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Financial Management: Chapter 1 - An Introduction To

The document discusses the goals of a firm, legal forms of business including sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations. It describes corporations and their relationship to financial markets, including primary markets for new stock issues, secondary markets for existing stocks, initial public offerings, and seasoned new issues. It also lists 10 axioms of financial management including the risk-return tradeoff, time value of money, and efficient capital markets.

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Financial Management: Chapter 1 - An Introduction To

The document discusses the goals of a firm, legal forms of business including sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations. It describes corporations and their relationship to financial markets, including primary markets for new stock issues, secondary markets for existing stocks, initial public offerings, and seasoned new issues. It also lists 10 axioms of financial management including the risk-return tradeoff, time value of money, and efficient capital markets.

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Chapter 1 - An Introduction to

Financial Management

2005, Pearson Prentice Hall

Goal of the Firm 1) Profit Maximization?


this goal ignores: a) TIMING of Returns
(Time Value of Money - Ch. 5)

b) UNCERTAINTY of Returns
(Risk - Ch. 6)

Goal of the Firm


2) Shareholder Wealth Maximization?
this is the same as:

a) Maximizing Firm Value b) Maximizing Stock Price

Legal Forms of Business


1) Sole Proprietorship A business owned by a single individual. Owner maintains title to the firms assets. Owner has unlimited liability.
2) Partnership Similar to a sole proprietorship, except
that there are two or more owners.

Legal Forms of Business


2a) General Partnership All partners have unlimited liability.
2b) Limited Partnership Consists of one or more general partners,
who have unlimited liability. One or more limited partners (investors) whose liability is limited to the amount of their investment in the business.

Legal Forms of Business


2c) Limited Liability Company (LLC) Cross between a partnership and a
corporation. Owners have limited liability, but the firm runs and is taxed like a partnership.

Legal Forms of Business


3) Corporation A business entity that legally functions
separate and apart from its owners. Owners liability is limited to the amount of their investment in the firm. Owners hold common stock certificates, and ownership can be transferred by selling the certificates.

The Corporation and Financial Markets


Corporation cash securities
reinvest
Secondary markets

Investors

Cash flow
tax

dividends, etc.

Government

The Corporation and Financial Markets

Primary Market
Market in which new issues of a security are sold to initial buyers.

Secondary Market
Market in which previously issued securities are traded.

The Corporation and Financial Markets

Initial Public Offering (IPO)


The first time the firms stock is sold to the general public.

Seasoned New Issue


A new stock offering by a firm that already has stock that is traded in the secondary market.

Financial Management Axioms


1) Risk - return trade-off. 2) Time value of money. 3) Cash - not profits - is king. 4) Incremental cash flows count. 5) The curse of competitive markets. 6) Efficient capital markets. 7) The agency problem. 8) Taxes bias business decisions. 9) All risk is not equal. 10) Ethical dilemmas are everywhere in finance.

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