- Industry: Financial services
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The makeup of the liabilities and stockholders' equity side of the balance sheet, especially the ratio of debt to equity and the mixture of short and long maturities.
Industry:Financial services
Similar to equipment trust certificates, except that the lender is either the equipment manufacturer or a bank or finance company to which the manufacturer has sold the conditional sales contract.
Industry:Financial services
In Treasury securities, the most recently auctioned issue. Trading is more active in current issues than in off-the-run issues.
Industry:Financial services
Amounts of directly contributed equity capital in excess of the par value.
Industry:Financial services
Applies to derivative products. Option strategy consisting of both puts and calls at different strike prices to capitalize on a narrow range of volatility. The payoff diagram takes the shape of a bird.
Industry:Financial services
Amount owed for salaries, interest, accounts payable and other debts due within 1 year.
Industry:Financial services
Calculated by dividing annual sales by average stockholder equity (net worth). The ratio indicates how much a company could grow its current capital investment level. Low capital turnover generally corresponds to high profit margins.
Industry:Financial services
A theory that because investment companies are merely conduits for capital gains, dividends, and interest, which are in fact passed through to shareholders, the investment company should not be taxed at the corporate level.
Industry:Financial services
The value of a client's portfolio at today's market price, as listed in a brokerage statement.
Industry:Financial services
