist
Finance new and rapidly growing companies. Wealthy individuals looking to invest into a company ex. Silicon Alley
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Leverage
Raising funds through borrowing to increase the firm's rate of return

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