Terms
The following are a series of finance industry terms and definitions that you may want to study if you plan to work in the fields of investment banking, hedge funds, private equity, wealth management, real estate investing, or capital raising.
- Sortino Ratio
- Sharpe Ratio
- R Squared
- Draw Down
- Appraisal Ratio
- Omega Ratio
- Treynor Ratio
- Zero Coupon Bonds
- Alpha
- Portable Alpha
- Active Premium
- Policy Effect
- What is a Hedge Fund?
- Hedge Fund Redemption Day Definition
- Prime Brokerage
- Hedge Fund Performance Fee
- Rehypothication Risks
- What is an Institutional Investment Consultant?
- Accredited Investor
- Asset Allocation Diversification
- Emerging Market Funds
- Hedge Fund Administrators
- Large Accredited Investors
- Futures and Commodities Market Definition
- Hedge Fund Investors
- Hedge Fund Research
- Diversified Investment Advisors
- Lamp Letter
- Maximum Draw Down
- Commodity Pool Operator
- Currency Futures
- Distressed Securities Investing Strategy
- Derivative Product or Instrument
- Convertible Arbitrage Hedge Fund
- Distressed Debt Securities
- Hedge Fund Widget
- Master-Feeder Fund Structure
- High Water Mark
- Multi-Family Offices
- Credit Default Swaps
- Agricultural Commodities
- Sovereign Wealth Funds
- Hedge Fund Redemptions
- Inception Date
- Hedge Fund Strategies
- Hedge Fund High Water Market
- Expert Networks
- What is Hedge funds?
- Capital Hurdle Rate Calculation
- General Partner
- Macro Investing
- Offshore Fund
- Net Asset Value (NAV)
- Fund Prime Broker
- Market Neutral Fund
- Fund of Funds Management
- Event Driven Hedge Fund Strategy
- Fund of Hedge Funds
- Active Management
- Kurtosis Distribution
- Jensen’s Alpha
- Active Portfolio Strategy
- Active Account
- Aggressive Portfolio
- Wire House
- Fundamental Analysis
- Fixed Income Arbitrage
- Emerging Markets Investments
- Compounded Monthly Return
- Closed Fund
- Bottom Up Investment Approach
- Warrant
- Stock Trading Volume
- Unlisted Securities
- Fund Transactions
- Trading Range
- Trader
- Trade Date
- Trade Terms
- Stock Tick
- Stop Limit Order
- Short Sale
- Separate Managed Accounts
- Trading Halt
- Stock Ticker
- Tick Indicator
- Stop Order
- Shares Spread
- Specialist Glossary
- Spot Rate
- Stock Short Position
- Long Short Position
- Settlement Price
- Settlement Date
- Stock Settlement
- Stock Exchange Seat
- Round Lot
- Stock or Bond Refunding
- Redemption Price
- Rebalancing Worksheet
- Realized Gain
- Real Time Share Prices
- Prices Range
- Stock Market Quotations
- Trade Programs
- Profit Taking
- Popular Offering Price
- The Trading Pit
- Common Stock Par Value
- Paper Profits
- Investment Opportunity Cost
- The Opening Bell
- Brokerage Operations
- Opening Price
- Fund Net Asset Value NAV
- Net Price Change
- Negotiable Security
- Stock Market Share Price
- National Association of Securities Dealers NASD
- Risk Free Rate of Return
- Riskless Arbitrage Investment Strategy
- Relative Value Arbitrage
- Regulation D Investment Strategy
- SEC Regulation D
- Redemption Fee
- Annual Rate of Return
- R Squared Value
- Qualified Purchaser
- Private Placement Program
- Private Equity Investment Fund
- Private Investment in Public Equities
- Net Asset Value (NAV)
- Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
- Merger Arbitrage Fund
- Master Feeder Hedge Fund
- Stock Market Timer
- Asset Management Fees
- Managed Futures Funds
- Long Short Strategy
- Lock Up Period
- Limited Partnership
- Leverage Ratio
- Investing Long
- Floor Trader
- Stock Liquidation Liquidity
- Trading Floor
- Fill or Kill Order
- Execute an Order
- Ex-Dividend Date
- Ex-dividend
- Security Downgrade
- Stock Dividend Yield
- Discretionary Account
- Discount Stock Price
- Stock Day Trading
- Securities Dealers
- CUSIP Service Bureau
- CUSIP Number
- Short Sell Cover
- Current Stock Price
- Convertible Security
- Securities Contract
- Trade Confirmation
- Stock Trading Commissions
- Stock Price Range
- Closing Stock Price
- Stock Churning
- The Close
- Buy On Opening
- Buy Order
- Buy On Margin
- Buy On Close
- Brokerage Fee
- Buy In
- Bid and Asked
- Security Bid Price
- Below Par Value
- Beta
- Average Monthly Return
- Beginning Market Value
- Convertible Arbitrage Investment
- Underlying Security
- Assets
- Assets Turnover
- Balance Sheet
- Budget
- Cash Flow
- Cashflow Statement
- Cost of Debt Ratio
- Cost of Sales
- Current Assets
- Current Ratio
- Current Liabilities
- Dividend
- Fixed Assets
- Fixed Cost
- Free on Board
- Gross Profit
- Initial Public Offering
- Letters of Credit
- Letters of Guarantee
- Liquidity Ratio
- Net Assets
- Net Present Value (NPV)
- Net Profit
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Model
- Income Statement
- Financial Statements
- Payback Period
- ROI
- Profit & Loss Account (P&L)
- Overhead
- Quick Ratio
- Restricted Funds
- Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
- Share Capital
- Shareholders’ Funds
- Variable Costs
- Working Capital
- Capital Budget
- Capital Assets
- Capital Expenditure
- Capital Market
- Capital Structure
- Cash Management
- Chart of Accounts
- Co-financing
- Consolidated Financial Payment
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Cost Analysis
- Cost Principle
- Cost Recovery
- Credit Risk
- Credit Union
- Debt Financing
- Debt Security
- Amortization
- Bank for International Settlements
- Bilateral Trade
- Fund
- Funds Flow
- Generally Accepted Accounting Practices
- Gross Margin
- Gross National Product
- Gross Sales
- Growth Rate
- Hidden Reserves
- Historical Cost
- Hyperinflation
- Idle Capacity
- Illiquid
- Imputed Cost
- Income Tax
- Incremental Cost
- Indirect Costs
- Insolvent
- Intangible Asset
- Interest Coverage Ratio
- Internal Audit
- Internal Auditor
- Intercompany Profit
- Internal Check
- Internal Rate of Return
- Inventory Turnover
- Invested Capital
- Junk Bonds
- Joint Venture
- Line of Credit
- Liquid Asset
- Liquidity
- Liquidation
- Listed Company
- Long-Term Asset
- Long-Term Debt
- Long-Term Liabilities
- Management Accounting
- Marginal Cost
- Market Value
- Market Failure
- Micro-Finance
- Minority Interest
- Money Market
- Net Income
- Operating Cost
- Operating Expenditures
- Operating Income
- Carryforward
- Note Payable
- Notes Receivable
- Professional Bodies
- Parent Company
- Pension Plan
- Rate of Return
- Real Price
- Return on Assets
- Return on Equity
- Risk Analysis
- Risk Contingency
- Salvage Value
- Securities Market
- Share Capital
- Share Premium
- Short-Term Debt
- Short-Term Liabilities
- Sinking Fund
- Sovereign Risk
- Stakeholders
- Supreme Audit Institution
- Swap
- Takeover
- Tangible Asset
- Turnover
- Valuation
- Value-at-Risk
- Value-Added
- Simple Interest
- Value-Added-Tax
- Working Capital
- Working Ratio
- Write-Off
- Yield
- Yield Curve
- Serial Bonds
- Selling Expenses
- Return on Net Worth
- Return on Sales
- Total Liabilities
- Turnover Ratio
- Accounting Cycle
- Accounting Controls
- Accelerated Depreciation
- Compound Interest
- Accounting Policies
- Accounting Period
- Full Disclosure
- Accrual Basis
- Accrued Expenses
- Accrued Liability
- Accrued Revenue
- Acquisition Cost
- Cash Dividends
- Classified Balance Sheet
- Adjusting Entries
- Aging Schedule
- Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts
- Annuity
- Antidilutive Securities
- Asset Impairment
- Arm’s Length Transaction
- Authorized Stock
- Bargain Purchase Option
- Change in Accounting Estimate
- Benchmark
- Bond Discount
- Callable Bond
- Callable Preferred Stocks
- Capital Stock
- Cash Basis Accounting
- Chart of Accounts
- Closing Entries
- Collateral
- Comparative Statements
- Completed-Contract Method
- Composite Depreciation
- Work in Process
- Contingent Asset
- Valuation
- Convertible Bonds
- Useful Life
- Venture Capital
- Deferred Revenue
- Derivative Instruments
- Donated Capital
- Donated Assets
- Efficient Market Hypothesis
- Equity Method
- Exchange Rate
- Face Rate Interest
- Fair Value
- FIFO Method
- Financial Leverage
- Financial News
- Financial Portals
- Fiscal Year
- Forecasted Transaction
- Internal Event
- Fund Accounting
- Internal Financing
- Gross Profit Margin
- Hedging Contract
- Imputed Interest Rate
- Hybrid Securities
- Installment Sales
- Interest Rate Risk
- Issued Stock
- Industry Practices
- Life Cycle
- Liquidating Dividend
- Impairment
- Monetary Liabilities
- Monetary Unit
- Negative Goodwill
- Merger
- Neutrality
- Off-Balance-Sheet Financing
- Operating Cycle
- Pooling of Interest
- Post Balance Sheet Event
- Privatization
- Pro-Forma Amount
- Promissory Note
- Proportionate Consolidation
- Proxy Statement
- Public Company
- Put Option
- Ratio Analysis
- Real Account
- Residual Value
- Retail Inventory Method
- Secured Loan
- Service Life
- Simple Capital
- Social Accounting
- Special Journals
- Trademark
- Tax Benefit
- Time Value of Money
- Trial Balance
