Full Faith-and-Credit Obligations Security pledges that give unconditional promise to pay. Normally used with larger municipal bond issuers like governments that can draw funds from many different sources. … [Read more...]
Full Coupon Bond
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Full Coupon Bond Bond whose coupon equals the prevailing market rate. In other words, the bond can currently be sold at par value. … [Read more...]
Fully Paid Shares
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Fully Paid Shares Company issued shares wherein no more money is outstanding from shareholders on the share value. On share issue, the shareholders pay a specified amount for owning those shares. When the company has received in full the amount due from shareholders, the shares are … [Read more...]
Front Fee
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Front Fee Split-fee option contract fee paid during initial stages by a buyer. … [Read more...]
Full Price
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Full Price Alternatively: dirty price. Also refer related term: flat price. Bond price that includes accrued interest. … [Read more...]
Full-Payout Lease
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Full-Payout Lease Refer: financial lease. Long term rental agreements that cannot be cancelled. … [Read more...]
Full-Service Lease
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Full-Service Lease Alternatively: rental lease. Lease wherein lessor makes a promise to undertake all expenses relating to maintenance and insurance of the leased equipment or machinery. … [Read more...]
Fully Diluted Earnings per Shares
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Fully Diluted Earnings per Shares The earnings per share when it is considered that all convertible securities or warrants that are outstanding are exercised. … [Read more...]
Fully Modified Pass-Throughs
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Fully Modified Pass-Throughs Refer: modified pass-throughs. Agency pass-throughs, which come with a guarantee of timely payment. … [Read more...]
Functional Currency
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Functional Currency According to U.S. accounting standard, the currency used by the primary economic environment wherein an affiliate earns and spends cash is that affiliate's functional currency. … [Read more...]
Fund Family
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Fund Family Group of funds with varying investment goals offered by a single management company. Investors Are allowed to switch assets between funds within the family with nominal charges. … [Read more...]
Fund Overlap
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Fund Overlap Happens when several mutual funds or ETFs which have positions in the same securities are owned by a single investor. Fund overlap limits the gains that normally accrue from diversification in the portfolio. … [Read more...]
Fundamental Analysis
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Fundamental Analysis Analysis of securities that identifies inaccurately valued securities by analyzing the business prospects of the firm. The focus is often on dividend prospects, earnings, future interest rate expectations, and evaluation of risk. … [Read more...]
Fundamental Beta
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Fundamental Beta The outcome of a statistical model that predicts fundamental risk inherent when a security uses not just price data. It also uses other financial data and market relevant information. … [Read more...]
Fundamental Descriptors
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Fundamental Descriptors Used in models for determining fundamental beta, ratios in indices of risk, with exception of market variability, which do not rely on price data although other financial data do have an impact. … [Read more...]
Funded Debt
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Funded Debt Any debt that matures at a date beyond a one year period. … [Read more...]
Funding Ratio
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Funding Ratio A ratio that represents the relation between the assets and liabilities of a pension plan. … [Read more...]
Funding Risk
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Funding Risk Refer: interest rate risk. Risk that may arise because of the adverse impact on project costs due to lack of funds or increasing cost of funds. … [Read more...]
Funds Available For Distribution – FAD
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Funds Available For Distribution - FAD Informal evaluation of capital on hand available for making payouts to shareholders. A term commonly used with real estate investment trust (REIT). … [Read more...]
Funds from Operations (FFO)
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Funds from Operations (FFO) Terminology common with real estate investment trusts to describe a cash flow arising from trust operations. Calculated as earnings to which amortization and depreciation are added. Funds Available for Distribution (FAD) is another similar commonly used … [Read more...]
