Arm's Length Price Price level where prospective buyer and unrelated seller are willing to conduct a trade. … [Read more...]
Articles of Incorporation
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Articles of Incorporation Document that establishes a corporation and its structure and people legally. … [Read more...]
Asian Option
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Asian Option Options that during their life term, base their value on that of the asset’s average price. … [Read more...]
Ask
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Ask Minimum possible price at which investor will sell a stock. The quoted offer at which stock can be purchased by an investor. … [Read more...]
Ask Price
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Ask Price Also termed offer price. Price quoted by dealer to make a sale. … [Read more...]
Ask Size
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Ask Size Number of shares being sold by a seller at the ask price quoted. … [Read more...]
Asset
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Asset Item or possession that can be traded in any exchange for a value. … [Read more...]
Asset/Equity Ratio
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Asset/Equity Ratio Total assets compared with stockholder equity represented as a ratio. … [Read more...]
Asset/Liability Management
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Asset/Liability Management Also termed surplus management. Refers to management of a financial institution’s funds to fulfill the two primary goals of earning adequate returns and maintaining more assets than liabilities at all times. … [Read more...]
Asset Activity Ratios
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Asset Activity Ratios Ratio evaluating the efficiency of asset management of a firm. … [Read more...]
Asset Allocation Decision
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Asset Allocation Decision Any decision pertaining to distribution of a firm’s investment funds over the available asset classes. … [Read more...]
Asset Classes
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Asset Classes Classes of assets. For example, bonds, stocks, foreign securities and real estate. … [Read more...]
Asset Class Breakdown
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Asset Class Breakdown Percentages, when taken relatively, of core asset classes, for example, fixed income and cash, equities, along with real estate and international holdings, that form a part of a mutual fund, ETF or other investments. … [Read more...]
Asset-Coverage Test
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Asset-Coverage Test Restriction placed through bond indenture that allows for additional borrowing provided asset to debt ratio is consistently above a minimum specified previously. … [Read more...]
Asset for Asset Swap
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Asset for Asset Swap Exchange by a creditor of a defaulting borrower’s debt for another defaulting borrower’s debt. … [Read more...]
Asset Pricing Model
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Asset Pricing Model Model used for evaluating an asset’s required rate of return. … [Read more...]
Asset Stripping
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Asset Stripping Purchase of an undervalued company with an intent to make a profit from asset sales. The assets, for example equipment and property, may have greater value than the company as a whole in some cases. … [Read more...]
Asset Substitution
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Asset Substitution Investment in assets of a riskier nature than expected by bondholders of a firm. … [Read more...]
Asset Substitution Problem
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Asset Substitution Problem Problem arising when riskier assets replace a firm’s current existing assets and the debt holders are placed at higher risk owing to this … [Read more...]
Asset Swap
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Asset Swap Rate of interest swaps undertaken to modify the characteristics of cash flow of assets of any firm so that liabilities and cash flows match. … [Read more...]
