Finance Exam

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Alpha
How much better or worse an investment has performed compared to its expectations based off risk
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Beta Coefficient
A measure of a stock volatility in relation to the overall market
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Capital Asset Pricing Model
Financial Model that describes the relationship between systematic risk and expected returns for assets
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Capital Structure Weights
Proportions of debt, equity, and other sources of financing that are used by a company to fund operations and investments
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Component Cost of Capital
Cost associated with each source of funding used by a company
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Component cost of debt
Cost a company incurs to raise funds through borrowing
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Cost of Equity
Return investors expect in exchange for its risk
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Cost of preferred stock
The amount a company pays out in dividens after a year
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Diversification
Process of risk management that involves spreading investments across different assets or types of investments
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Dividend Growth Model
Method used to value a stock by estimating its instrinsic value based on expected future dividends
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Divisional Cost of Capital
Cost of financing for a specefic division or segment within a company
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Efficient Market
A market in which all relevent information is quickly and fully reflected in asset prices
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Market Risk premium
Additional Return investors expect to receive for holding a risky asset
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Portfolio
Collection of financial assets
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Portfolio Expected Return
Anticipated rate of return that an investor expects from a portfolio of investments
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Portfolio Weight
How much weight or the proportion of an asset's value relative to the totality of the portfolio
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Pure Play Approach
Method used to estimate cost of capital or value a specefic business segment or project
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Security Market Line
Graph that shows relationship between expected returns and systematic risk
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Stand Alone Risk
Risk associated with individual assets or investments within a portfolio
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Unsystematic Risk
Risk specefic to an individual asset
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Systematic risk
Inherent risk that affects an entire market/portfolio
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Weighted Average cost of Capital
Average rate a firm pays to finance its assets
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