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What is the primary purpose of financial reporting in a business context?
What is the primary purpose of financial reporting in a business context?
Which of the following is NOT a key objective of financial reporting?
Which of the following is NOT a key objective of financial reporting?
Which financial statement is primarily used to evaluate assets and liabilities?
Which financial statement is primarily used to evaluate assets and liabilities?
What role does financial reporting play in monitoring income and expenses?
What role does financial reporting play in monitoring income and expenses?
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What type of analysis involves comparing financial performance over different time periods?
What type of analysis involves comparing financial performance over different time periods?
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Which analysis focuses on assessing the relationship between different financial statement items?
Which analysis focuses on assessing the relationship between different financial statement items?
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What is the primary purpose of calculating the payback period in capital budgeting?
What is the primary purpose of calculating the payback period in capital budgeting?
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How does the discounted payback period improve upon the traditional payback period?
How does the discounted payback period improve upon the traditional payback period?
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Why is tracking cash flow important in financial reporting?
Why is tracking cash flow important in financial reporting?
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What significant limitation does the traditional payback period calculation have?
What significant limitation does the traditional payback period calculation have?
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Which of the following statements about financial ratios is true?
Which of the following statements about financial ratios is true?
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Which metric is often prioritized when a company's liquidity is of major concern?
Which metric is often prioritized when a company's liquidity is of major concern?
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What is the effect of conflicting results from PB, IRR, and NPV on project selection?
What is the effect of conflicting results from PB, IRR, and NPV on project selection?
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What might management do if they have a target capital budget for their projects?
What might management do if they have a target capital budget for their projects?
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Why might a company prefer to use the payback method initially?
Why might a company prefer to use the payback method initially?
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Which type of financial ratio is used to evaluate how efficiently a company generates profits?
Which type of financial ratio is used to evaluate how efficiently a company generates profits?
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What is the main purpose of horizontal analysis in financial statement analysis?
What is the main purpose of horizontal analysis in financial statement analysis?
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Which analysis technique expresses an expense item as a percentage of sales?
Which analysis technique expresses an expense item as a percentage of sales?
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In capital budgeting, what is one avoidable error that using traditional payback period can cause?
In capital budgeting, what is one avoidable error that using traditional payback period can cause?
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What does the debt to equity ratio indicate in financial analysis?
What does the debt to equity ratio indicate in financial analysis?
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Which performance metric is derived from ratio analysis?
Which performance metric is derived from ratio analysis?
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Which of the following metrics is NOT typically included in balance sheet ratio analysis?
Which of the following metrics is NOT typically included in balance sheet ratio analysis?
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What is a key advantage of using ratio analysis in financial performance metrics?
What is a key advantage of using ratio analysis in financial performance metrics?
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Which financial statement analysis technique is primarily focused on current and historical results for detecting trends?
Which financial statement analysis technique is primarily focused on current and historical results for detecting trends?
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Study Notes
Certified Financial Management Specialist (CFMS) Review Material
- This material is a review for the CFMS certification.
- The information provided is from 2024 curriculum materials.
- Content is not for sale.
Capital Markets
- Stock Markets: Establish prices of firm's stocks, essential for financial managers to maximize firm value.
- Physical Location Stock Exchanges: Formal organizations with physical locations for trading listed securities.
- Over-The-Counter (OTC): A network of brokers and dealers connected electronically; trades in unlisted securities.
- Dealer Market: Consists of dealers holding inventories of securities, brokers acting as agents, and electronic networks for communication.
Equity Valuation
- Equity Valuation: Estimating the value of a firm or its security based on underlying business fundamentals.
- Comparable Approach: Comparing a company's equity to competitors or similar firms in the same sector.
Capital Structure
- Capital: Investor-supplied funds (debt, preferred/common stock, retained earnings). Accounts payable and accruals are not considered capital.
- Capital Structure: The mix of investor-supplied capital (as a percentage), aiming for optimal structure to maximize stock's intrinsic value and minimise WACC (Weighted Average Cost of Capital).
Behavioral Finance
- Behavioral Finance: Study of psychological factors impacting financial markets.
- Mental Accounting: Allocating money for specific purposes.
- Herd Behavior: Mimicking the financial behaviors of others (common in stock markets).
- Emotional Gaps: Decision-making based on extreme emotions (fear, excitement, etc.).
- Confimation Bias: Favoring information confirming pre-existing beliefs.
- Experiential Bias: Biasing decisions based on recent memories.
- Loss Aversion: More concern for losses than gains, leading to risk aversion.
- Familiarity Bias: Favoring familiar investments.
Interest Rates
- Interest Rates: Price that lenders receive from borrowers for debt capital.
- Real Risk-Free Rate (R):* Interest rate on default-free U.S. Treasury if inflation is not expected.
- Nominal Risk-Free Rate: Rate of interest free of all risk, including an inflation premium.
- Inflation Premium (IP): Premium added to real risk-free rate to account for expected inflation.
- Default Risk Premium (DRP): Difference between corporate and Treasury bond rates, reflecting default risk.
- Liquidity Premium (LP): Addition to the yield to reflect a security’s lack of immediate marketability.
- Interest Rate Risk, Maturity Risk Premium & Reinvestment Rate Risk: Risks related to changes in interest rates impacting bond values and income.
Income and Business Taxation
- Corporate Tax: Taxes collected by the government on taxable income, after deductions.
- Corporate Tax Deductions: Allowable deductions for necessary business expenses (salaries, benefits, insurance, travel, etc) and investments for the business.
- Double Taxation: Taxation both at the corporate and individual (dividend) levels when a company's income is distributed.
Individual Taxation
- Individual Income Tax: Tax levied on individual's wages, salaries, income, that may not be taxed on the entire amount due to exemptions/deductions/credits.
Financial Analysis and Reporting
- Financial Statement Analysis: Process for analyzing company financials for decision-making (internal/external).
- Financial Statements: Balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement.
Financial Modeling
- Financial Modeling: Process of creating summary of a company's expenses and earnings.
- Goal: Determine impact of future events/decisions.
Banking and Financial Institutions
- Banking Regulation: Rules and regulations that govern banks.
- Bank Regulation Purposes: Protection of consumers, financial system stability, prevention of financial crime.
Risk Management in Banks
- Risk Management Types: Credit, Market, Operational, Reputational, Liquidity.
Corporate Governance
- Corporate Governance: System of rules, practices, and processes that direct and control company operations. Balancing varied stakeholders interests.
- Benefits: Transparency, leadership, trust, financial viability etc.
Bonds and their Valuation
- Bonds: Long-term contracts for borrowing funds involving regular interest payments and principal repayment.
- Types of Bonds: Treasury, Corporate, Municipal, Foreign
Portfolio Theory and Management
- Portfolio Theory: Maximizing expected return for a certain level of risk.
- Diversification: Minimizing risk by holding uncorrelated assets.
- Portfolio Frontier: Set of portfolios that maximize expected return for a given risk level.
- Capital Allocation Line (CAL): Shows tradeoff between risk and reward for different portfolios.
Cash and Working Capital Management
- Cash Flow Management: Tracking and managing inflows and outflows of cash, vital for business health.
- Cash Flow Categories: Operating activities, Investing activities, Financing activities (primary components).
- Accounts Payable (AP) and Receivable (AR): Monitoring and managing the timing of payments to/from vendors and customers.
Inventory Management
- Inventory Management: Sourcing, storing, and selling inventory efficiently, crucial for businesses focused on products.
- Benefits: Cost savings, greater control, reduced risk of overselling.
Short-Term Financing
- Short-Term Financing: Funds for less than a year (covering operating expenses, inventory, receivables).
- Forms of short-term financing: Trade credit, working capital loans, factoring or invoice discounting, business lines of credit.
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Test your knowledge on the essential aspects of financial reporting and analysis in a business context. This quiz covers key concepts such as financial statements, performance metrics, and capital budgeting. Assess your understanding of the objectives and limitations of financial reporting.
