Financial Dictionary

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c

Capital adequacy ratio

Capital Budgeting

Capital Expenditure (CAPEX)

Capital gains distribution

Capital Gains Tax

Capital market imperfections

Capital recovery factor

Capital Requirements Directives

Capital Requirements Regulation 2013

Carhart four-factor model

Cascades in financial networks

Cascading failure

Cash conversion cycle

Cash flow hedge

Cash Management

Cash-flow return on investment (CFROI)

CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (BXM)

CC (credit rating)

CCC (credit rating)

CCC+ (credit rating)

CCC− (credit rating)

CEE Stock Exchange Group (CEESEG)

Center for Audit Quality (CAQ)

Central counterparty clearing

Central limit order book

Certified Risk Manager

Chepakovich valuation model

Chicago Board Options Exchange

Chicago Mercantile Exchange

China A50 index

China Concepts Stock

China Construction Bank Corporation

China Development Bank

Choice dividend

Choice dividend delivery

Choice dividend issue

CIBI Information, Inc

Clearing balance requirements

Clientele effect

Coherent risk measure

Collateralized debt obligation

Collateralized mortgage obligation

Collective action clause

Commercial mortgage-backed security

Commercial Paper

Committee of European Securities Regulators

Committee on Capital Markets Regulation

Commodity Market

Commodity product Markup Language

Common ordinary equity

Common stock dividends and DRIP

Compliance Officer

Composite Index

Compound Interest

Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review

Condition-related order

Confirmation Bias

Conglomerate merger

Conservative investing

Consistent pricing process

Consolidated Quotation System

Consolidated Tape System

Constant proportion portfolio insurance

Consumer credit risk

Consumer price index (CPI)

Contract consolidation

Contract For Difference (CFD)

Contract soulte (a type of cash settlement)

Control premium

Controlling (majority) shareholder

Convenience Yield

Convergence trade

Convertible arbitrage

Convertible issue

Cornering the market

Corporate Actions

Corporate Bonds

Correlation Coefficient

Cost accrual ratio

Counterparty Risk

Covered interest arbitrage

Credibility theory

Credit Agricole

Credit Default Swap

Credit Rating Agency

Credit Reference

Credit scorecards

Creditworthiness

Creeping tender offer

Crime Victims Fund

Cross border listings

Crossing network

Currency analytics

Currency Crisis

Currency Hedging

Current account and savings account (CASA) ratio

Current asset / Current accounts

Current Liabilities

CUSIP-linked MIP code

Custodial participant

Cyclical company

Cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings ratio

d

D (credit rating)

Death spiral financing

Debt-to-capital ratio

Debt-to-equity ratio

Debt-to-GDP ratio

Debt-to-income ratio

Debtor collection period

Deferred Revenue

Delist worthless

Dematerialization

Derivatives Market

Designation Scheme

Deutsche Börse

Digital Banking

Direct Investment

Direct market access

Direct participation program

Direct public offering

Directors' dealings

Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)

Discounted maximum loss

Distortion risk measure

Diversification

Dividend distribution tax

Dividend future

Dividend imputation

Dividend indices

Dividend payout ratio

Dividend Policy

Dividend puzzle

Dividend recapitalisation

Dividend reinvestment plan

Dividend rights issue

Dividend stripping

Dividends received deduction

Division 7A dividend

DJ New Zealand index

DJ Shanghai index

Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Dogs of the Dow

Domestic Market

Don't fight the tape

Dow Jones Asian Titans 50 Index

Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50

Dow Jones Industrial Average

Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index

Dragon King Theory

Dynamic risk measure

e

E Fund Management (Hong Kong) Co., Limited

Earnings before interest, taxes, and depreciation

Earnings guidance

Earnings Response Coefficient

East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act 1973

Economic Capital

Economic Value Added

Economies of Scale

Effective annual rate (EAR)

Effective gross income

Efficiency Ratio

Eisner v. Macomber

Electricity price area

Electronic communication network

Electronic trading

Emmanuel Lemelson

Emotional Trading

Endogenous risk

English auction

Enterprise Risk Management

Enterprise Value

Entropic risk measure

Entropic value at risk

Equation of exchange

Equity Capital Markets

Equity carve-out

Equity premium puzzle

Equity-linked note

Euro money market

Euro Stoxx 50 Index

European Market Infrastructure Regulation

European Securities and Markets Authority

European Systemic Risk Board

Event-driven investing

Exchange rate risk

Exchange traded note (ETN)

Exchange traded products (ETP)

Exercised option

Expectations hypothesis

Expected shortfall

Expiration Date

Expire dividend right

Exponential utility

Exposure factor

External Financing

Extreme value theory

f

Face value (par value, principal)

Failure to deliver

Fair Value Accounting

Fama–French three-factor model

Faroese Securities Market

Fat-finger error

Favourite-longshot bias

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Federal Reserve

Federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Film Musicians Secondary Markets Fund

Financial Adviser

Financial asset securitization investment trust

Financial astrology

Financial betting

Financial CHOICE Act

Financial condition report

Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission

Financial crisis of 2007–2008

Financial Information eXchange

Financial integration

Financial Market

Financial market participants

Financial Model

Financial Product (Instrument)

Financial quote

Financial Ratio

Financial Regulation

Financial Report

Financial result

Financial risk modelling

Financial services

Financial signal processing

Financial Stability Board

Financial Stability Oversight Council

Financial Statement

Financial Times Stock Exchange (Footsie)

First Chicago Method

Fixed-asset turnover

Food speculation

Foreign Exchange (Forex, FX)

Foreign exchange risk

Forward Contract

Fractional-reserve banking

FreeCreditScore.com

Fuel price risk management

Fundamental Analysis

Futures Contract

h

Hang Seng index

Hedging strategy

High street bank

High-yield stocks

Historical simulation

Holy grail distribution

Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Horizontal Merger

Hybrid security

j

k

m

Macroprudential regulation

Maintenance Margin

Margin of safety

Marginal Revenue

Mark to market accounting

Market clearing

Market Correction

Market distortion

Market microstructure

Market Portfolio

Market Saturation

Market Segmentation

Market value added

Medical underwriting

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

Minimum acceptable rate of return

Minimum Efficient Scale

Minority shareholder

Modern portfolio theory

Money Market Fund

Mortgage underwriting

Mortgage-Backed Securities

o

Open outcry system

Operating Leverage

Operating ratio

Operational Risk

Ordinary shares

Out of the money

Over-The-Counter (OTC)

Over/Under Trading

Overnight Fee (Premium)

p

P&L attribution

Participating preferred stock

Payment schedule

Performance attribution

Portfolio Diversification

Portfolio Investment

Portfolio Management

Portfolio margin

Position Trading

Potential future exposure

Precious metals

Preference Shares

Preferred dividends

Prepayment of loan

Prepayment of loan

Price action trading

Price discovery

Price/cash flow ratio

Price/sales ratio

Principal trade

Private Equity Fund

Probability of default

Profitability Index

Projected sales

Proprietary Trading

Proxy statement

q

Qualified institutional placement

s

S&P/ASX 200 index

Santa Claus rally

Savings account

Seasoned equity offering

Secondary Market

Securities market

Security agreement

Security Analysis

Security interest

Sensitivity Analysis

Sentiment Trading

Sentimental value

Settlement date

Shadow banking system

Shelf registration

SIX Swiss Exchange

Social dividend

Social return on investment

Socially responsible investing

Sovereign credit rating

Sovereign default

Sovereign Wealth Fund

Special Dividend

Speculative demand

Spread (Difference)

SSE Composite Index

Stable value fund

Standard & Poor's

Statistical arbitrage

Statutory liquidity ratio

Stock certificate

Stock market bubble

Stock market prediction

Stock transfer agent

Stock valuation

Structured Finance

Structured investment vehicle

Structured note

Structured Product

Subprime mortgage crisis

Subscription price

Sustainable growth rate

Swap Execution Facility

Swap transaction

Systematic trading

u

Uncovered interest arbitrage

Underlying Asset

Underwriting spread

Unlisted public company

Unsubordinated debt

Unsystematic Risk

v

Venture Capital

Venture capital trust

Vertical analysis

Vertical merger

Volatility risk

w

Wealth management

Working Capital

x

y

Yield to Maturity