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02/22/2012

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The financial system
Definition
the group of institutions that helps match the saving of one person with the investment of another.
Term
Financial markets
Definition
institutions through which savers can directly provide funds to borrowers
Term
Financial markets Examples
Definition
: bond markets and stock markets
Term
bond
Definition
certificate of indebtedness that specifies the obligations of the borrower to the lender (holder of the bond)
Term
Date of maturity
Definition
the time at which the loan will be repaid
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Principal
Definition
The eventual repayment of the amount borrowed
Term
Term
Definition
The length of time until a bond matures
Term
Perpetuity
Definition
bond that pays interest forever, but the principal is never repaid.
Term
Credit Risk
Definition
The probability that the borrower will repay some of the interest or principal
Term
Junk bond
Definition
bonds with high default risk
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Municipal Bonds
Definition
bonds issued by state and local governments.
Term
stock
Definition
claim to partial ownership in a firm
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Equity Finance
Definition
ale of stocks to raise money
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Debt Finance
Definition
Sale of bonds to raise money
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Stock Exchange
Definition
Organized markets for the sale of already existing stocks
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Stock Index
Definition
an Index computed as an average of a group of stock indexes. Example: Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500
Term
Financial intermediaries
Definition
institutions through which savers can indirectly provide funds to borrowers
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Mutual funds
Definition
institutions that sell shares to the public and use the proceeds to buy portfolios of stocks and bonds
Term
Index Funds
Definition
buy all the stocks in a given index
Term
Private saving
Definition
The portion of households’ income that is not used for consumption or paying taxes
S=Y-C-T
Term
Public saving
Definition
Tax revenue less government spending
S=T-G
Term
closed economy
Definition
An economy that does not interact with other economies

For a closed economy I=S
Savings S=(Y-C-T)+(T-G).
Term
open economy
Definition
economy that interacts with other economies.
Term
National saving
Definition
private saving + public saving
= (Y – T – C) + (T – G)
Term
. Suppose that in a closed economy GDP is equal to 11,000, taxes are equal to 2,500, consumption equals 7,000, and government purchases equal 3,000. What are private saving and public saving?
Definition
PrS= Y-T-C=11,000-2500-7000=1500, PuS=T-G=2500-3000=-500
Term
Suppose GDP equals $10 trillion, consumption equals $6.5 trillion, the government spends $2 trillion and has a budget deficit of $0.3 trillion.
Find public saving, taxes, private saving, national saving, and investment.
Definition
Given: Y = 10.0, C = 6.5, G = 2.0, G – T = 0.3
Public saving = T – G = – 0.3
Taxes: T = G – 0.3 = 1.7
Private saving = Y – T – C = 10 – 1.7 – 6.5 = 1.8
National saving = Y – C – G = 10 – 6.5 = 2 = 1.5
Investment = national saving = 1.5
Term
loanable funds comes from saving
Definition
Households with extra income can loan it out and earn interest.
Public saving
- If positive, adds to national saving and the supply of loanable funds.
- If negative, it reduces national saving and the supply of loanable funds
Term
Policies that affect Saving and Investmet
Definition
Tax cuts on interest and dividend income
- Encourage saving
- Shifts the supply of loanable funds curve to the right.
- Reduces interest rate
- Increases equilibrium quantity of loanable funds
Term
Investment Tax Credit
Definition
a policy that gives tax advantage to a firm building a new factory or buying a new piece of equipment
Term
Investment Tax Credit
- Encourage Investment
Definition
Shifts the demand for loanable funds curve to the right.
- Increases interest rate
- Increases equilibrium quantity of loanable funds
Term
crowding out.
Definition
The govt borrows to finance its deficit, leaving less funds available for investment
Term
Increase in budget deficit causes
Definition
fall in investment.
Term
Finance
Definition
The field that studies how people make decisions regarding the allocation of resources over time and the handling of risk
Term
Present value
Definition
Amount of money today that would be needed using prevailing interest rates to produce a given future amount of money
Term
Future value
Definition
Amount of money in the future that an amount of money today will yield given prevailing interest rates
Term
Compounding
Definition
Accumulation of a sum of money when interest earned remains in an account to earn additional interest in the future
Term
Discounting
Definition
Finding the present value for a future sum of money
Term
Present value = $100
Definition
Interest rate = r = 10%
Future value = 100+10%(100) =100+10=110
FV =PV+r(PV)=PV(1+r)
For two years, FV = PV(1+r)(1+r)
For N years, FV=PV(1+r)N
Present value = X/(1+r)N
Term
Given that Future value = $200 in N years
Interest rate = r
Present value = $200/(1+r)N
Present value = X/(1+r)N; PV and r are inversely related.
Definition
Term
Future Value
Definition
X(1+r)N
Term
Present value
Definition
X/(1+r)N
Term
Present Value, Future Value and the Rule of 70.
Definition
IF a variable grows at a rate of X% annually, it will take approximately 70/X years for the variable to double.
Term
Risk aversion
Definition
Dislike of uncertainty
Term
Role of insurance
Definition
Spread the risks around more efficiently
Term
Adverse selection
Definition
more likely to apply for insuranc
Term
Moral hazard
Definition
After people buy insurance - less incentive to be careful
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Diversification
Definition
Can eliminate firm-specific risk
Cannot eliminate market risk
Term
The higher the standard deviation less risky or riskier
Definition
riskier the portfolio
Term
Informational efficiency
Definition
Description that asset prices rationally reflect all available information
Term
Implication of efficient markets hypothesis
Definition
Stock prices changes should be impossible to predict
Term
INcrease in Interest
Definition
makes saving more attractive and increases quantity of laonable funds
Term
Fall ininterest
Definition
reduces cost of borrowing which increases quantity of loanable funds demanded
Term
Tax Cuts on interest and dividend income (Investment Tax Credit has some effects)
Definition
encourage saving, shift supply of loanable funds right, reduces interest, increases equilibrium of loanable funds
Term
saving incentives
Definition
tax incentives for saving increase supply of loanable funds, which reduces the interest rate
Term
Investment tax Credit increases demand for Loanable Funds
Definition
which raises the interest rate and increases the quantity of LF
Term
Budget Defecit
Definition
reduces nationa saving and supply of loanable funds which increases interest and decreases the quantity of loanable funds and investment
Term
Fundamental analysis
Definition
Study of a company’s accounting statements
and future prospects to determine its value
Term
When price of an asset is above its fundamental value
Definition
Market is experiencing a speculative bubble – waves pessimism and optimism
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