Asymmetric Taxes

Asymmetric Taxes State of affairs where parties to a trade have net rate of tax that are different. … [Read more...]

At-the-Money

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

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

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

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

Auditor's Report Annual report section outlining an opinion about the truthfulness of financial statements, given by the auditor. … [Read more...]

Authorized Shares

Authorized Shares The total quantity of shares that are approved by the corporate charter of firm for issuing. … [Read more...]

Autocorrelation

Autocorrelation Over succeeding time gaps, a correlation of a given variable with itself. … [Read more...]

Automated Clearing House (ACH)

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

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

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

Autoregressive Use of historical data to make predictions about a date in future. … [Read more...]

Availability Float

Availability Float Deposited checks that have not yet been cleared and funds made available to depositing firm. … [Read more...]

Average

Average Mean of some chosen stocks that are designed to represent market behavior or behavior of a component of the market. For example, Dow Jones Industrial Average. … [Read more...]

Average Accounting Return

Average Accounting Return The earning from a project after adjusting taxes and depreciation divided by the book value of the investment over its useful life, on an average. … [Read more...]

Average Age of Accounts Receivable

Average Age of Accounts Receivable A firm’s outstanding invoice age computed using weighted-averages. … [Read more...]

Average Age Of Inventory

Average Age Of Inventory Average time taken in number of days for a firm to sell its inventory product. Formula: (average cost of inventory at its present level divided by cost of goods sold) multiplied by 365. … [Read more...]

Average Collection Period, or Days’ Receivables

Average Collection Period, or Days' Receivables Accounts receivables compared to sales as a ratio, Or average AR/sales * 365 (total credit extended for each dollar of daily sales). … [Read more...]

Average Cost of Capital

Average Cost of Capital Payout required to be made by a firm to stockholders and bondholders, expressed in terms of a percentage of the contribution of capital. Formula: total required cost of capital divided by total amount of capital contributed. … [Read more...]

Average Daily Float

Average Daily Float -The dollar value of checks or similar negotiable instruments that can be said to be under collection process over a period, divided by total number of days of that period - The number of shares of a company that are outstanding and tradable for the public on an … [Read more...]