Extinguish Paying off debt or retiring it. … [Read more...]
Earnings
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Earnings Post tax net income earned in a period by business. … [Read more...]
Bank Discount Basis
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Bank Discount Basis Conventional method used in making bid and offer quotes for T bills, using a 360 day year as basis in terms of annualized yield. … [Read more...]
In-the-money
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In-the-money Related to put. Put option with a strike price above that of the underlying futures price. Else, a call option that has a strike price lower than the futures price underlying it. … [Read more...]
Characteristic Line
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Characteristic Line Market model as applied over one security. The security's beta is represented by the slope of the line. … [Read more...]
Realized Return
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Realized Return Actual returns that are earned by the holder of a security over a specific time frame. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Real Gross Domestic Product Real Interest Rate Real Market Real Time Quote Real Time Forex Trading Realized Compound … [Read more...]
Underwriting Fee
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Underwriting Fee Money entitled to underwriters for providing their services. It is a part of the underwriting spread that is paid for underwriting a public issue. Random Finance Terms for the Letter U Undersubscribed Underwater … [Read more...]
Operationally Efficient Market
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Operationally Efficient Market Market where investors can avail of services at a price that matches the actual costs incurred in making those service available. Random Finance Terms for the Letter O Operating Margin Operating Risk Operationally Efficient Market Opinion of … [Read more...]
Money Supply
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Money Supply The amount of money in the economy. M1-A denotes currency and demand deposits, M1-B denotes M1-A and other checkable deposits, M2 denotes M1-B and overnight repos, savings, money market funds, time deposits less than $100M, M3 denotes M-2 and time deposits exceeding … [Read more...]
Internal Revenue Service – IRS
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Internal Revenue Service IRS U.S. Government agency that oversees collection and enforcement of taxes. Established in 1862 by President Lincoln, IRS operates under Department of the Treasury. Also oversees gift, corporate, estate and excise taxes. … [Read more...]
International Energy Agency – IEA
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International Energy Agency International agency founded in 1973-74 that gives policy advice to member countries. Primary responsibility is to focus on the policies regarding environmental protection, economic development and energy security. … [Read more...]
After-tax Profit Margin
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After-tax Profit Margin Net income as compared to net sales represented as a ratio. … [Read more...]
Weighted Average Cost of Capital
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Weighted Average Cost of Capital Anticipated returns on a company’s securities portfolio. Used in the form of a hurdle rate for calculations related to capital investment. Abbreviated as WACC. Random Finance Terms for the Letter W Weekend Effect Weekly Chart Weighted … [Read more...]
High-Yield Investment Program – HYIP
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High-Yield Investment Program - HYIP Investment fraud where extraordinarily high returns, for example over 100% returns, are promised on investment. These are Ponzi schemes, where the initiators aim to siphon off the money invested. … [Read more...]
Stopping Curve
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Stopping Curve A depiction of the relationship between different refunding rates (as applied to bond refunding by companies) and time at which the financial outcome of waiting to refund becomes the same as that of refunding at that time. Random Finance Terms for the Letter … [Read more...]
Homogeneous
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Homogeneous That which demonstrates a homogenous characteristic or pattern to a high degree. … [Read more...]
Annualized Gain
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Annualized Gain When stock A appreciates 1.5% in a month, the stock’s annualized gain for a 12 month period is 12*1.5% = 18%. When compounded over the same period, the gain is month period, (1.015)^12 = 19.6% is the gain. … [Read more...]
Unbundling
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Unbundling Unbundling of funds transfer into different flows for certain purposes by a multinational company. Random Finance Terms for the Letter U Unauthorized Investment Unbiased Predicator Unbundling Unchanged Uncommitted Facility Uncovered Call Uncovered … [Read more...]
RAM- Reverse Annuity Mortgage
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RAM- Reverse Annuity Mortgage A mortgage that is a bank loan given to the homeowner as an annuity. The RAM amount is based on the total appraisal value of the house and matches a specific percentage of this total. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S R Squared … [Read more...]
