International Portfolio Grouping of assets from foreign markets rather than domestic ones. The international exposure lets investors benefit from emerging and overseas international markets. … [Read more...]
Intramarket Sector Spread
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Intramarket Sector Spread In a given market sector, the spread between two issues having the same maturity terms. For example, the interest rate difference between an industrial corporate bond and utility corporate bond with a 5 year maturity. … [Read more...]
Intrinsic Value of an Option
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Intrinsic Value of an Option Related to in-the-money. The sum by which any option is said to be in-the-money. The intrinsic value of options that are not in-the-money is zero. … [Read more...]
Intrinsic Value of a Firm
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Intrinsic Value of a Firm Present value of future net cash flows of a firm discounted by the required return rate. … [Read more...]
Inventory
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Inventory -For security firms: dealer or broker purchased securities bought and held for resale. -For companies: production necessities like raw materials, items for sale or items under production. These can be separately evaluated by several different methods like current market … [Read more...]
Inventory Loan
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Inventory Loan Short-term loan that is secured and used to buy inventory. Three basic forms exist: blanket inventory lien, field warehousing financing and a trust receipt. … [Read more...]
Inventory Turnover
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Inventory Turnover Comparison of ratio of yearly sales to average inventory expressed as a ratio. Measures speed at which inventory is produced and marketed. Reduced turnover indicates poor sales or excess stocks. … [Read more...]
Inverse Floating Rate Note
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Inverse Floating Rate Note Securities with variable rates that show a marked increase in coupon rates in coordination with decreasing benchmark interest rates. … [Read more...]
Investment Analysts
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Investment Analysts Related: financial analysts. Persons who analyze various factors that may affect investments with a view to aiding investment decisions. … [Read more...]
Investment Bank
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Investment Bank Refer: underwriter. Intermediaries that are financial institutions that aid in securities sale, mergers and other corporate activities. These entities perform the role of brokers to institutional and individual clients and also trade with their own funds. … [Read more...]
Investment Climate
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Investment Climate Economic conditions prevailing at a given time that influence the financial markets. … [Read more...]
Investment Decisions
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Investment Decisions Resolutions taken with respect to the asset side of a business’s balance sheet. For example, a new product line launch. … [Read more...]
Investment Grade Bonds
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Investment Grade Bonds Related to High-yield bond. Bonds that have a rating among the top four categories as ranked by credit rating companies like S&P and Moody’s. For example, the bonds issued a BBB or higher rating by S&P are investment grade bonds. … [Read more...]
Investment Income
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Investment Income The income or revenue derived from a portfolio of assets in which investment is made. … [Read more...]
Investment Management
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Investment Management Refer: portfolio management, money management. The process of money management with the purpose of achieving specific goals. … [Read more...]
Investment Manager
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Investment Manager Refer: portfolio manager, money manager. The person who is in charge of managing a portfolio of assets with a specific investment goal. … [Read more...]
Investment Objective
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Investment Objective Client information form given by investment advisors and asset managers to assess the optimal portfolio combination for the customer. Usually comes in a questionnaire form. … [Read more...]
Investment Product Line (IPML)
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Investment Product Line (IPML) The stream of required returns for investment schemes as a function of beta (nondiversifiable risk). … [Read more...]
Investment Tax Credit
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Investment Tax Credit Rules abolished in 1986 that allowed for a portion of fresh capital investment to be used to decrease a company's tax dues. … [Read more...]
Investment Trust
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Investment Trust A fund regulated under the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and listed on foreign and US exchanges. These are closed ended and a fixed number of shares are traded in secondary markets. Market price may be higher than NAV per share, thus the unit … [Read more...]
