While Conducting Internal and External Analyses,a Firm May Develop a Series

question 12

Multiple Choice

While conducting internal and external analyses,a firm may develop a series of four statements that together make up a SWOT analysis.SWOT stands for:

• A) strategies, weaknesses, objectives, and targets.
• B) systems, weaknesses, opportunities, and targets.
• C) strengths, weaknesses, objectives, and threats.
• D) strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

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Definitions:

Yield

The income return on an investment, such as the interest or dividends received, expressed as an annual percentage of the investment's cost or current market value.

Zero-coupon Bond

A bond that does not pay periodic interest and is sold at a discount to its face value, with the full face value repaid at maturity.

Par Value

The nominal or face value of a bond, share of stock, or other financial instrument, as stated by the issuer.

Forward Interest Rate

Rate of interest for a future period that would equate the total return of a long-term bond with that of a strategy of rolling over shorter-term bonds.