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- Starting a Hedge Fund
- ABC Agreement Definition
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- Commodities Exchange Definition
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- Comparable Company Analysis Definition
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- Composite Definition
- Consensus Estimate Definition
- Constant Maturity Definition
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- 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
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- Credit Spread (Bonds and Options) Definition
- Cross Hedge Definition
- Cumulative Volume Index Definition
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- Cushion Theory Definition
- CUSIP Committee on the Uniform Security Identification Procedure Numbers
- Daily Trading Limit (Securities) Definition
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- Dow Jones Global Indexes Definition
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- Downtick (Financial Markets) Explained
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- DuPont Analysis Definition
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- Effective Annual Yield Definition
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- Embedded Option (Bonds) Definition
- Emirates Investment Authority Definition
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- Expected Return Definition
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- Fairness Opinion Definition
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- Fed Model Definition & Explanation
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- Five Percent Rule Definition
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- Formula Method Definition
- Fortune 500 (Company) Definition
- Forward Contract Definition
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- Full Service Broker Definition
- Fund Manager Definition
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- Gama Definition
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- 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
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- 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
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- Martingale System Definition
- Master Feeder Fund Definition
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- Medium Term (Investments) Definition
- Memory of Price Strategy Definition
- Micro Cap Definition
- Minsky Moment Definition
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- Modified Dietz Method Definition
- Monday Effect Definition
- Money Management Definition
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- 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
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- 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
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- Overseas Private Investment Corporation Definition
- Pass-Through Rate (Mortgage-Backed Securities) Definition
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- Penny Stock Definition
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- Perfect Hedge Definition
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- Philadelphia Stock Exchange Definition
- Pink Sheets Definition
- Piotroski Score Definition
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- Poison Put Definition
- Ponzi Scheme Definition
- Pooled Investment Vehicles Definition
- Portfolio Management Definition
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- 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
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- Thrift Savings Plan Definition
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- Top Down Analysis Definition
- Total Expense Ratio Definition
- Traditional IRA Definition
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- 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
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- Trust Indenture Definition
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- 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
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- Weighted Alpha Definition
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- Zero Basis Risk Swap Definition
- Zero Cost Collar Option Strategy Definition
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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
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- Bank Examination Definition
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- Bank Identification Number Definition
- Bank Insurance Fund Definition
- Bank Investment Contract Definition
- Bank Lending Survey Definition
- Bank Rate Definition
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- Bank Secrecy Act Definition
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- 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
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- Capitalization Ratios Definition
- Cash in Advance Definition
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- Clearing House Interbank Payments System (CHIPS) Definition
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- Close End Mortgage Definition
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- Commercial Bank Definition
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- Correspondent & Respondent Bank Definition & Explanation
- Cost of Funds Index Definition
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- Default Definition
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- Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation Definition
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- Effective Annual Interest Rate Definition
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- Interest (Debt) Definition
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- Letter of Comfort Definition
- Line of Credit Definition
- Liquidity Coverage Ratio Definition
- Loan Syndication Definition
- Loan to Value Ratio Definition
- Lombard Rate Definition
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- 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
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- Reverse Mortgage Definition
- Revolving Credit Definition
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- 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
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