Finance Terminology
Career Prep
Personal Finance
Accounting 101
Corporate Finance
100

This term refers to the ability to quickly convert an asset into cash without significantly affecting its price.

What is liquidity?

100

How long should your resume be as an undergaduate student?

What is one page?

100

This metric, typically ranging from 300 to 850, helps lenders assess an individual's creditworthiness.

What is a credit score?

100

What are the three financial statements and what line item links them all?

What is the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows, and net income?

100

This financial principle states that a dollar received today is worth more than a dollar received in the future due to its potential earning capacity.

What is time value of money?

200

The "risk free rate" is another term for...

What is the 10-year?

200

This term refers to a 60-90 second summary of your background, skills, and career goals.

What is an elevator pitch?

200

This professional helps individuals manage their finances, offering advice on investments, taxes, retirement planning, and overall financial strategies to achieve long-term financial goals.

What is a financial advisor?

200

All line items in the statement of cash flows can be categorized into these three sections.

What are operating, investing, and financing activities?

200

Publicly traded companies in the U.S. are required to file this annual financial report with the SEC.

What is a 10-K?

300

What is the triple bottom line?

What is people, planet, profit?

300

What acronym represents the structure for answering behavioral questions?

What is S.T.A.R.?

300

This financial tool, essential for managing expenses, helps individuals track and plan their income, savings, and expenditures over a set period, ensuring they live within their means and work toward financial goals.

What is a budget?

300
A company has EBITDA of $50. The tax rate is 25%. What is the effect on EBITDA?

What is no effect?

300

This term refers to the optimal mix of debt and equity financing that minimizes a company’s cost of capital and maximizes its value.

What is the capital stack?

400

This financial metric represents the total value of a company, including its market capitalization, debt, and cash equivalents.

What is enterprise value?

400

This strategic approach involves setting clear goals, targeting the right people, and fostering meaningful, long-term relationships.

What is Networking?

400

This type of investment fund pools money from many investors to invest in a diversified portfolio of stocks, bonds, or other securities and is a popular choice for retirement accounts. 

What is a mutual fund?

400

This financial metric, calculated as current assets minus current liabilities, measures a company's short-term liquidity and operational efficiency.

What is working capital?

400

This risk measures the correlation between the returns of a company’s stock and the overall market, and is a key component in the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM).

What is Beta?

500

This term measures the volatility of a stock compared with the market.

What is Beta?

500

Where can you get professionalism tips/help at Robinson College of Business?

What is the Career Advancement Center?

500

This employer-sponsored retirement plan allows employees to contribute pre-tax income, with earnings growing tax-deferred until withdrawal, and often includes employer matching contributions.

What is a 401k?

500

The majority of US companies report using ____ standards as opposed to ____?

What is GAAP and IFRS?

500

This formula represents an important metric to investors.

((E/E+D)×ke)+((D/E+D)×kd×(1−T)) = ?

What is Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)?

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