- Industry: Financial services
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An agreement in which one party agrees to pay the other at specific time periods if a specific stock market benchmark falls below a predetermined level.
Industry:Financial services
An investment consisting of a life insurance policy and a mutual fund. The insurance policy is paid by the collateral value of fund shares, give the investor the advantages of insurance protection with the growth potential of a mutual fund.
Industry:Financial services
Total assets divided by total common stockholders' equity; the total assets per dollar of stockholders' equity.
Industry:Financial services
Securities that give the holder the right (but not the obligation) to buy or sell a specified number of shares of stock, at a specified price for a certain (limited) time period. Typically one option equals 100 shares of stock.
Industry:Financial services
A Real Estate Investment Trust that assumes ownership status in the property it invests in enabling investors of the REIT to earn dividends on rental income from the property and appreciation in property resale. Antithesis of a Mortgage REIT.
Industry:Financial services
A swap in which the cash flows exchanged are based on the total return on some stock market index and an interest rate (either a fixed rate or floating rate). Related: Interest rate swap.
Industry:Financial services
The amount per year for some number of years that has a present value equal to a given amount.
Industry:Financial services
The annual annuity with the same value as the net present value of an investment project.
Industry:Financial services
Annuity with the same net present value as the company's proposed investment.
Industry:Financial services
