Asset Turnover Net sales compared with total assets as a ratio. … [Read more...]
Asset Pricing Model
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Asset Pricing Model Model that calculates the required return rate of a given asset. For example, Capital Asset Pricing Model. … [Read more...]
Assets Requirements
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Assets Requirements Element commonly found in any financial plan that outlines proposed capital spending and net working capital applications. … [Read more...]
Asset Size
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Asset Size In the portfolio of a mutual fund, the total market value of securities invested in. Describes the fund’s size. … [Read more...]
Assignment
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Assignment Acceptance of exercise notice by option writer requiring him to sell, in a call, or buy, in a put, at a given price, the underlying security. … [Read more...]
Asymmetry
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Asymmetry Absence of equivalence or balance between two elements. For example, unequal tax charged on dividend payment and expenses. … [Read more...]
Asymmetric Information
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Asymmetric Information Non uniform dissemination of information so that it is unknown to some and known to others. … [Read more...]
Asymmetric Taxes
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Asymmetric Taxes State of affairs where parties to a trade have net rate of tax that are different. … [Read more...]
At-the-Money
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At-the-Money Options that have a strike price equal to the underlying security’s market price are at-the-money. … [Read more...]
At-The-Close Order
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At-The-Close Order Instruction to execute a trade at the close of the market. Or the trade may be executed as near to closing price as feasible. … [Read more...]
Attribute Bias
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Attribute Bias Trend seen in stocks, that are preferred stocks under the dividend discount model, to have the same equity attributes. For example, same subdued price-earnings ratio, high potential dividends, above normal book-value ratio or specific industry membership. … [Read more...]
Auction Markets
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Auction Markets Marketplace wherein the price prevailing is established by free interaction of future sellers and buyers, such as is carried out on the stock exchange floor. … [Read more...]
Auditor’s Report
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Auditor's Report Annual report section outlining an opinion about the truthfulness of financial statements, given by the auditor. … [Read more...]
Authorized Shares
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Authorized Shares The total quantity of shares that are approved by the corporate charter of firm for issuing. … [Read more...]
Autocorrelation
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Autocorrelation Over succeeding time gaps, a correlation of a given variable with itself. … [Read more...]
Automated Clearing House (ACH)
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Automated Clearing House (ACH) A collection of 32 regional electronic interbank networks used to process transactions electronically with a guaranteed one-day bank collection float. … [Read more...]
Automatic Exercise
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Automatic Exercise Protection mechanism for option holder whereby the Option Clearing Corporation automatically ensures the exercising of an option for the holder that is "in the money". … [Read more...]
Automatic Stay
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Automatic Stay A restriction on creditors from continuing collection efforts by seizing collateral. It is automatically in force when a Chapter 11 bankruptcy is filed. … [Read more...]
Autoregressive
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Autoregressive Use of historical data to make predictions about a date in future. … [Read more...]
