Transcript Chapter 1

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Financing and Investing
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Financial Pages
● Cash instruments
– normally just show interest rates
– Annual Percentage Rate
 compare APRs
– CDs will also show term length
Yield
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3
6
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month month month month 1 year month
CDs
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New
CDs
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0.30%
0.35% 0.40%
0.55%
2 year
3 year 5 year 7 year 10 year
0.80%
1.10% 1.75% 2.25%
2.75%
Source: https://personal.vanguard.com/us/funds/bonds/bonddesk, 7/2/2013
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Bond Quotes
Coupon – the interest rate ‘printed’ on the bond
YTM – yield to maturity. The computed rate you get if you hold a bond to
maturity
Bonds are usually denominated in $1,000 amounts (face (par) value)
Price – a percent of the face value
Cur Yld – current yield = interest payment / current price
Moody, S&P – ratings given by these bond rating companies
Source: www.bondpickers.com, 2/27/12
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Stock Quotes
Bid – what a person is willing to pay
Ask – what a person wants for the stock
Market Cap – Value of the company = price x (# shares)
P/E – Price/earnings ratio = price / EPS
The higher the P/E, the more the market thinks the company’s profits will grow
EPS – earnings per share, the profit on one share of stock = net income / # shares
Div – dividend paid per share of stock ( N/A means no dividends are paid )
Yield – dividend / price. ( N/A means no dividends are paid )
Source: finance/yahoo.com, 2/23/12
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Equities
● P/E ratio
– ratio of price to earnings
– a common comparison of stocks and markets
 high P/E means expect growth
● Dividends
– Growth / Income tradeoff
 What would be your corporate policy, why?
– Affects taxes for investors
 how?
– Yield = dividend / price
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Stock Indexes
● Reflect the general activity of the stock market
● Most common indices
– Dow Jones Industrial Average (the Dow or DJIA),
– Standard & Poor’s 500 (S&P 500),
– NASDAQ composite
● Foreign indices
– DAX (Germany)
– FTSE, FT-100 or “Footsie” (London),
– Nikkei (Tokyo)
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Mutual Funds
● Mutual Funds
– Investors pool their money to buy
investments
– Investors become part owners of a large
number of securities,
– lessen their individual risk
● Index funds / Managed Funds
● Load / No Load Funds
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Mutual Fund Quotes
NAV – net asset value, i.e. the price
Net assets – amount invested in the fund
Yield – dividends paid / mutual fund share price
Source: finance/yahool.com, 2/23/12
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Discussion
● Efficient markets
– markets reflect the collective wisdom of all
investors
– can you beat the market?
 what do you know that people who have
millions or billions at stake do not?
 index funds
– why are ethics important in this context?
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In-Class
● Watch CNBC
– Understand the ticker
– Understand the indexes
– Listen and understand the discussion
● Look at
– bloomberg.com
– cnbc.com
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