- Industry: Financial services
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A measure of investors' faith in the economy and the securities market. A low or deteriorating level of confidence is considered by many technical analysts as a bearish sign.
Industry:Financial services
Current time to maturity on an outstanding debt instrument.
Industry:Financial services
A method of constructing a replicating portfolio in which the manager purchases a number of the most highly capitalized names in the stock index in proportion to their capitalization.
Industry:Financial services
Statement by an investment bank that it is highly confident that the financing for its client/acquirer's takeover can and will be obtained. Often used in risk arbitrage.
Industry:Financial services
The translation of all of a foreign subsidiary's current assets and liabilities into home currency at the current exchange rate while noncurrent assets and liabilities are translated at the historical exchange rate; that is, the rate in effect at the time the asset was acquired or the liability incurred.
Industry:Financial services
The rate of interest used to calculate the present value of a number of future payments.
Industry:Financial services
In risk analysis, the degree of assurance that a specified failure rate is not exceeded.
Industry:Financial services
The highest interest rate permissible on current Government National Mortgage Association, mortgage-backed securities.
Industry:Financial services
Also called financial leverage ratios, these ratios compare debt to total capitalization and thus reflect the extent to which a corporation is trading on its equity. Capitalization ratios can be interpreted only in the context of the stability of industry and company earnings and cash flow.
Industry:Financial services
Used for listed equity securities. "Go to the floor and check with the specialist or floor broker that my previously active order has been canceled and was not executed". One does not have to honor any trade reported after given a "firm out".
Industry:Financial services
