Glossary of financial terms
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A
- Accounting Rate of Return (ARR)
- Accounting Standard
- Accounting Standard
- Accounts Payable (AP)
- Accounts Payable Turnover Ratio
- Accounts Receivable (AR)
- Accumulated Depreciation
- Accumulated Depreciation
- Adverse Selection
- Alpha
- Amortization
- Angel Investor
- Annual Percentage Rate (APR)
- Annuity
- Arm’s length transaction
- Asset
- Asset
- Asset Coverage Ratio
- Asset Turnover Ratio
- Auditor's Opinion
- Auditor’s Opinion
- Average Age of Inventory
- Average Annual Growth Rate (AAGR)
- Average Annual Return
- Average Collection Period
- Average Cost Method/Weighted Cost Method
B
C
- Call Option
- Capital
- Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
- Capital Expenditure (CapEx)
- Capital Gain
- Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC)
- Cash Flow Statement
- Cash Ratio
- Central Bank
- Collateral
- Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR)
- Compound Interest
- Contingent Asset
- Contingent Asset
- Contingent Liability
- Contribution Margin
- Convertible Bond
- Correlation Coefficient
- Cost of Capital
- Cost of Debt
- Cost of Equity
- Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)
- Coupon Rate
- Credit Risk
- Cryptocurrency
- Cryptocurrency Mining
- Current Account Deficit/Surplus
- Current Ratio
- Current Yield
D
- Days Payable Outstanding (DPO)
- Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)
- Debenture
- Debt to Capital Ratio
- Debt to EBITDA Ratio
- Debt to Equity Ratio
- Deflation
- Degree of Total Leverage
- Denomination
- Deposit
- Depreciation
- Derivative
- Devaluation
- Digital Money
- Direct Cost
- Discount Bond
- Discount Rate
- Discounting
- Diversification
- Dividend
- Dividend Yield
- Domicile
- Double Entry
- Double Taxation
- Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)
- Down Payment
- Due Diligence
- Dumping
- Duration
E
- Earned Premium
- Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT)
- Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA)
- Earnings Before Taxes (EBT)
- Earnings Per Share (EPS)
- EBITDA Margin
- Economies of Scale
- Economies of Scope
- Effective interest rate
- Efficiency
- Equity
- Estate
- Estate Tax / Property Tax
- Eurobond
- Exchange rate
- Excise Tax
F
- Face Value
- Fair Value
- Feasibility Study
- Fiat Money
- Financial Asset
- Financial Guarantee
- Financial Markets
- Financial Modeling
- Financial Statements
- First In, First Out (FIFO)
- Fixed Asset
- Fixed Asset Turnover Ratio
- Fixed Cost
- Fixed Exchange Rate
- Fixed Income Securities
- Flat Tax
- Floating Exchange Rate
- Force Majeure
- Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
- Foreign Exchange (Forex)
- Forward Contract
- Franchise
- Free Cash Flow (FCF)
- Futures Contract
G
I
- Impairment
- Incoterms
- Incremental Cash Flow
- Incremental cost of capital
- Inflation
- Initial Public Offering (IPO)
- Insider Trading
- Insurance Premium
- Intangible Asset
- Interest
- Interest Coverage Ratio
- Interest Rate
- Interest Rate Risk
- Internal Rate of Return
- Inventory
- Inventory Turnover
- Investment
- Investment Bank
- Investment Fund
- Investment Time Horizon
L
M
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P
- Paid-In Capital
- Payment-in-Kind (PIK)
- Payroll
- Payroll Tax
- Perceived Value
- Perpetuity
- Personal Guarantee
- Portfolio Management
- Preferred Stock
- Premium Bond
- Prepayment
- Price Elasticity
- Price Indices (CPI/PPI)
- Prime Cost
- Principal
- Prisoners Dilemma
- Pro Forma
- Production Costs
- Profit
- Profit and Loss Statement (P&L)
- Profit Margin
- Progressive Tax
- Property, Plant, and Equipment (PP&E)
- Pump and Dump
- Purchases
- Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
- Pure Risk
- Put Option
- Pyramid Scheme/Ponzi Scheme
R
- Rate of Return (RoR)
- Real Interest Rate
- Real Option
- Real Rate of Return
- Regressive Tax
- Reinvestment Rate
- Reinvestment Risk
- Related-Party Transaction
- Remittance
- Required Rate of Return (RRR)
- Research and Development (R&D)
- Reserve Ratio
- Restricted Cash
- Restructuring
- Retained Earnings
- Retention Ratio
- Return on Assets (ROA)
- Return On Average Equity
- Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
- Return on Investment (ROI)
- Return On Net Assets
- Return on Revenue (ROR)
- Return on Risk-Adjusted Capital (RORAC)
- Revaluation
- Revaluation Reserve
- Risk Premium
- Risk-Free Asset
- Risk-Free Rate of Return
- Risk-Weighted Assets
