Finance example #34843

This subarea of finance looks at firm decisions in acquiring and utilizing cash received from investors or from retained earnings.

A potential future negative impact to value and/or cash flows is often discussed in terms of probability of loss and the expected magnitude of the loss. This is called:

This is a general term for securities like stocks, bonds, and other assets that represent ownership in a cash flow.

The most commonly accepted groups of asset classes include all of the following except:

Which of the following managers would NOT use finance?

This type of business organization is entirely legally independent from its owners.

The practice generally known as double taxation is due to:

For corporations, maximizing the value of owner's equity can also be stated as:

This should be the primary objective of a firm as it may actually be the most beneficial for society in the long run.

Which of these are NOT basic approaches to minimizing the agency problem?

This is the set of laws, policies, incentives, and monitors designed to handle the issues arising from the separation of ownership and control.

This group is elected by stockholders to oversee management in a corporation.

These individuals follow a firm, conduct their own evaluations of the company's business activities, and report to the investment community.

These individuals help firms access capital markets and advise managers about how to interact with those capital markets.

Which of the following is legal duty between two parties where one party must act in the interest of the other party?

Which of the following can create ethical dilemmas between corporate managers and stockholders?

The opportunity to buy stock at a fixed price over a specific period of time is referred to as:

The portion of a company's profits that are kept by the company rather than distributed to the stockholders as cash dividends is referred to as:

The overall goal of the financial manager is to:

Maximizing owners' equity value means carefully considering all of the following EXCEPT:

The agency relationship in corporate finance refers to:

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

From the perspective of control, the best form of business organization is the:

Which statement is incorrect regarding hybrid organizations?

Agency problems exist in which forms of business ownership?

Methods to minimize agency problem include all EXCEPT:

The board of directors:

Which of these does NOT act as a monitor of how the firm is being run outside the firm?

Corporate stakeholders include all of the following EXCEPT:

What is the difference in perspective between finance and accounting?

Which of the following statements is correct?