Anticipation An arrangement made so that customers paying earlier than the final date can deduct a normal interest rate. … [Read more...]
Antidilutive Effect
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Antidilutive Effect Outcome of an event or trade that enhances earnings per common share. For instance, by reducing the total number of outstanding shares. … [Read more...]
Appraisal Ratio
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Appraisal Ratio Alpha to residual standard deviation ratio. Or ratio of signal-to-noise in the forecast of an analyst. … [Read more...]
Appraisal Rights
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Appraisal Rights In event of merger, shareholder rights to demand fair price as determined objectively and independently, for their shares. … [Read more...]
Appropriation Request
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Appropriation Request Fund request for capital investment made formally. … [Read more...]
Arbitrage
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Arbitrage Purchase and sale of a security carried out simultaneously at different price levels in different markets giving rise to zero risk profits. Perfectly efficient markets hardly exist but where they do they offer zero arbitrage opportunities. … [Read more...]
Arbitrage-free Option-pricing Models
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Arbitrage-free Option-pricing Models Option-pricing models assuming varied volatilities over the yield curve. … [Read more...]
Arbitrageurs
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Arbitrageurs Investors looking for and using arbitrage opportunities to make gains. … [Read more...]
Arithmetic Average (Mean) Rate of Return
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Arithmetic Average (Mean) Rate of Return Arithmetic mean return. … [Read more...]
Arithmetic Mean
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Arithmetic Mean Also termed average or mean. The typical value of a number series represented in mathematical calculations. Calculated as the sum of the numbers of the series divided by number of separate number items there are in the series. … [Read more...]
Arithmetic Mean Return
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Arithmetic Mean Return Calculation of average of subperiod returns. Formula: Totaling of the subperiod returns/ number of subperiods in a time frame. … [Read more...]
Arm’s Length Market
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Arm's Length Market Market wherein transacting parties have no relationship other than that arising from the transaction itself. Most of United States exchanges are arm's length markets. … [Read more...]
Arm’s Length Price
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Arm's Length Price Price level where prospective buyer and unrelated seller are willing to conduct a trade. … [Read more...]
Articles of Incorporation
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Articles of Incorporation Document that establishes a corporation and its structure and people legally. … [Read more...]
Asian Option
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Asian Option Options that during their life term, base their value on that of the asset’s average price. … [Read more...]
Ask
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Ask Minimum possible price at which investor will sell a stock. The quoted offer at which stock can be purchased by an investor. … [Read more...]
Ask Price
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Ask Price Also termed offer price. Price quoted by dealer to make a sale. … [Read more...]
Ask Size
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Ask Size Number of shares being sold by a seller at the ask price quoted. … [Read more...]
Asset
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Asset Item or possession that can be traded in any exchange for a value. … [Read more...]
Asset/Equity Ratio
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Asset/Equity Ratio Total assets compared with stockholder equity represented as a ratio. … [Read more...]
