Miscellaneous A
Name one of the two types of investment specialists that play key roles in the functioning of the securities markets.
Stockbroker
Investment banker
This financial statement is a summary of the money flowing into and out of a firm during a certain period and is divided into operating, investment, and financing activities.
The statement of cash flows
Name one of the reasons Information Technology is valuable to a business.
Operations can be completed in a fraction of the time.
Various types of equipment are available ranging from desktop personal computers to supercomputers.
Technology allows businesses to connect quickly to almost anyplace in the world.
This refers to the process of generating financial statements, beginning with a business transaction and ending with the preparation of the report.
Accounting Cycle
This financial report summarizes the firm’s revenues and expenses and shows its total profit or loss over a period of time.
Income Statement
This is a type of equity capital used by small/growing firms with high growth potential that aren’t big enough to sell securities to the public.
Venture Capital
Researching, gathering, organizing, and sharing an organization’s collective knowledge to improve productivity, foster innovation, and gain competitive advantage is known as what?
Knowledge management
This term refers to the payments to the stockholders from a corporation’s profits that can be paid in cash or in stock and are not guaranteed.
Dividends
Calculating and interpreting financial ratios using data taken from the firm’s financial statements to assess its condition and performance is defined as what?
Ratio analysis