Variable Life Insurance Policy A type of insurance policy providing death benefit, which depends on the market value of the insured individual’s portfolio at the time of demise. The insurer may have the option to allocate a portion of premium dollars towards separate accounts … [Read more...]
Variable Price Limit
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Variable Price Limit A scenario in which a security can be traded below or above its fixed price limits. Random Finance Terms for the Letter V Value Investing Value Manager Vanilla Issue Vanishing Premium Policy Variable Annuities Variable Cost Variable Death … [Read more...]
Variable Price Security
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Variable Price Security Securities such as bonds and stocks that are sold at market-determined, fluctuating prices. Random Finance Terms for the Letter V Value Investing Value Manager Vanilla Issue Vanishing Premium Policy Variable Annuities Variable Cost Variable … [Read more...]
Variable Rate CDs
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Variable Rate CDs A short-term certificate of deposit with a variable rate of interest, paid on a periodic basis on every roll date. The CD’s coupon is adjusted on every roll date to reflect present market rates. Random Finance Terms for the Letter V Variable Rate … [Read more...]
Variable Rated Demand Bond (VRDB)
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Variable Rated Demand Bond Bonds with changing coupon payments. Such bonds can be sold back to issuers on a periodic basis. Random Finance Terms for the Letter V Variable Rate CDs Variable Rated Demand Bond Variable Rate Demand Note Variable Rate Loan Variable Ratio … [Read more...]
Variable Rate Loan
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Variable Rate Loan In this type of loan, the rate of interest charged on the balance changes/fluctuates with changes in base rates such as LIBOR or the Prime Rate. Random Finance Terms for the Letter V Variable Rate CDs Variable Rated Demand Bond Variable Rate Demand … [Read more...]
Variable Ratio Write
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Variable Ratio Write An investment strategy in which a trader writes several call options at varying strikes. This is done to counterbalance a long position in the security. The trader makes money from the premium earned on the calls. Random Finance Terms for the Letter … [Read more...]
Variance
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Variance Measures the dispersion of data points around the data set’s mean value. Standard deviation is equal to the variance’s square root. Random Finance Terms for the Letter V Variable Rate CDs Variable Rated Demand Bond Variable Rate Demand Note Variable Rate … [Read more...]
Variance Minimization Approach to Tracking
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Variance Minimization Approach to Tracking A bond indexing approach in which the tracking error’s variance is estimated using historical data. Random Finance Terms for the Letter V Variable Rate CDs Variable Rated Demand Bond Variable Rate Demand Note Variable Rate … [Read more...]
Variance Rule
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Variance Rule In a to-be-announced trade, rule that defines the maximum or minimum amounts of securities to be delivered. The allowed variance for Ginnie Mae, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae pass through securities is minus or plus 2.499 percent for each million of the TBA quantity’s … [Read more...]
Variance Swap
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Variance Swap This is a kind of volatility swap in which the return is dependant on variance instead of volatility. The payout in a variance swap is bigger than that in a volatility swap, as the returns depend on variance and not standard deviation, which is the usual measure of … [Read more...]
Variation Margin
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Variation Margin A deposit required additionally to bring the investor’s equity account at par with the initial margin level in cases where there is a fall in the balance below the minimum sum that is needed to be maintained at all times. Random Finance Terms for the Letter … [Read more...]
Vendor Note
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Vendor Note A kind of debt instrument used for short term loan agreements where the seller of merchandise also provides the buyer financing. It is also called a seller note. Random Finance Terms for the Letter V Vendor Note Venture Capital Venture Capital … [Read more...]
Venture Capital
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Venture Capital Funds provided by investors to start-up businesses which have perceived growth prospects. New businesses find it hard to access capital markets, and venture capital funds provide financing to such businesses. This kind of financing is usually sought by new … [Read more...]
Venture Capital Funds
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Venture Capital Funds Funds that invest in small, medium and start-up companies that are perceived to have a strong potential for growth. Random Finance Terms for the Letter V Vendor Note Venture Capital Venture Capital Funds Vertical Acquisition Vertical … [Read more...]
Vertical Acquisition
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Vertical Acquisition In this type of acquisition, the firm being acquired and the firm taking over are not at the same step in the manufacturing process. Random Finance Terms for the Letter V Vendor Note Venture Capital Venture Capital Funds Vertical … [Read more...]
Vertical Analysis
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Vertical Analysis A method in which every expense item in the income statement of a particular year is divided by the net sales to spot those items that go up slower or faster than the change in sales. Random Finance Terms for the Letter V Vendor Note Venture … [Read more...]
Vertical Equity
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Vertical Equity The principal that individuals who have a higher ability to pay taxes should make a higher contribution. It is a commonly used policy of income tax collection in which the higher the income, the higher are the taxes. Random Finance Terms for the Letter … [Read more...]
Vertical Integration
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Vertical Integration The expansion of a company’s business into areas which are at various points in the same production path. An automobile company expanding into tire manufacturing is an example of vertical integration. Random Finance Terms for the Letter V Vendor … [Read more...]
Vice Fund
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Vice Fund Mutual funds that invest in gaming operators, casino operators, tobacco, alcohol and defense sectors. These funds target both foreign-held and domestic stocks. Random Finance Terms for the Letter V Vendor Note Venture Capital Venture Capital Funds Vertical … [Read more...]
