- Industry: Financial services
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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 cheque with the specialist or floor broker that my previously active order has been cancelled and was not executed". One does not have to honour any trade reported after given a "firm out".
Industry:Financial services
The translation of all foreign currency balance sheet and income statement items at the current exchange rate.
Industry:Financial services
A table showing the capitalization of a firm, which typically includes the amount of capital obtained from each source - long-term debt and common equity - and the respective capitalization ratios.
Industry:Financial services
The written statement that follows any "trade" in the securities markets. Confirmation is issued immediately after a trade is executed. It spells out settlement date, terms, commission, etc.
Industry:Financial services
Indicator of short-term debt-paying ability. Determined by dividing current assets by current liabilities. The higher the ratio, the more liquid the company.
Industry:Financial services
Recorded in asset accounts and then depreciated or amortized, as is appropriate for expenditures for items with useful lives longer than one year.
Industry:Financial services
Bondholders and stockholders may have interests in a corporation that conflict. Sources of conflict include dividends, distortion of investment, and underinvestment. Protective covenants in bond documents work to resolve these conflicts.
Industry:Financial services
