Solutions Manual

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Principles and Practice Fifth Edition

Timothy J. Gallagher
Colorado State University

 2009 Freeload Press, Madison Wisconsin

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Solutions Manual to accompany

Financial Management: Principles and Practice
5th Edition by Timothy J. Gallagher

This solutions manual provides the answers to all the review questions and end-of-chapter problems in Financial Management: Principles and Practice, by Timothy Gallagher. The answers and the steps taken to obtain the answers are shown. Readers are reminded that in finance there is often more than one answer to a question or to a problem, depending on one‘s viewpoint and assumptions. One answer is
Financial managers also locate external financing sources and recommend the most beneficial mix of financing sources, and they determine the financial expectations of the firm's owners. All financial managers must be able to communicate, analyze, and make decisions based on information from many sources. To do this, they need to be able to analyze financial statements, forecast and plan, and determine the effect of size, risk, and timing of cash flows.

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What is the basic goal of a business? The primary financial goal of the business firm is to maximize the wealth of the firm's owners. Wealth, in turn, refers to value. If a group of people owns a business firm, the contribution that firm makes to that group's wealth is determined by the market value of that firm. 5

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List and explain the three financial factors that influence the value of a business. The three factors that affect the value of a firm's stock price are cash flow, timing, and risk. The Importance of Cash Flow: In business, cash is what pays the bills. It is also what the firm receives in exchange for its products and services. Cash is therefore of ultimate importance, and the expectation that the firm will generate cash in the future is one of the factors that gives the firm its value. The Effect of Timing on Cash Flows: Owners and potential investors look at when firms can expect to receive cash and when they can expect to pay out cash. All other