- Industry: Financial services
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The book-to-bill ratio is the ratio of orders taken (booked) to products shipped and bills sent (billed). The ratio measures whether the company has more orders than it can deliver (>1), equal amounts (=1), or less (<1). This ratio is of significant interest to investors/ traders in the high-technology sector.
Industry:Financial services
A company's total assets minus intangible assets and liabilities, such as debt. A company's book value might be higher or lower than its market value.
Industry:Financial services
The ratio of stockholder equity to the average number of common shares. Book value per share should not be thought of as an indicator of economic worth, since it reflects accounting valuation (and not necessarily market valuation).
Industry:Financial services
System in which securities are not represented by paper certificates but are maintained in computerised records at the Fed in the names of member banks, which in turn keep computer records of the securities they own as well as those they are holding for customers. In the case of other securities where a book-entry has developed, certificates reside in a central clearinghouse or by another agent. These securities do not move from holder to holder.
Industry:Financial services
Term used to describe the start-up of a company with very little capital.
Industry:Financial services
Creating a theoretical spot rate curve using one yield projection as the basis for the yield of the next maturity.
Industry:Financial services
To obtain or receive money on loan with the promise or understanding that it will be repaid.
Industry:Financial services
Funds borrowed from a Federal Reserve Bank by member banks to maintain the required reserve ratios.
Industry:Financial services
In the mortgage pipeline, the risk that prospective borrowers of loans committed to be closed will elect to withdraw from the contract.
Industry:Financial services
Refers to the base support level for market prices of any type. Also used in the context of securities to refer to the lowest market price of a security during a specific time-frame.
Industry:Financial services
