Other Concepts

• ABC Agreement Definition
• Abnormal Return Definition
• Above Market Cost (Market Trading) Definition
• Above Par (Bond Price) Definition
• Above the Market Definition
• Absolute Breadth Index Definition
• Absolute Rate Definition
• Absolute Return Definition
• Absolute Return Index Definition
• ABX Index Definition
• AC-DC Option Definition
• Accelerated Bookbuild Definition
• Accelerated Return Note Definition
• Accidental High Yielder Definition
• Accommodation Trading Definition
• Accreted Value Definition
• Accretion Definition
• Accretion of Discount Definition
• Accretting Principal Swap Definition
• Accrual Swap Definition
• Accrued Interest Adjustment Definition
• Accrued Interest Bond Definition
• Accumulation (Finance) Definition
• Accumulation Area Definition
• Accumulation Bond Definition
• Accumulation Option Definition
• Accumulation Period Definition
• Accumulation Phase Definition
• Accumulation Unit Definition
• Accumulative Swing Index Definition
• Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses Definition
• Across the Board Definition
• Active Bond Definition
• Active Bond Crowd Definition
• Active Index Fund Definition
• Active Investing Definition
• Active Management (Investing) Definition
• Active Stocks Definition
• Active Trading Definition
• Actuals (Commodities) Definition
• Ad Infinitum Definition
• Adaptive Market Hypothesis Definition
• Adjustable Peg (FOREX) Definition
• Adjusted Funds from Operations Definition
• Adjustment Bond Definition
• Advance Block Definition
• Advance Decline Line Ratio Definition
• Advisor Fee Definition
• After the Bell Definition
• After-Hours Trading Definition
• After-Market Performance Definition
• After-Tax Real Rate of Return Definition
• Aggregation Definition
• Agio Definition
• Algorithmic Trading Definition
• Alternative Investment Definition
• Alternative Trading System Definition
• American Academy of Financial Management Definition
• American Association of Individual Investors Definition
• American Depositary Receipts Definition
• American Depositary Shares Definition
• American Municipal Bond Assurance Corporation Definition
• American Option Definition
• Amortizable Bond Premium Definition
• Amortization of Bond Costs Definition
• Amortization of Bond Discount Definition
• Amortizing Swap Definition
• Amplitude (Securities) Definition
• Angel Bond Definition and Explanation
• Annual Holdings Turnover Definition
• Annual Percentage Yield Definition
• Annualized Rate Definition
• Annuity Definition
• Annuity Definition
• Anti-Reciprocal Rule Definition
• Appraisal Ratio Definition
• Arbitrage Bond Definition
• Arbitrage Pricing Theory Definition
• Ascending Channel Definition
• Ask (Securities Trading) Definition
• Asset Class Definition
• Asset Management Definition
• Asset Swap Definition
• Asset Swapped Convertible Option Transaction (ASCOT) Definition
• Asset-Backed Securities Definition
• Assets Under Management Definition
• Assets Under Management Definition
• Assignment of Trade Definition & Explanation
• Associate in Fidelity and Surety Bonding Definition
• Association of Futures Brokers and Dealers Definition
• At the Money Forward Option Definition
• At The Money Option Price Definition
• Attribution Analysis Definition
• Auction Rate Definition
• Automated Bond System Definition
• Automated Confirmation Transaction Service Definition
• Automated Customer Account Transfer Service Definition
• Average Annual Current Maturities Definition
• Average Annual Return Definition
• Average Return Definition
• Back-end Load Definition
• Backdoor Roth IRA Definition
• Backing Away (Securities Market) Definition
• Backpricing Definition
• Backspread (Securities Trading) Definition
• Backwardation Definition
• Bagging the Street Definition
• Balanced Fund Definition
• Balanced Investment Strategy Definition
• Balloon Interest Definition
• Barone-Adessi and Whaley Model Definition
• Base Currency Definition
• Basis Point Definition
• Bay Street Definition
• Bear (Investor) Definition
• Bear Market Definition
• Bearer Bond Definition
• Bell Shaped Portfolio Definition
• Bellwether (Trading Markets) Definition
• Below Par Definition
• Benchmark Index Definition
• Benjamin Method Definition
• Bermuda Option Definition
• Better Alternative Trading System Definition
• Biased Expectations Definition
• Bid and Ask Definition
• Bilateral Netting Definition
• Binary Option Definition
• Binomial Tree (Options) Definition
• Black Friday Definition
• Black Litterman Model Definition
• Black Scholes Formula Definition
• Black Swan Definition
• Black-Box Model Definition
• Blacks Model Definition
• Blockage Discount Definition
• Bloomberg Terminal Definition
• Bogey Definition
• Boiler Room Definition
• Bond Definition
• Bond Anticipation Note Definition
• Bond Discount Definition
• Bond Market Definition
• Bond Ratings Definition
• Bond Yield Definition
• Bowie Bond Definition
• Brady Bonds Definition
• Breadth of Market Theory Definition
• Breaking the Buck Definition
• Brent Crude Definition
• Brochure Rule Definition
• Broker Definition
• Broker Dealer Definition
• Broker of Record Definition
• Broker-Reseller Definition
• Brokerage Account Definition
• Brokerage Company Definition
• Bubble Theory Definitions
• Bull (Investor) Definition
• Bull Market Definition
• Bulldog Bond Definition
• Bunny Bond Definition
• Burnout (Mortgage Backed Securities) Definition
• Burnout (Mortgage-Backed Securities) Definition
• Buy and Hold (Investing Strategy) Definition
• Buy Limit Order Definition
• Buy Stop Order Definition
• Buy-Side (Market Trading) Definition
• Buy-Stops Above Definition
• Buy-Write (Options) Definition
• Buying on Margin Definition
• Buying on Margin Definition
• Calamity Call Definition
• Calendar Effect (Stock Market) Definition
• Calendar Spread (Investments) Definition
• Call (Options and Auctions) Definition
• Call Option Definition
• Call Rule Definition
• Call Swaption Definition
• Callable Security Definition
• Calmar Ratio Definition
• Canary Call Definition
• Candlestick Definition
• Cap and Trade Definition
• Capital Commitment Definition
• Capital Gains Distribution (Managed Funds) Definition
• Capital Growth Strategy Definition
• Capital Market Line Definition
• Capital Markets Definition
• Capital Markets Defined
• Capital Pool Company Definition
• Capital Structure Arbitrage Definition
• Capitalization Rate Definition
• Capitulation Definition
• Capped Fund (Investments) Definition
• Captive Fund Definition
• Captive Real Estate Investment Trust Definition
• Carried Interest (Finance) Definition
• Cash and Carry Transaction Definition
• Cash on Cash Return Definition
• CBOE Volatility Index (VIX)- Definition
• Central Registration Depository Definition
• Centralized Market Definition
• Certificate of Deposit Definition
• Certificate of Deposit Definition
• Certificate of Government Receipt (COUGR) Definition
• Certified Asset Protection Analyst Definition
• Certified Commercial Investment Member Definition
• Certified Trust and Financial Advisor Definition
• Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Definition
• Chartered Financial Consultant Definition
• Chartered Financial Risk Engineer Definition
• Chartered Investment Counselor Definition
• Chartered Mutual Fund Counselor Definition
• Chartered Portfolio Manager Definition
• Chicago Board of Trade Definition
• Chicago Board Options Exchange Definition
• Chicago Mercantile Exchange Definition
• Chicago Stock Exchange Definition
• Chooser Option (Finance) Definition
• Churning Definition
• CINS Number Definition
• Circular Trading Definition
• Clearing House Definition
• Clearing House Electronic Subregister System (CHESS) Definition
• Clearing Member Trade Agreement Definition
• Clientele Effect Definition
• Close Location Value Definition
• Closed End Fund Definition
• Closed Fund Definition
• Closed-End Management Company Definition
• Closing Bell Definition
• Collar (Trade Strategy) Definition
• Collar Agreement Definition
• Collateralized Bond Obligation
• Collateralized Debt Obligation Definition
• Collateralized Loan Obligation Definition
• Collateralized Mortgage Obligation Definition
• Collective Investment Fund Definition
• Commercial Paper Funding Facility Definition
• Commingled Fund Definition
• Commingled Fund Definition
• Commodities Exchange Definition
• Commodity Exchange Act Definition
• Commodity Futures Modernization Act Definition
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission Explained
• Commodity Pool Definition
• Commodity Price Risk Definition
• Commodity Swap Definition
• Company Risk (Investment) Definition
• Comparable Company Analysis Definition
• Comparative Market Analysis Definition
• Composite Definition
• Consensus Estimate Definition
• Constant Maturity Definition
• Continuous Quotation System Definition
• Convexity Definition
• Corner a Market Definition
• Cost of Carry Definition
• Coupon (Bonds) Definition
• Coupon Rate Definition
• Cox, Ross, & Rubinstein Option-Pricing Model Definition
• Credit Default Swap Definition
• Credit Reporting Agency (Business) Definition
• Credit Spread (Bonds and Options) Definition
• Cross Hedge Definition
• Cumulative Volume Index Definition
• Currency Swap Definition
• Cushion Theory Definition
• CUSIP Committee on the Uniform Security Identification Procedure Numbers
• Daily Trading Limit (Securities) Definition
• Dark Cloud Cover Definition
• Dark Pool Definition
• Darvas Box Theory Definition
• DAX 100 Definition
• Day Trader Definition
• Decentralized Market Definition
• Decoupling Definition
• Dedication Strategy (Investment) Definition
• Delisting Definition
• Depositary Receipt Definition
• Derivative Securities Definition
• Desk Trader Definition
• Differential (Trading) Definition
• Discount for Lack of Marketability (Stock) Definition
• Discount for Lack of Voting Rights (Stock) Definition
• Discount Share (Stock) Definition
• Distressed Securities Definition
• Diversification (Finance) Strategy Definition
• Dividend Irrelevance Theory Definition
• Dividend Reinvestment Plan Definition
• Dividend Yield Definition
• Dow Jones Global Indexes Definition
• Dow Jones Industrial Average (the Dow) Definition
• Dow Jones US Total Market Index Definition
• Dow Theory Definition
• Downtick (Financial Markets) Explained
• Dry Powder (Finance)
• DuPont Analysis Definition
• Earnings Call Definition
• Earnings Per Share
• Edgeworth Price Cycle Definition
• Effective Annual Yield Definition
• Effective Yield Definition
• Efficient Frontier (Investment) Definition
• Efficient Market Hypothesis Definition
• Elliott Waves Theory Definition
• Embedded Option (Bonds) Definition
• Emirates Investment Authority Definition
• Energy or Royalty Trust Definition
• Equity Indexed Annuity Definition
• Equity Risk Premium Definition
• ETF of ETFs Definition
• Exchange Traded Fund Definition
• Exhausted Selling Model Definition
• Exit Fee (Sale of Shares) Definition
• Expected Return Definition
• Face Value (Securities) Definition
• Fairness Opinion Definition
• Falling Three Methods Definition
• Family of Funds Definition
• Fed Model Definition & Explanation
• Federal Credit Union Definition
• Feeder Fund Definition
• Fence (Investments) Definition
• Filter Rule Definition
• Financial Analysis Definition
• Financial Engineering Definition
• Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Definition
• Financial Modeling Definition
• Five Percent Rule Definition
• Fixed Annuity Definition
• Flat Yield Curve Definition
• Floating Exchange Rates Definition
• Footsie (FTSE) Definition
• Formula Method Definition
• Fortune 500 (Company) Definition
• Forward Contract Definition
• Forward Dividend Yield Definition
• Forward Swap Definition
• Fractal Markets Hypothesis Definition
• Freeze Out (Trading) Definition
• Full Service Broker Definition
• Fund Manager Definition
• Fund of Funds Definition
• Gama Definition
• Gama Pricing Model Definition
• Global Depositary Receipts Definition
• Global Industry Classification Standard Definition
• Good Til Cancelled Definition
• Greater Fool Theory Definition
• Guaranteed Investment Certificate Definition
• Guaranteed Investment Contract Definition
• Gypsy Swap Definition
• Halloween Strategy Definition
• Hang Seng Index (HSI) Definition
• Headline Effect Definition
• Hedge (Investment) Definition
• Hedge Fund Definition
• Hedonic Pricing Definition
• Herstatt Risk Definition
• High Water Mark (Investment) Definition
• House-Money Effect Definition
• Hulbert Financial Digest Definition
• Hurdle Rate (Finance) Definition
• In The Money (Option) Definition
• Income Deposit Security Definition
• Indemnification Method (Trading) Definition
• Individual Retirement Account Definition
• Individual Retirement Annuity Definition
• Industry Classification Benchmark Definition
• Inflation Protected Securities Definition
• Information Ratio Definition
• Informed Consent Definition
• Institutional Investor Definition
• Interest Rate Swap Definition
• Intermarket Analysis Definition
• Intermarket Spread Swaps Definition
• Intermarket Surveillance Group Definition
• Investment Advisor Definition
• Investment Company Act of 1940 Definition
• Investment Grade Definition
• Investment Manager Definition
• Irrational Exuberance Definition
• January Effect Definition
• Jensens Measure Definition
• Jitney Definition
• Joint Life with Last Survivor Annuity Definition
• Jumbo Pool (Mortgages) Definition
• Junior Capital Pool Definition
• Junk Bond Definition
• Kappa Definition
• Keogh Plan Definition
• Knock Out Option Definition
• Lack of Control Discount (Stock) Definition
• Ladder Option Definition
• Lamda Definition
• Lattice-Based Model Definition
• Liquidity Premium Definition
• Listed Stock or Listed Security Definition
• Load (Mutual Fund) Definition
• London Financial Futures and Options Exchange Definition
• London Metal Exchange Definition
• London Stock Exchange Definition
• Long (Long Position) Definition
• Lookback Option Definition
• Make a Market (Securities Trading) Definition
• Make Whole Call Provision Definition
• Mandatory Redemption Schedule (Bond) Definition
• MAR Ratio Definition
• Margin Account Definition
• Market Capitalization Rule Definition
• Market Discount (Bonds) Definition
• Market Efficiency Definition
• Market Exposure Definition
• Market Order Definition
• Market Risk Definition
• Marketweight Definition
• Martingale System Definition
• Master Feeder Fund Definition
• Master Swap Agreement Definition
• Measuring Principle Definition
• Medium Term (Investments) Definition
• Memory of Price Strategy Definition
• Micro Cap Definition
• Minsky Moment Definition
• Modern Portfolio Theory Definition
• Modified Dietz Method Definition
• Monday Effect Definition
• Money Management Definition
• Money Market Definition
• Money Market Fund Definition
• Moodys Definition
• Morningstar System Definition
• Mortgage Pool Definition
• Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation Definition
• Multi-Asset Class Definition
• Multiple Discriminant Analysis Definition
• Mutual Fund Definition
• Mutual Fund Theorem Definition
• Naked Call Option Definition
• Naked Debenture Definition
• Naked Put Definition
• Narrow Basis (Stocks) Definition
• NASDAQ Definition
• National Futures Association Definition
• New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) Definition
• New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) Definition
• New York Stock Exchange Definition
• NYSE Composite Index Definition
• October Effect Definition
• Odd Lot Theory Definition
• Offsetting Transaction Definition
• On Neck Pattern Definition
• Open End Fund Definition
• Open Financial Exchange Definition
• Option Premium Definition
• Options Contract Definition
• Order Protection Rule Definition
• Original Issue Discount Definition
• Out of the Money Definition
• Over the Counter Market Definition
• Over-the-Counter Definition
• Overseas Private Investment Corporation Definition
• Pass-Through Rate (Mortgage-Backed Securities) Definition
• Passive Investing Definition
• Penny Stock Definition
• Penny Stock Reform Act Definition
• Perfect Hedge Definition
• Permanent Capital Vehicle Definition
• Philadelphia Stock Exchange Definition
• Pink Sheets Definition
• Piotroski Score Definition
• Pipeline Theory Definition
• Pivot (Stock Price) Definition
• Poison Put Definition
• Ponzi Scheme Definition
• Pooled Investment Vehicles Definition
• Portfolio Management Definition
• Portfolio of Investments Definition
• Position Limit Definition
• Post-Modern Portfolio Theory Definition
• Preferred Habitat Theory (Bond Trading) Definition
• Prepaid Variable Forward Definition
• Prepaid Warrant Definition
• Presidential Election Cycle Theory Definition
• Principal Protected Note Definition
• Protected Fund Definition
• Prudent Person Rule Definition
• Pure Yield Pickup Swap Definition
• Put (Option Contract) Definition
• Put Option Definition
• Qualified Eligible Participant Definition
• Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor Definition
• Qualified Professional Asset Manager (QPAM) Definition
• Random Walk Theory (Stock Market) Definition
• Rate Anticipation Swap Definition
• Real Estate Investment Trust Definition
• Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Definition
• Redeemable Bonds Definition
• Regulation T Definition
• Reintermediation Definition
• Relative Return Definition
• Required Rate of Return Definition
• Required Yield Definition
• Return on Investment (ROI) Definition
• Risk Adjusted Discount Rate Definition
• Risk Free Rate of Return Definition
• Risk Premium Definition
• Risk-Free Asset Definition
• Roth IRA Definition
• Rubber Band Effect Definition
• Rule of 72 Definition
• Russell Index Definition
• S Score Definition
• S&P Case-Shiller US Home Price Index Definition
• S&P TSX60 Index Definition
• Secondary Market Definition
• Secondary Purchase Definition
• Securities Investor Protection Corporation Definition
• Securitization Definition
• Security Market Line Definition
• Semi-strong Form Efficiency Definition
• Shingle Theory Definition
• Short (Trading) Definition
• Sinking Fund Definition
• Small Cap Definition
• Specific-Shares Method Definition
• Speculation Definition
• Spot Market Definition
• Spread (Finance) Definition
• Squawk Box Definition
• Standard and Poors 500 (S&P 500) Definition
• Standard and Poors Depositary Receipts (SPDR) Definition
• Standard and Poors Ratings Definition
• Stock Market Capitalization to GDP Ratio Definition
• Stock Swap Definition
• Stockbrocker Definition
• Stop-Limit Order Definition
• Stop-Loss Order Definition
• Straddle (Options Trading) Definition
• Straight Through Processing Definition
• Structured Investment Vehicle Definition
• Stuffing (Securities) Definition
• Substitution Swap Definition
• Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Definition
• Swap (Finance) Definition
• Systemic Risk Definition
• Tail Risk (Portfolio) Definition
• Taping Rule Definition
• Technical Analysis Definition
• The Kelly Criterion
• Theta (Options Trading) Definition
• Thin Market Definition
• Thinly Traded Definition
• Thrift Savings Plan Definition
• Ticker Symbol Definition
• Tight Market Definition
• Top Down Analysis Definition
• Total Expense Ratio Definition
• Traditional IRA Definition
• Tranche Definition
• Treasury Bill (T-Bill) Definition
• Treasury Bond (T-Bond) Definition
• Treasury Note Definition
• Treasury Receipt Definition
• Treasury STRIPS Definition
• Treasury Yield Definition
• Treynor Ratio Definition
• Treynor-Black Model Definition
• Trust Indenture Definition
• TSX Venture Exchange Definition
• Underwater (Valuation) Definition
• Unit Investment Trust Definition
• Unit Trust Definition
• Unitized Endowment Pool Definition
• Uptick Definition
• Uptick Rule Definition
• US Savings Bond Definition
• Value Line Composite Index Definition
• Variable Annuity Definition
• Volatility Definition
• Volcker Rule Definition
• Volume Weighted Average Price Definition
• Warrant (Finance) Definition
• Wash Sale Definition
• Wash Sale Rule Definition
• Watered Stock Definition
• Weak Form Market Efficiency Definition
• Wedge (Trading) Definition
• Weighted Alpha Definition
• Weighted Average Market Capitalization Definition
• White Candlestick Definition
• White Elephant Definition
• Worden Stochastics Definition
• Workable Indication Definition
• Workout Period Definition
• World Federation of Stock Exchanges Definition
• World Gold Council Definition
• Wrap Around Annuity Definition
• Yellow Sheets Definition
• Yield Definition
• Yield Basis Definition
• Yield Curve Definition
• Yield Spread Definition
• Yield to Call Definition
• Yield to Maturity Definition
• Zero Basis Risk Swap Definition
• Zero Cost Collar Option Strategy Definition
• Zero Coupon Bond Definition

Banking, Lending, & Credit Industry

• ABA Bank Index Definition
• ABA Transit Number Definition
• Acceleration Clause (Loan Agreement) Definition
• Accordion Feature Definition
• Accounts Receivable Conversion Definition
• Acquittance (Debt Discharge) Definition
• Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Definition
• Advance Rate Definition
• Affordable Market Value Definition
• Agreement Corporation Definition
• Air Loan
• Alienation Clause (Contract) Definition
• All in One Mortgage Definition
• Alternative Mortgage Instrument Definition
• American Bankers Association Definition
• American Institute of Banking Definition
• Amortized Loan Definition
• Annual Percentage Rate Definition
• Annualize Definition
• Applicable Federal Rate
• Article XII Company Definition
• Asian Development Bank Definition
• Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Definition
• Asset Conversion Loan Definition
• Asset-Based Lending Definition
• Asset-Liability Committee Definition
• Assumable Mortgage Definition & Explanation
• Aval Definition
• Average Daily Balance Method Definition
• Back-to-Back Commitment Definition
• Back-to-Back Loan Definition
• Backend Ratio Definition
• Bail In (Finance) Definition
• Balance-to-Limit Ratio Definition
• Balloon Loan Definition
• Balloon Maturity Definition
• Balloon Payment Definition
• Bank Automated Clearing System Definition
• Bank Confirmation Letter Definition
• Bank Discount Rate Definition
• Bank Examination Definition
• Bank Guarantee Definition
• Bank Identification Number Definition
• Bank Insurance Fund Definition
• Bank Investment Contract Definition
• Bank Lending Survey Definition
• Bank Rate Definition
• Bank Rating Definition
• Bank Reserve Definition
• Bank Secrecy Act Definition
• Bank Stress Test Definition
• Bank Wire Definition
• Bankable Funds Definition
• Bankers Bank Definition
• Bankers Blanket Bond Definition
• Banking and Securities Industry Committee
• Basel Accord Definition
• Beacon Score Definition
• Behavior-Based Repricing Definition
• Beige Book Definition
• Benchmark Interest Rate Definition
• Blanket Mortgage Definition
• Blocked Funds Definition
• Bow Tie Loan Definition
• Bridge Loan Definition
• Brokered Deposit Definition
• Building and Loan Association Definition
• Buydown Definition
• CAMELS Rating System Definition
• CAP (Finance) Definition
• Capital Adequacy Ratio Definition
• Capital Requirements Definition
• Capital Requirements Defined
• Capitalization Ratios Definition
• Cash in Advance Definition
• Cash Out Refinance Definition
• Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist Definition
• Certified Bank Auditor Definition
• Certified Consumer Debt Specialist Definition
• Certified Credit Executive Definition
• Chartered Bank Definition
• Check 21 Act Definition
• Check Truncation Definition
• Chex System Definition
• Clearing Corporation Definition
• Clearing House Interbank Payments System (CHIPS) Definition
• Clearinghouse Automated Payment System (CHAPS) Definition
• Close End Mortgage Definition
• Closed End Credit Definition
• Combination Loan Definition
• Combined Loan to Value Ratio Definition
• Commercial Bank Definition
• Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems Definition
• Community Development Financial Institution Definition
• Community Reinvestment Act Definition
• Compound Interest Definition
• Compounding Definition
• Conforming Loan Definition
• Constituent (Stock or Company) Definition
• Conventional Fixed-Rate Mortgage Definition
• Conversion Option (Mortgages) Definition
• Correspondent & Respondent Bank Definition & Explanation
• Cost of Funds Index Definition
• Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act Definition
• Credit Union Definition
• Default Definition
• Default Risk Definition
• Deferred Payment Definition
• Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation Definition
• Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Definition
• Due on Sale Clause Definition
• Effective Annual Interest Rate Definition
• Effects Test Definition
• Emergency Banking Act of 1933 Definition
• End Loan Definition
• European Central Bank Definition
• Expedited Funds Availability Act Definition
• Export Credit Agency Definition
• Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions (FACTA) Act
• Farm Credit System Definition
• Federal Advisory Council Definition
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Definition
• Federal Direct Loan Program Definition
• Federal Discount Rate Definition
• Federal Financial Institutions Examinations Council Definition
• Federal Funds Rate Definition
• Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) Definition
• Federal Housing Finance Agency Definition
• Federal Reserve System Definition
• FHA 203(k) Loan
• Finance Charge Definition
• Financial Holding Company Definition
• Financial Institutions Regulatory Act Definition
• Fixed-Rate Mortgage Definition
• Float (Banking) Definition
• Full Recourse Debt Definition
• Fully Amortizing Payment Definition
• Future Advance Definition
• Glass Steagall Act Definition
• Government National Mortgage Association Definition
• Gramm Leach Bliley Act Definition
• Grandfathered (Banking) Activities Definition
• Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Definition
• Home Equity Loan Definition
• House Price Index Definition
• Housing and Economic Recovery Act Definition
• Housing Policy Counsel Definition
• Instructing Bank Definition
• Insufficient Funds (NSF) Definition
• Interbank Rate Definition
• Interest (Debt) Definition
• Interest Rate Ceiling Definition
• International Bank Account Number Definition
• Investment Bank Definition
• Investment Banking Definition
• Islamic Banking Definition
• Issuer Identification Number Definition
• Itemized Statement Definition
• Legal Lending Limit Definition
• Lender of Last Resort Definition
• Lending Facility Definition
• Letter of Comfort Definition
• Line of Credit Definition
• Liquidity Coverage Ratio Definition
• Loan Syndication Definition
• Loan to Value Ratio Definition
• Lombard Rate Definition
• London Interbank Bid Rate Definition
• London Interbank Mean Rate Definition
• London Interbank Offer Rate (LIBOR) Definition
• McFadden Act Definition
• Merchant Bank Definition
• Merchant Category Codes Definition
• Middle Office Definition
• Mortgage Broker Definition
• Mortgage Electronic Registration System (MERS)
• National Association of Mortgage Brokers Definition
• National Credit Union Association Definition
• Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization Definition
• Negative Amortization Definition
• Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW) Account Definition
• Offshore Banking Unit Definition
• Open End Credit Definition
• Overnight Rate Definition
• Parallel Loan Definition
• Payday Loan Definition
• PCI Compliance Definition
• Peer to Peer Lending Definition
• Per Diem Interest Definition
• PLUS Loan Definition
• Predatory Lending Definition
• Prime Definition
• Prime Bank Definition
• Private Banking Definition
• Private Export Funding Corporation Definition
• Purchase Money Mortgage Definition
• Recourse Loan Definition
• Redlining (Discrimination) Definition
• Regional Development Bank Definition
• Regulation BB
• Regulation C (Mortgage Lending) Definition
• Regulation CC Definition
• Regulation O Definition
• Regulation P Definition
• Regulation Q Definition
• Regulation R Definition
• Regulation U Definition
• Regulation V Definition
• Regulation W Definition
• Regulation X Definition
• Regulation Y Definition
• Regulation Z Definition
• Reverse Mortgage Definition
• Revolving Credit Definition
• Revolving Loan Facility Definition
• Riegle Neal Interstate Banking Act Definition
• Right of Offset Definition
• Right of Rescission (Truth in Lending Act) Definition
• Routing Transit Number Definition
• Rule of 78 Definition
• Schumer Box Definition
• Senior Debt Definition
• Set Off Clause Definition
• Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT) Definition
• Spot Loan Definition
• Subprime Definition
• Systematically Important Financial Institution
• Uniform Residential Loan Application Definition
• Usury Definition
• Variable Interest Rate Definition
• Vostro Account Definition
• Waterfall Payment Scheme Definition
• Waterfall Payment Scheme Definition
• Without Recourse Definition
• Wrap-Around Loan Definition
• Wraparound Mortgage Definition
• Write Down (Mortgage) Definition
• Wrongful Dishonor Definition

Business and Personal Finance

• Abandonment Value Definition
• Absolute Percentage Growth Definition
• Absolute Value Definition
• Accelerated Dividend Definition
• Accounts Receivable Financing Definition
• Accredited in Business Valuations Definition
• Adjusted Present Value Definition
• Airdrop (Cryptocurrency) Definition
• Anticipation Note Definition
• Appropriation Definition
• Assessed Value Definition
• Asset Valuation Reserve Definition
• Asset-Based Approach Definition
• At a Discount Definition
• At a Premium Definition
• Book to Market Ratio Definition
• Bridge Financing Definition
• Bucket (Finance) Definition
• Burn Rate (Finance) Definition
• Business Company Valuation Methods Explained
• Business Credit Score Definition
• Business Funding Overview
• Business Valuation Definition
• CAPE Ratio Definition
• CapEx Definition
• Capital Definition
• Capital Budgeting Definition
• Capital Dividend Definition
• Capital Expenditures Definition
• Capital Formation Definition
• Capital Stock Definition
• Capital Stock Defined
• Capital Structure Definition
• Capitalization Definition
• Capitalization of Earnings Definition
• Capitalization of Profits Definition
• Captive Finance Company Definition
• Cash-Flow Financing Definition
• Certified Financial Planner Definition
• Chartered Asset Manager Definition
• Chartered Business Valuator Definition
• Cockroach Theory Definition
• Comparable Transaction Definition
• Comparables Definition
• Compound Annual Growth Rate Definition
• Comps (Comparables) Definition
• Conduit Financing Definition
• Corporate Finance Definition
• Cost Approach to Real Estate Valuation Definition
• Cost of Capital Definition
• Cost of Equity Definition
• Cost of Living Adjustment Definition
• Debenture Definition
• Debt Financing Definition
• Deleverage Definition
• Delta (Finance) Definition
• Devolvement Definition
• Discount Rate (Bank Rate and Cash Flow) Explained
• Discounted Cash Flow Definition
• Earnings Basis Definition
• Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) Definition
• EBITDA Business Valuation Multiple Definition
• Employee Profit Sharing Plan Explained
• Endowment Definition
• Equity Financing Definition
• Extrinsic Value Definition
• Financial Planner Definition
• Fixed vs Variable Costs Definition
• Free Cash Flow Definition
• Fully Diluted Shares Definition
• Going Concern Value Definition
• Hurdle Rate Definition
• Illiquid (asset) Defined
• Illiquid Definition
• Income Approach (Valuation) Definition
• Internal Rate of Return Definition
• Intrinsic Value (Company) Definition
• Irrelevance Proposition Theorem Definition
• Leveraged Buyback Definition
• Leveraged Recapitalization Definition
• Levered Beta Definition
• Levered Free Cash Flow Definition
• Lifetime Value of Customer Definition
• Lintners Model Definition
• Liquidation Value Definition
• Mid-Cap Company Shares Definition
• Mosaic Theory Definition
• Multistage Dividend Discount Model Definition
• Net Present Value Definition
• No Par Value Stock Definition
• Off Balance Sheet Financing Definition
• Operating Budget Definition
• Payback Period Definition
• Payment in Kind Definition
• PEG Payback Period Definition
• Pre-Money Valuation Definition
• Present Value Definition
• Price Earnings Ratio (PE Ratio) Definition
• Price Earnings to Growth (PEG) Ratio Definition
• Price to Book Ratio Definition
• Price to Cash Flow Ratio Definition
• Price Variance Definition
• Private Activity Bond Definition
• Private Finance Initiative Definition
• Private Person Bond Definition
• Q Ratio (Tobins Q) Definition
• Rate of Return Definition
• Recapitalization Definition
• Recurring Revenue Definition
• Reinvestment Rate Definition
• Relative Valuation Model Definition
• Replacement Chain Method Definition
• Reprice (Stock Options) Definition
• Revenue Cap Regulation Definition
• Revenue-Based Financing Definition
• Royalty Based Financing Definition
• Run Rate Definition
• Senior Security Definition
• Shoestring Budget
• Slush Fund Definition
• Structured Finance Definition
• Sum of Parts Valuation Definition
• Sunk Cost Dilemma Definition
• Terminal Value Definition
• Times-Revenue Method Definition
• Total Cost of Ownership Definition
• Total Enterprise Value Definition
• Traditional Theory of Capital Structure Definition
• Treasury Stock Method Definition
• Unlevered Beta Definition
• Unlevered Cost of Capital Definition
• Unlevered Free Cash Flow Definition
• Unquoted Public Company Definition
• Variable Cost Definition
• Warehouse Financing Definition
• Weighted Average Cost of Capital Definition
• Weighted Average Cost of Equity Definition
• Working Capital Definition

Business Valuation Methods

Overview of Valuation Methods

Asset-Based (Cost-Based) Methods

• Overview of Asset-Based (Cost-Based) Methods
• Book Value (and Adjusted Book Value) Methods
• Replacement Value
• Liquidation Value

Market-Based Methods

• Overview of Market Approaches
• Types of Comparables
• Common Characteristic-Based Ratios & Multiples
• Issues with Market-Based Valuation Methods

Income-Based Methods

• Overview of Income-Based Valuation
• Earnings Capitalization Method
• Build-Up Method
• Discount Future Cash Flows
• Excess Earnings Method
• Economic Value Added Method
• Value of Dividends Method

Investor Valuation Methods

• Pre and Post-Money Calculations
• Angel Investor Methods
• Venture Capital Method
• First Chicago Method
• Strategic Considerations in Valuation