Financial Control

Financial Control Managing the firm's costs, expenses so as to control them and keep total expenditure within budgeted limits. … [Read more...]

Financial Distress

Financial Distress Term used to refer to bankruptcy and which includes the events and happenings, for example, failure to fulfill loans obligations, which precede the actual bankruptcy. … [Read more...]

Financial Distress Costs

Financial Distress Costs Costs pertaining to administrative or legal processes involved in reorganization. Includes implied costs or indirect costs, related to the hampered ability to carry on the operations. … [Read more...]

Financial Engineering

Financial Engineering The creation of new financial products by means of combining or splitting existing instruments. … [Read more...]

Financial Future

Financial Future A present day agreement which stipulates a future delivery of the asset in the contract for a given sale price. … [Read more...]

Financial Lease

Financial Lease A lease that cannot be cancelled and that has a long term. … [Read more...]

Financial Leverage

Financial Leverage Enhancing the expected returns that arise from equity by using debt. Measured in terms of a comparison of debt to equity plus debt. … [Read more...]

Financial Leverage Clientele

Financial Leverage Clientele An investor group with an investment preference for firms following a specific policy in terms of leverage. … [Read more...]

Financial Leverage Ratios

Financial Leverage Ratios Refer: capitalization ratios. A ratio that evaluates the company’s leverage. … [Read more...]

Financial Literacy

Financial Literacy Knowledge and understanding of matters relating to finance. Used in relation with personal finance. Includes the decision making skills pertaining to personal finance matters such as insurance, saving, investing, saving, tax planning and post retirement income. … [Read more...]

Financial Market

Financial Market A platform or institutional composition where financial assets are created or traded. … [Read more...]

Financial Objectives

Financial Objectives Goals or aims that pertain to financial matters that a business aims at accomplishing during financial plan’s target period. … [Read more...]

Financial Plan

Financial Plan A plan that outlines the future of the company with respect to financial aspects. … [Read more...]

Financial Planning

Financial Planning A plan encompassing evaluating and assessing available investment and financing options for a firm. Includes an attempt to make ideal/ optimal decisions, predicting the outcomes of such decisions for the business in terms of a financial plan, and finally matching … [Read more...]

Financial Press

Financial Press Media section that is engaged in reporting news pertaining to finance and related matters. … [Read more...]

Financial Privacy

Financial Privacy Denotes a wide variety of privacy issues, relating to use of information within financial institutions and externally. Financial privacy restricts sale of customer related information to outsiders who may use it for marketing or soliciting. … [Read more...]

Financial Ratio

Financial Ratio Outcome when one item of a financial statement is divided by another. Ratios are used by analysts to interpret these statements by directing attention to specific areas of influence. … [Read more...]

Financial Risk

Financial Risk Risk that arises in case the income/ earnings/ cash flow of issuer does not match its financial obligations. Can be described as the additional risk borne by the firm's stockholder bears when it utilizes equity and debt. … [Read more...]

Financing Decisions

Financing Decisions For example the decision pertaining to bond issue or similar decision that concern the liabilities and shareholders' equity component a company’s balance sheet. … [Read more...]

Firm

Firm -A company -An order to purchase or sell, to be executed over a specified period without awaiting further confirmation. … [Read more...]