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| players who deal with the money |
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"sports reporters"
watch, understand, and relay what happens |
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| plan, budget, obtain funds, control funds, collect funds, audit, manage taxes, advise top management on financial matters |
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financial statements (comes from accountants)
"where are we now? where do we need to be?" |
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| large expenses, cost LOTS of money (property, plant, equipment) |
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| Immediate needs to pay RIGHT NOW |
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| Operating (master) budget |
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| Combination of capital and cash |
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| can be quickly and easily turned into cash (i.e. stocks) |
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| based on reputation of company asking for money |
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| Put asset up as collateral (if you can't pay back the loan, asset becomes property of person who loaned to you) |
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SHORT TERm credit companies extend to each other to allow businesses to run smoothly
i.ee. sell me the stuff now, I pay you back in 30 days when I have the money |
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| specialized for large corporations |
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| offer to sell accounts receivable. ALWAYS AT A LOSS |
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| Super Important Accounting Formula |
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| Assets= Liabilities + Owners Equity |
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| Statement of Financial Position (snapshot of current financial position) |
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| Statements of Revenues and expenses over a set period of time |
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| statement of cash receipts and disbursements (very VERY short term) |
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| standard measures that enable analysts to compare companies of different sizes |
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| Can a company pay the bills as they come due? |
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| Can the company survive over a long period of time? |
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| can a company earn a satisfactory rate of return? |
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| is the stock a good investment? |
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| Where people gather to exchange securities |
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| companies offering stocks for sale for the first time (initial public offerings) where company gets their money |
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| stock continues to be bought/sold over and over again by private investors (stock holders get money, not company) |
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| bond owners create a fund in order to increase liklihood of getting $ from bond (low risk, higher investment) |
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| company can repay the bond at any time they want (more risk, higher interest) |
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| at maturity date, instead of money they can give you a specified amount of common stock (high risk, more interest) |
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| likelihood of losing your money |
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| return (how much $ to make) |
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| how quickly can it be turned back into cash? |
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| money made off investments (not taxed until you realize gains) |
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| Best of the Best- continue to make money. not necessarily big growth, but DEFINITELY no big loss |
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| cheap value. potential for growth |
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| go out, buy shares at whatever they're being sold at |
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set what you want to buy/sell at
(possibility order won't be placed) |
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| rare. companies decide to split stock (i.e. 2 for 1) they think the price is too high and want to split the price. doesn't impact value of shares (until demand increases price) |
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| pool money with a group of investors. allows small investors to have a diverse portfolio |
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