Factoring The purchase of a company’s accounts receivable by a factor (financial institution). … [Read more...]
Fail
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Fail A fail occurs in a trade when the seller does not on deliver securities in the form agreed upon in the contract or buyer does not deliver funds in the form agreed upon in the contract. … [Read more...]
Fair Market Price
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Fair Market Price Also called market price. Price at which the asset changes hands between parties who both have knowledge of all relevant information. … [Read more...]
Fair Price
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Fair Price Also termed theoretical futures price. Price of futures contracts that is deemed equilibrium price, equaling spot price when it is continuously compounded at the rate of cost of carry for a given period. … [Read more...]
Fair Price Provision
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Fair Price Provision Refer: appraisal rights. Shareholders’ rights to ask for independently appraised fair price for shares in a merger. … [Read more...]
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act – FACTA
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Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act – FACTA Year 2003 U.S. resolution that aims to enhance protection measures for identity theft. It creates standards for handling sensitive data like credit card numbers. This act has established a nationwide alerts system and allows … [Read more...]
Fair-and-Equitable Test
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Fair-and-Equitable Test Requirements that are needed for a reorganization plan and are necessary for gaining the bankruptcy court’s approval. … [Read more...]
Fallout risk
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Fallout risk Mortgage pipeline risk generally arising when loans terms are established at the time that the sale terms are finalized. Risk arises from the chance that either party fails to complete the loan process or fails to close the loan. … [Read more...]
FASB
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FASB Stands for Financial Accounting Standards Board. Creates and establishes accounting standards that apply over businesses in the U.S. … [Read more...]
FASB No. 8
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FASB No. 8 Accounting standard (U.S.) that stipulated that firms should translate any foreign affiliates' accounts using the temporal method. Profits and losses arising from currency fluctuations were shown under current income. The rule was in force from 1975 to 1981 and was highly … [Read more...]
FASB No. 52
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FASB No. 52 An accounting standard used in the U.S. to replace the previously used FASB No. 8. Companies in U.S. need to translate overseas accounts by the prevailing rate and report any changes arising from currency fluctuations in a consolidated cumulative adjustment account. This … [Read more...]
FCIA
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FCIA Stands for Foreign Credit Insurance Association. U.S. consortium with private ownership that comprises of insurance companies. The FCIA provides trade credit insurance to exporters in U.S. in accordance with U.S. Export-Import Bank regulations. … [Read more...]
FCC
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FCC Stands for Federal Communications Commission – FCC, an independent U.S. government regulatory agency. It oversees all communications carried out at interstate and international level. The FCC maintains standards and consistency among various types of media and methods of … [Read more...]
FDIC
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FDIC Stands for Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Corporation owned by U.S. Government. … [Read more...]
Feasible Portfolio
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Feasible Portfolio Portfolio that can be constructed with available assets by an investor. … [Read more...]
Feasible Set of Portfolios
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Feasible Set of Portfolios A grouping of portfolios that are feasible. … [Read more...]
Feasible Target Payout Ratios
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Feasible Target Payout Ratios Ratio of payout that is in line with the availability of funds in excess that is used to make the cash disbursal of dividend. … [Read more...]
Federal Agency Securities
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Federal Agency Securities Debt securities originating from issued by U.S. government established corporations or agencies such as Ginnie Mae or Federal Home Loan Bank Board. … [Read more...]
Filter
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Filter Stipulation about when to buy or sell a security that is based on historical price movements witnessed. … [Read more...]
