Dictionary of Financial Terms

Abnormal returns:Part of the return that is not due to systematic influences (market wide influences). In other words, abnormal returns are above those predicted by the market movement alone. Related: excess returns. Absolute priority :Rule in bankruptcy proceedings whereby senior creditors are required to be paid in full beforejunior creditors receive any payment.

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Reoffering yield In a purchase and sale, the yield to maturity at which the underwriter offers to sell the bonds to investors. Reopen an issue The Treasury, when it wants to sell additional securities, will occasionally sell more of an existing issue (reopen it) rather than offer a new issue. Reorganization Creating a plan to restructure a debtor's business and restore its financial health. Replacement cost Cost to replace a firm's assets. Replacement cycle The frequency with which an asset is replaced by an equivalent asset. Replacement value Current cost of replacing the firm's assets.

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Lag Payment of a financial obligation later than is expected or required, as in lead and lag. Also, the number of periods that an independent variable in a regression model is "held back" in order to predict the dependent variable. Lag response of prepayments There is typically a lag of about three months between the time the weighted average coupon of an MBS pool has crossed the threshold for refinancing and an acceleration in prepayment speed is observed. Lambda The ratio of a change in the option price to a small change in the option volatility. It is the partial derivative of...

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Future A term used to designate all contracts covering the sale of financial instruments or physical commodities for future delivery on a commodity exchange. Future investment opportunities The options to identify additional, more valuable investment opportunities in the future that result from a current opportunity or operation. Future value The amount of cash at a specified date in the future that is equivalent in value to a specified sum today.

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BANKING AND FINANCIAL TERMS

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The dictionary covers definition of business and financial terms.‭ ‬It is arranged alphabetically from A-Z. This is an invaluable tool for financial professionals, students and anyone interested in trying to make sense out of the newspaper headlines about chaos in the financial sector.

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