Discriminant Analysis Technique used in statistics that relates the default possibility to some given financial ratios. … [Read more...]
Diseconomies Of Scale
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Diseconomies Of Scale A situation where economies of scale no longer apply for a firm. Thus the firm’s marginal cost increases when output increases. … [Read more...]
Disintermediation
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Disintermediation Drawing of funds/ cash from any financial institution/ bank for directly investing them in various instruments. … [Read more...]
Distributed
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Distributed Sale of new issues held by a dealer after he has participated in Treasury auction. … [Read more...]
Distributions
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Distributions Pay outs generated by fund or cash flow in corporate entities. Can encompass dividends, capital gains arising from investment sales and repayment of capital. Such distributions may come in the form of check payments or investments in more shares or DRIPS. Applicable … [Read more...]
Divergence
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Divergence A failure to display confirming or matching trends by two or more indices or averages … [Read more...]
Diversifiable risk
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Diversifiable risk Refer: unsystematic risk. Risk that can be reduced by diversification. … [Read more...]
Diversification
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Diversification Minimizing unsystematic risk by investing in an assortment of different securities with varying risk, returns as well as correlation statistics. … [Read more...]
Dividend
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Dividend A share or portion of profit paid by the company to shareholders (both preferred and common). For example, stock with sale price of $50 a share paying yearly dividend of $2.50 per share yields an earning of 5% to the investor. … [Read more...]
Dividend Arbitrage
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Dividend Arbitrage Strategy used in options trading involving buying of put options and also equivalent underlying stock prior to ex-dividend date. Once the dividend is collected the option is exercised. … [Read more...]
Dividend Clawback
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Dividend Clawback Term used in project financing. Refers to a formal arrangement wherein project sponsors agree to put in equity drawn from prior dividends generated from the same project to make good any lack of funds. … [Read more...]
Dividend Clientele
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Dividend Clientele Shareholder group having a preference for a specific dividend policy to be followed by the company. For instance, tax advantages making a specific dividend policy more attractive to shareholders in a particular tax bracket. … [Read more...]
Dividend Growth Model
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Dividend Growth Model Model that assumes that dividends are made at a consistent rate indefinitely. … [Read more...]
Dividend Limitation
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Dividend Limitation Stipulation on a bond that limits the firm's cash dividend payment ability. … [Read more...]
Dividend Payout Ratio
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Dividend Payout Ratio The portion of earnings disbursed/ paid out in the form dividend expressed as percentage. … [Read more...]
Dividends per Share
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Dividends per Share Funds payable to shareholders of a company per share held expressed in terms of dollars. … [Read more...]
Dividend Policy
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Dividend Policy Policy or guidelines followed by the firm with respect to dividend payments and the total amount of funds to be disbursed in this manner. … [Read more...]
Dividend Rate
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Dividend Rate A fixed or variable interest rate payable on preferred stock. The par value is used as the basis for determining this rate. … [Read more...]
Dividend Rights
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Dividend Rights Rights given to shareholders to claim dividend per share in tune with other share holders of the business. … [Read more...]
Dividend Yield (Funds)
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Dividend Yield (Funds) Represents the return that may be derived from mutual fund’s shares owned over the previous 12 month period. Assumption is that the purchase took place a year back. Shows the impact from sales charges/ loads (at prevailing rates), but excludes other charges. … [Read more...]
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