Goal of the Financial Manager

• Maximizing Shareholder Wealth

  • The goal of the firm is to maximize the wealth of the stockholders by maximizing the price of the firm's stock
  • The price of stock is a function of the timing of cash flows, the magnitude of the cash flows, and the risk associated with realizing the cash flows

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Copyright

• 1994, HarperCollins Publishers

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