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
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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
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Financial Leverage Ratios Refer: capitalization ratios. A ratio that evaluates the company’s leverage. … [Read more...]
Financial Literacy
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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
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Financial Market A platform or institutional composition where financial assets are created or traded. … [Read more...]
Financial Objectives
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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
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Financial Plan A plan that outlines the future of the company with respect to financial aspects. … [Read more...]
Financial Planning
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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
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Financial Press Media section that is engaged in reporting news pertaining to finance and related matters. … [Read more...]
Financial Privacy
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Firm -A company -An order to purchase or sell, to be executed over a specified period without awaiting further confirmation. … [Read more...]
Firm Commitment Underwriting
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Firm Commitment Underwriting Underwriting wherein there is a commitment by an investment banker to purchase the complete issue. For all unsold shares, the banker undertakes complete financial responsibility. … [Read more...]
Firm Order
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Firm Order - A market instruction for a brokerage's proprietary account to sell/ buy a security. The trader needs to be authorized by the brokerage in order to execute the transaction. -Buy or sell orders executed by brokers for their clients' accounts. The customer's confirmation … [Read more...]
Firm’s Net Value of Debt
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Firm's Net Value of Debt The total value of a firm less the total debt owed by it. … [Read more...]
Firm-Specific Risk
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Firm-Specific Risk Also termed: unsystematic risk, diversifiable risk. Risk that is unique to the firm. … [Read more...]
First Notice Day
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First Notice Day First day when intent to deliver notices for actual physical delivery of instruments or commodities is authorized. The day varies from contract to contract and exchange to exchange. … [Read more...]
First-Call
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First-Call Terminology used with CMOs. Denotes the beginning of a cash flow cycle during a time frame wherein positive flows are expected. … [Read more...]
