Primary Mortgage Market

Primary Mortgage Market Mortgage transaction market that brings together borrowers and mortgage lenders to negotiate terms and complete transactions. … [Read more...]

Primary Offering

Primary Offering Offer of a new issue by the firm to interested buyers. … [Read more...]

Primitive Security

Primitive Security Stocks, bonds and other similar instruments where the payments or yield is dependent on the issuer’s financial state. … [Read more...]

Prime Rate

Prime Rate Best rate possible at which banks offer loans to their prime (most valued) customers. However, a bank may offer loans below the prime rate for truly creditworthy customers. … [Read more...]

Principal

Principal - Participant in a transaction who is impacted by the decisions of the agent in a deal between agent and principal. - The total sum of money changing hands in a loan. … [Read more...]

Principal of Diversification

Principal of Diversification Concept that well diversified portfolios have very low unsystematic risk. Unsystematic risks can be eliminated in portfolios but systematic risks remain. … [Read more...]

Principal-Agent Relationship

Principal-Agent Relationship An understanding between two parties or individuals wherein one party acts on behalf of the other, the principal, in the role of an agent. … [Read more...]

Principal Only (PO)

Principal Only (PO) - MBS where holder can claim only cash flows related to principal on the mortgage pool on which the MBS is based. - In stripped MBS, the portion attributable to principal - Principal Only securities, where underlying assets are principal payments to be … [Read more...]

Private Export Funding Corporation (PEFCO)

Private Export Funding Corporation (PEFCO) Finance mobilizing company that works with export of big value items from U.S based businesses by arranging private capital. Funds are raised by the company by purchasing medium and long-term obligations of importers yielding fixed interest … [Read more...]

Private-Label Pass-Throughs

Private-Label Pass-Throughs Refer: Conventional pass-throughs. … [Read more...]

Private Mortgage Insurance

Private Mortgage Insurance Protective insurance insulating lenders against risk of default by borrower. Typically, borrowers must take PMI when their loan exceeds 80% of the asset value. … [Read more...]

Private Unrequited Transfers

Private Unrequited Transfers Remittance made by immigrant workers resident in foreign country back to their home country. Includes gifts, cash transfers, contributions and inheritances. … [Read more...]

Privatization

Privatization Selling state managed and owned companies to private sector. Conversion of public sector enterprise to a private enterprise. … [Read more...]

Pro Forma Capital Structure Analysis

Pro Forma Capital Structure Analysis Technique of assessing the influence of changes in capital structure on the credit status and financial results of a business. Used to evaluate if the business can make effective use of tax benefits projected. … [Read more...]

Pro Forma Statement

Pro Forma Statement Statement showing financials predicting or projecting operating outcomes and balance sheet. Includes cash flow statements and pro forma income statement along with balance sheet. … [Read more...]

Probability

Probability Possibility and relative likelihood that a specific result or outcome will occur among many possibilities. … [Read more...]

Probability Density Function

Probability Density Function Used with continuous random variables to describe change in probability. … [Read more...]

Probability Distribution

Probability Distribution Distribution of possible results of an occurrence in conjunction with probability of each result. Used to measure risk inherent in events. … [Read more...]

Probability Function

Probability Function Assignation of a probable value or likelihood of occurrence to every possible result of a function. … [Read more...]

Problem Loan

Problem Loan Loan given by bank that is over due for 90 days if it is a commercial loan or overdue for 180 days in case of consumer loan. Also referred to as non-performing asset. … [Read more...]