Foreign Bond Bond issued by overseas borrower in domestic markets, denominated in the domestic currency. … [Read more...]
Foreign Bond Market
Foreign Bond Market Segment of bond market in home country that represents foreign company issues made to governments. … [Read more...]
Foreign Currency Option
Foreign Currency Option Option giving the right to sell or purchase a given sum of foreign currency in a time period at a predetermined price. … [Read more...]
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Acquisition of physical assets overseas, including factory, equipment, machinery. The operating control rests with the parent entity. … [Read more...]
Foreign Earned Income Exclusion
Foreign Earned Income Exclusion Income earned from foreign source that can be legally excluded from taxation in home country. Such exclusion can only be availed of by individuals fulfilling the foreign residence/ physical presence rules, who own a tax home in an overseas location, … [Read more...]
Foreign Equity Market
Foreign Equity Market Segment of equity market in home country that denotes foreign company issues. … [Read more...]
Foreign Exchange
Foreign Exchange Another country’s currency as opposed to domestic currency of home country. … [Read more...]
Foreign Exchange Controls
Foreign Exchange Controls Controls and restrictions placed by the government on the sale or purchase of domestic currency by nonresident individuals/ entities and sale or purchase of forex currency by residents. … [Read more...]
Foreign Exchange Dealer
Foreign Exchange Dealer Individual or firm buying forex currency from one party to sell it to another. Dealer profits from the spread or difference between the sale and purchase prices. … [Read more...]
Foreign Exchange Risk
Foreign Exchange Risk Risk that arises when short or long forex positions have to be offset or closed sustaining a loss due to unfavorable currency rate movement. … [Read more...]
Foreign Exchange Swap
Foreign Exchange Swap Formal understanding to exchange predetermined amounts of currency A for currency B where the future date of exchange is decided upon during the making of agreement. … [Read more...]
Foreign Market
Foreign Market Segment of internal market, comprising the systems for trading and issuing securities of entities that have domicile overseas. … [Read more...]
Foreign Market Beta
Foreign Market Beta Tool to evaluate risk in foreign markets that is based on the capital asset pricing model. … [Read more...]
Foreign Official Dollar Reserves – FRODOR
Foreign Official Dollar Reserves - FRODOR Ed Yardeni, an economist coined this term. It relates international liquidity to the impact that overseas central banks have over U.S. monetary policy. It is evaluated by taking the sum of Treasury and agency securities issued in the U.S. … [Read more...]
Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC)
Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC) Special corporation designed to offer tax incentive for U.S. produced goods exports. The corporation was created by the 1984 Tax Reform Act. … [Read more...]
Foreign Tax Credit
Foreign Tax Credit Credit received in the home country in domestic income tax payable for foreign taxes paid on earnings derived in overseas locations. … [Read more...]
Forfaiter
Forfaiter One who buys from importers their promises to pay. … [Read more...]
Formula Basis
Formula Basis System of selling new common stock issues where the SEC declares that the registration statement is in effect based on a price formula instead of on a given range of prices. … [Read more...]




