Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Economics

REVIEW GAME for Chapter 7 
http://www.superteachertools.com/speedmatch/online/game1330551762/


Tonight finish your chapter 7 review.
Tomorrow we will review with Mrs. Ferrell and take the test on Friday. You will be responsible for doing the study guide for Chapter 8 over the weekend.



COMPLETE CHAPTER 7 NOTES

CHAPTER 7
Entrepreneur
A risk taker- you are an entrepreneur if you opening a business of your own or a franchise. EXAMPLES:
·       Ben and Jerry’s
·       Fred Smith’s story…Fred Smith wrote a paper in college. The assignment was to invent a plan for a business. He made the plan for Fed-Ex. The Professor gave him a C and said it would never work. It did work. Today the paper is framed in Fred Smith’s office.

FOUR ELEMENTS IN BUSINESS
1.     Expenses     2. Advertising     3. Receipts and Record Keeping     4. Risk

1.     Expenses: Costs, things that you have to pay for.
(1)  Inventory- all of the products you have to sell (Imagine how much it takes to stock Best Buy), insurance, rent, employees

2.     Advertising- Helping to sell a product or business
EXAMPLES:
·       Commercials, radio, tattoos, billboards, changing billboards, internet pop-ups, banners on airplanes, previews on movies, blimps, performers mention products, team sponsors, Nascar (all of the car, his uniform everything advertising), concerts, wall of baseball field, channel one…
·       Subliminal Advertising (now illegal) was popular in the 70’s. Putting one frame in a movie saying buy a coke, stuff like that.
·       Product Placement: inside movies (Reese’s pieces in E.T.),
·       Car Wraps:

3.     Receipts and record keeping- must keep good records and receipts to see if you are making money, know your net worth, and for government taxes

a)   ASSETS: What you owe (bills, mortgage)
EXAMPLES: house and what’s inside, cars, stocks, cd’s, retirement.

b)   Liability: What you own (what you have paid off)
EXAMPLES: examples include: home equity, college, loans, credit cards

c)    NET WORTH: How much money you are worth. Assets minus (vs.) Liability
·       (assets vs liabilities) what you own vs what you owe
You can have a negative net worth. Some people have a negative net worth after college-college loans make you negative. You have more assets than liability.

4.     Risk-risk your financial status and reputation
Sole Proprietorship: One Owner
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
All profits are kept for yourself
Losses are not shared (you lose everything)

Unlimited liability (responsibility)

Personal assets are in play (bank can take your house)
Control of all decisions (you make all the decisions)
Owner not expert in all areas
Fewer government regulations
Very time consuming

Hard to get loans

Lack of longevity  (few businesses last a long time)
If you own a business it is a good idea to get insurance. If you do not have insurance people can come after your personal assets.

Start Up Assistance:
Programs that help your new business get started, government programs and other organizations have programs that help you get started. EXAMPLES: Businesses like FedEx and Fred Smith may help you with getting a loan.
·       Small business Administration
·       Small Business Incubator (To help get it started)

PARTNERSHIPS: Owned by equal Partners
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
Losses are shared
Profits are shared
More areas of Expertise
Shared Liability (You’re responsible for your partners bad decisions)
Shared decision making
Slower decision making (going through more people)
More $ for start up
Lack of longevity ( most will fail)
More likely to secure a loan




PARTNERSHIP: Owned by equal Partners
YOU NEED A PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT: To cover yourself
·       How much money does each partner need to come up with
·       How will the profits be divided
·       How much does everyone have to work

TWO MAN PARTNERSHIP: Example: Two Man and a Truck
                                       


LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS: Partners that are not equal
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
Investors can only lose initial $ (You only lose the money you invest) The owner can lose everything)
No say in decisions

LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS- Partnerships That Are Not Equal
General Partner- Majority owner of the company, Person who runs the company
Minority Owner- Own a smaller amount of the company, Only invests money.
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Joint Venture: Temporary Partnership or temporary merger (joining) of companies.

TYPES OF MERGERS
·       Horizontal
·       Vertical
·       Conglomrate

HORIZONTAL MERGER (Think Equal)
            Merger between companies at the same level (competing companies)
                        Example:
·       ATT&T and T-Moble
·       Exxon merged with Mobile
·       BP and Shell
·       Home Depot would merge with merge
·       Taco Bell and KFC

VERTICAL MERGER (Different levels)
Companies that sell to each other. People are at different levels.
                        Examples:
·       KFC could merge with Tyson

CONGLOMERATE MERGER (Nothing in common)
Merger between companies that have nothing in common
Examples:
·       Walt-Disney OWNS Movies, ABC, ESPN
·       Maybelline and Purina Dog Food
·       SONY
·       MITSUBISHI

MERGER ADVANTAGES
MERGER DISADVANTAGES
Efficiency (merging of jobs)
Loss of jobs
Lower Costs (because your buying more)
Less Competition
Loans (Easier to get loans)

CORPORATIONS
Companies that have decided to sell part of their ownerships to the public by selling stock.
HOW DO YOU BECOME OWNER? BUY STOCKS OF A COMPANY
WHY DO YOU COMPANIES BECOME CORPORATIONS? So they can raise money by selling stock
How do you become a corporation?
·       Register with the state government.
·       The state will investigate them
·       Now they can sell stock

CORPORATIONS
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
No time spent running the company
Corporate charters expense
Limited liability (the stock holder looses the value of the stock only)
Close government monitoring (watching)
Many areas of expertise
Slower decisions making
Can get out anytime by selling your stock
Needs of stock holders are not looked at
Can issue more stock to raise more money
Profits from stocks taxed heavily
Death of stockholders have no effect
Longevity of corporation (if you die it does not effect exxon)


STOCK: IF you buy a stock you are part owner of the company.
TWO TYPES OF STOCKS
·       COMMON STOCK
·       PREFERRED STOCK

MAKING MONEY FROM STOCK
·       DIVIDENDS
Check every three months with profit from the stocks. Every three months if the company made profit from the stocks then you will get a check.
·       SPECULATION
Buying stock expecting to resell it for profit.
·       CAPITAL GAINS
            Profit from Selling Stocks
·       CAPITAL LOSS
            Loss from selling stocks
If you loose money you can deduct it from your taxes

BONDS (Loaning money to corporation)
·       If you buy a bond, you are not part owner, you are a creditor
o   That means that the company owes you money plus interest.
·       Maturity Date: The length of the bond (loan),
·       Interest: What you earn  when you purchase a bond.

TYPES OF BONDS
o   CORPORATE BONDS
§  A bond from a company (corporation)
o   MUNICIPAL BONDS
§  A bond from your local government

FRANCHISE
FRANCHISOR: The national company that sells people the franchise
FRANCHISEE: Person that buys a local business from a big national chain
Examples: McDonalds, Lenny’s. Super Cuts, Wendy’s, Lowes, Chilis, Joes Crab Shack,


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