2023 WGU C214 Financial Management Pass the OA
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Characteristics of preferred stock includes - answers -dividends in arrears
-dividends are cumulative
-higher payoff claim in a BK (has first dibs in a BK)
-considered "hybrid" (part stock/part bond)
-no fixed maturity date
-no voting rights
-can skip dividend payments
-dividends don't change year-after-year
-used in start ups (IPO)
Preferred stock dividends - answers can go without payment and pay in
arrears the following year
Characteristics of common stock are - answers -voting rights
-no maturity date
-corporate governance
-lower payoff claim in BK
-variable returns
-unlimited earnings potential
-earnings are in dividends & the increase in price of stock
New start up ventures often issue - answers preferred stock (in an IPO)
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,What stock is considered a hybrid - answers preferred stock
One thing common stock and preferred stock have in common is - answers
both have no maturity date
Which type of security has voting rights - answers common stock
Debt covenants and restrictions help to ensure that - answers management
is meeting bond and shareholder expectations
NOTE: covenants are promises meant to be kept
What is true regarding bonds - answers -when bond matures, bondholder
gets lump sum back
-coupon rate doesn't change
-maturity is in years
-PAR value is typically $1000
-Future value (same as PAR) is typically $1000
Bond sells at face value when - answers required rate of return is equal to
the coupon rate
Why are bonds the primary method for raising capital - answers because
bonds remove the intermediary costs
NOTE: IPO's require an intermediary known as a syndicate - a group of banks
underwriting the security issue
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, What type of bond can be traded for stock - answers convertible bonds
What is the interest rate for annual payments of a bond known as - answers
the coupon rate
NOTE: coupon rate is the established interest rate for the life of the bond and will
remain unchanged
Coupon rate is the established rate of the bond and should - answers never
change
Debentures are - answers secured bonds
NOTE: debentures are a debt instrument (bond) issued to raise cash, secured
against a company's assets and backed by credit, transferable by the holder, and
may also be unsecured
Secured loan - answers has collateral like a mortgage
The amount repaid at the expiration date of a bond is - answers PAR value
NOTE: expiration date is also known as maturity date PAR (or Face Value) is
typically $1000
Duration measures - answers the market risk of a bond and is the
percentage drop in price caused by a 1% increase in yield (rate)
NOTE: measurement of the drop in price after a rate increase
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Questions with 100% Verified Solutions Grade A+ Top
Ranked
Characteristics of preferred stock includes - answers -dividends in arrears
-dividends are cumulative
-higher payoff claim in a BK (has first dibs in a BK)
-considered "hybrid" (part stock/part bond)
-no fixed maturity date
-no voting rights
-can skip dividend payments
-dividends don't change year-after-year
-used in start ups (IPO)
Preferred stock dividends - answers can go without payment and pay in
arrears the following year
Characteristics of common stock are - answers -voting rights
-no maturity date
-corporate governance
-lower payoff claim in BK
-variable returns
-unlimited earnings potential
-earnings are in dividends & the increase in price of stock
New start up ventures often issue - answers preferred stock (in an IPO)
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,What stock is considered a hybrid - answers preferred stock
One thing common stock and preferred stock have in common is - answers
both have no maturity date
Which type of security has voting rights - answers common stock
Debt covenants and restrictions help to ensure that - answers management
is meeting bond and shareholder expectations
NOTE: covenants are promises meant to be kept
What is true regarding bonds - answers -when bond matures, bondholder
gets lump sum back
-coupon rate doesn't change
-maturity is in years
-PAR value is typically $1000
-Future value (same as PAR) is typically $1000
Bond sells at face value when - answers required rate of return is equal to
the coupon rate
Why are bonds the primary method for raising capital - answers because
bonds remove the intermediary costs
NOTE: IPO's require an intermediary known as a syndicate - a group of banks
underwriting the security issue
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, What type of bond can be traded for stock - answers convertible bonds
What is the interest rate for annual payments of a bond known as - answers
the coupon rate
NOTE: coupon rate is the established interest rate for the life of the bond and will
remain unchanged
Coupon rate is the established rate of the bond and should - answers never
change
Debentures are - answers secured bonds
NOTE: debentures are a debt instrument (bond) issued to raise cash, secured
against a company's assets and backed by credit, transferable by the holder, and
may also be unsecured
Secured loan - answers has collateral like a mortgage
The amount repaid at the expiration date of a bond is - answers PAR value
NOTE: expiration date is also known as maturity date PAR (or Face Value) is
typically $1000
Duration measures - answers the market risk of a bond and is the
percentage drop in price caused by a 1% increase in yield (rate)
NOTE: measurement of the drop in price after a rate increase
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