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Insurance Education - Investments
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Term
SECURITIES
Definition
investments that represent evidence of debt or ownership of the legal right to aquire or sell an ownership interest.
Term
PROPERTY
Definition
investments in real property or in tangible personal property.
Term
DIRECT INVESTMENT
Definition
Investment in which and investor directly aquires a claim on a security or property.
Term
INDIRECT INVESTMENT
Definition
An investment made ina portfolio or collection of securities or properties typically constructed to meet one or more investment goals. (Mutual Fund)
Term
DEBT
Definition
Funds lent in exchange for interest income and the promised repayment of the loan at a given future date.
Term
EQUITY
Definition
Ongoing ownership in a business or property.
Term
DERIVATIVE SECURITIES
Definition
securities that are structured to exhibit characteristics similar to those of an underlying security or asset and that derive their value from the underlying security or asset.
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SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
Definition
Investments that typically mature within one year.
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LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
Definition
Investments with maturities of longer than a year or with no maturity at all.
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FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Definition
debt, equity, and derivative securities of foreign-based companies.
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FINANCIAL MARKETS
Definition
Forums in which suppliers and demanders of funds make financial transactions.
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NET DEMANDERS OF FUNDS
Definition
Businesses, Government
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NET SUPPLIERS OF FUNDS
Definition
Individuals as a group
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INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS
Definition
Individuals who manage their own funds
Term
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
Definition
Investment professionals paid to manage other people's money.
Term
SHORT-TERM VEHICLES
Definition
incude savings instruments that usually have lives of 1 year or less (Deposit accounts, Series EE Savings Bonds, US T-Bills, CD's, Commercial paper, Banker's acceptances, Money market mutual funds.
Term
COMMON STOCK
Definition
equity investment that represents ownership in a corperation; each share represents a fractional ownership interest in the firm.
Term
FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES
Definition
Investment vehicles that offer a fixed periodic return. (Bonds)
Term
MUTUAL FUNDS
Definition
Companies that raise money from sale of shares and invest in and professionally manage a diversified portfolio of securities.
Term
DIVIDENDS
Definition
Periodic payments made by firms to their shareholders.
Term
CAPITAL GAINS
Definition
the amount by which teh sale price of an asset exceeds its original purchase price. (not taxed until realized)
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PREFERRED STOCK
Definition
ownership interest in a corporation; has stated dividend rate, payment of which is given preference over common stock dividends of the same firm.
Term
CONVERTIBLE SECURITY
Definition
A fixed-income obligation (bond or preffered stock) with a feature permitting conversion into a specified number of shares of common stock.
Term
MONEY MARKET MUTUAL FUNDS
Definition
Mutual funds that invest soley in short-term investment vehicles.
Term
OPTIONS
Definition
securities that give the investor an opportunity to sell or buy another security at a specified price over a given period of time. (Most often options are purchased in order to take advantage of an anticipated change in the price of common stock)
Term
FUTURES
Definition
legally binding obligations stipulating that the sellers of such contracts will make delivery and the buyers of the contracts will take delivery of a specified commodity or fiancial instrument at some specific date, at a price agreed on at the time the contract is sold.
Term
REAL ESTATE
Definition
Entities such as residential homes, raw land, and income property. )the appeal is the potential returns in teh form of rental income, tax write-offs, and capital gains)
Term
TANGIBLES
Definition
invesment assets, other than real estate, that can be seen or touched. (gold, medals, collectibles, etc)
Term
CAPITAL GAINS TAX RATE
Definition
15% if asset is held for more than 12 months. (If you are above the 15% tax bracket which makes it 5%) If held for less than 12 months amount is added to other income and taxed at the rate appropriate for your total income (including the gains)
Term
NET LOSSES
Definition
the amount by which capital losses exceed capital gains, up to $3000 of net losses can be applied against ordinary income in any year.
Term
INTEREST ON DISCOUNT BASIS
Definition
The security is puchased at a price below its redemption value and the difference is the interest earned. (T-Bills are an example)
Term
INTEREST ON DISCOUNT BASIS
Definition
The security is puchased at a price below its redemption value and the difference is the interest earned. (T-Bills are an example)
Term
INTEREST ON DISCOUNT BASIS
Definition
The security is puchased at a price below its redemption value and the difference is the interest earned. (T-Bills are an example)
Term
LOSS OF POTENTIAL PURCHASING POWER
Definition
occurs when the rate of return on investments fall short of inflation rate. (Short term investments)
Term
RISK OF DEFAULT
Definition
Risk of non-payment. (non-existent in short term vehicles)
Term
PASSBOOK SAVINGS ACCOUNT
Definition
savings account offered by banks that generally pays a low rate of interest and has no minimum balance. (normal savings account)
Term
NEGOTIATED ORDER OF WITHDRAWAL (NOW)
Definition
a bank checking account that pays interest, has no legal minimum balance, bumany banks impose their own.
Term
MONEY MARKET DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS
Definition
a bank deposit account with limited check writing privledges, has no legal minimum balance but many banks impose their own
Term
ASSET MANAGMENT ACCOUNT
Definition
a comprehensive deposit account that combines, checking, investing, and borrowing activities,. It automatically sweeps excess balances into short term investments and borrows to meet shortages.
Term
SERIES EE SAVINGS BOND
Definition
savings bonds issued by the US Treasury and sold at banks and through payroll deduction plans, in varying denominations at 50% of face value, pay a variable rate of interest tied to US treasury security market yields and calculated every six months in May and November.
Term
ACCRUAL-TYPE SECURITIES
Definition
securities for which interest is paid when the bond is cashed, on or before the maturity, rather than periodically over the life of the bond.
Term
US TREASURY BILLS (T-BILLS)
Definition
obligations of the US Treasury, sold on a discount basis, and having carying short term maturities, regarded as the safest of all investments. (CAn be purchased directly or indirectly) (3 and 6 month maturities and in $1000 dollar denominations.)
Term
CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT (CDs)
Definition
savings instruments in which funds must remain on depisot for a specified period, withdrawals prior to maturity incur interest penalties. (7 days to a year or more)
Term
COMMERCIAL PAPER
Definition
Short-term, unsecured promissory notes(IOU's) issued by a corporations with very high credit standings. (sold in multiples of $100,000s, a few days up to 270 to avoid SEC registration)
Term
BANKER'S ACCEPTANCES
Definition
short-term, low-risk investment vehicles arising from bank guarentees of business transactions, are sold at a discount from tehir face value and generally provide yields slightly below those of CD's and commercial paper. (Domestic banks agree to pay for imports and are reimbursed by foreign exporter's bank)
Term
Money Market
Definition
Focuses on the purchase and sale of short-term securities
Term
CAPITAL MARKET
Definition
transactions involving long-term securities such as stocks and bonds
Term
PRIMARY MARKET
Definition
The Market in which new issues of securities are sold to the public
Term
INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING (IPO)
Definition
the first public sale of a company's new stock. (Also sells new securities for companies that already exist *seasoned new issue)
Term
PUBLIC OFFERING
Definition
the sale of a firm's securities to the general public.
Term
RIGHTS OFFERING
Definition
an offer of new shares of stock to existing stockholders on a pro rata basis.
Term
PRIVATE PLACEMENT
Definition
the sale of new securities directly to the selected group of investors, without SEC regulation.
Term
RED HERRING
Definition
A preliminary prospectus made available to prospective investors during the waiting period beween the registration statement's filing with the SEC and its approval.
Term
INVESTMENT BANKER
Definition
Financial intermmediary that specializes in selling new security issues and advising firms with regard to major financial transactions.
Term
UNDERWRITING
Definition
the role of the investment banker in bearing the risk of reselling, at a profit,the securities purchased from an issuing company at an agreed on price.
Term
UNDERWRITING SYNDICATE
Definition
a group formed by an investment banker to share the financial risk associated with underwriting new securities.
Term
SELLING GROUP
Definition
a large number of brokerage firms that join the originating investment banker(s), each accepts respsonsibility for selling a certain portion of a new security.
Term
CHURNING
Definition
an illegal and unethical practice engaged in by a broker to increase commissions by causing excessive trading of clients' accounts.
Term
CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT
Definition
The brokerage account of a minor, requires a parent or guardian to be part of all transactions.
Term
CASH ACCOUNT
Definition
a brokerage account in which a customer can make only cash transactions.
Term
MARGIN ACCOUNT
Definition
brokerage account in which the customer has been extended borrowing priveledges by the brokerage firm.
Term
WRAP ACCOUNT
Definition
a brokerage account in which the customers with large portfolios pay a flat annual fee that covers the cost of a money manager's services and the commissions on all trades.
Term
ODD LOT
Definition
less than 100 shares of stock
Term
ROUND LOT
Definition
100-share units of stock or multiples thereof.
Term
MARKET ORDER
Definition
An order to buy or sell stock at the best price available when the order is placed.
Term
LIMIT ORDER
Definition
an order to buy at or below a specified price or to sell at or above a specified price.
Term
STOP-LOSS ORDER
Definition
an order to sell a stock when its market price reaches or drops below a specified level, can also be used to buy stock when its market price reaches or rises above a specified level.
Term
DAY TRADER
Definition
an investor who buys and sells stocks quickly throughout the day in hopes of making quick profits.
Term
FIXED-COMISSION SCHEDULES
Definition
fixed brokerage commissions that typically apply to the small transactions usually made by individual investors.
Term
NEGOTIATED COMMISSIONS
Definition
Brokerage commissions agreed to by tyhe client and the broker as a result of their negotiations typically apply on large insitutional transactions and to individual investors who maintain large accounts.
Term
SECURITIES INVESTOR PROTECTION CORPORATION
Definition
a nonprofit memebership corporation authorized by the federal government, that insures each brokerage customer's acccount for up to $500,000 with claims for cash limited to $100,000 per customer.
Term
MEDIATION
Definition
an informal, voluntary dispute resolution process in which a customer and a broker agree to a mediator, who facilitates negotiations between them to resolve the case.
Term
ARBITRATION
Definition
a formal dispute resolution process in which a customer and a broker present their agument before a panel, which then decides the case.
Term
THIRD MARKET
Definition
Consists of over-the-counter transactions made in securities listed on teh NYSE or AMEX, or one of the other organized exchanges. It allows large institutional investros to make large transactions at a reduced clost. These transactions are typically handled by firms or dealers that are not members of an organized securities exchange.
Term
SECONDARY MARKET
Definition
The market in which securities are traded after they have been issued. They include various organized securities exchanges and over-the-counter market.
Term
THE FOURTH MARKET
Definition
consists of transactions made directly between large institutional buyers and sellecrs of securities. Transactions bypass the dealer.
Term
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT of 1940
Definition
Protects purchasers of investment company shares. Establisehd rules and regulations for investment companies and formally authorized the SEC to regulate tehir practices and procedures. It required investment companies to register with the SEC and fullfill certain discolure. Investment company (Mutual fund)
Term
SECURITIES ACTS AMDENDMENTS OF 1975
Definition
required the SEC and the securities industry to develop a competitive national system for trading securities. The SEC abolished fized commission schedules, thereby providing for negotiated commissions.
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THE INVESTMENT ADVISERS ACT of 1940
Definition
To protect investors against potential abuses by investment advisers - persons hired by investors to advise them about security investments. It requires the advisors disclose all relevant info about their backgrounds, conflicts of interestst.
Term
THE MALONEY ACT of 1938
Definition
An amendment to Securities Exchange Act of 1934, established trade associations to self-regulate teh secutities industry. Trade association NASD (National Association of Securities Dealers)
Term
MARGIN CALL
Definition
When an insufficient amount of maintenance margin exists, they recieve notice that gives them a short period of time (72 hours) to bring the equity up to the initial margin. If this doesn't happen the broker is authorized to sell enouhg of the investor's margined holdings to bring the equity in the account up to this standard.
Term
A RESTICTED ACCONT
Definition
one who'se equity is less than the inital margin requirement.
Term
DEBIT BALANCE
Definition
the amount of money borroed in a margin loan.
Term
SHORT SELLING
Definition
generally defined as the practice of selling borrowed securities. Investors primarily short sell to seek speculative profits when they expect the price of a security to drop. Betting against the market.
Term
DESCRIPTIVE INVESTMENT INFO
Definition
Presents factual data on past behavior of the economy, the market, the company, the industry or a given investment vehicle.
Term
ANALYTICAL INFORMATION
Definition
Presents available current data in conjunction with recommendations about potential investments.
Term
THE FAIR DISCLOSURE RULE
Definition
requires senior execs to disclose critical info such as earnings forecasts and news of mergers and new products simultaneously to investment professionals and the public via press releases or SEC filings.
Term
INSIDER TRADING
Definition
The illegal use of nonpublic info about a company to make profitable securities transactions.
Term
AMEX Composite index
Definition
reflects price of all shares traded on the American Stock Exchange.
Term
WILLSHIRE 5000 Index
Definition
represents the total dollar value of 5000 actively traded stocks including all those on the NYSE and AMEX in addition to OTC Stocks.
Term
SECURITIES PROTECTION ACT OF 1970
Definition
authorized the Securities Investor Protection Corporation
Term
CURRENT INCOME
Definition
Cash or near cash that is periodically recieved as as result of owning an investment (Interest, dividends, etc)
Term
TOTAL RETURN
Definition
sum of current income and capital gain (or loss) earned over a period of time
Term
Simple interest
Definition
interest paid only on the initial deposit for the amount of time it is held.
Term
True rate of interest (return)
Definition
the actual rate of interest earned.
Term
FUTURE VALUE
Definition
The amount to which a current deposit will grow over a period of time when it is placed in an account paying comound interest.
Term
ANNUITY
Definition
a stream of equal cash flows that occur at equal intervals over time.
Term
ORDINARY ANNUITY
Definition
An annuity for which the cash flow occurs at the end of each period.
Term
PRESENT VALUE
Definition
The value today of a sum to be recieved at some future date, the inverse of future value.
Term
DISCOUNT RATE
Definition
THe annual rate of return that could be earned currently on a similar investment, used when finding present value aka opportunity cost.
Term
MIXED STREAM
Definition
a stream of returns that unlike an annuity exhibits no special pattern
Term
SATISFACTORY INVESTMENT
Definition
An investment whose present value of benefits (discounted at the appropriate rate) equals or exceeds the present value of its costs.
Term
REQUIRED RETURN
Definition
the rate of return an investor must earn on an investment to be fully compensated for its risk.
Term
REAL RATE OF RETURN
Definition
teh rate of return tha could be earned in a perfect world where all outcomes are known and certain - where there was no risk.
Term
EXPECTED INFLATION PREMIUM
Definition
the averagae rate of inflation expected in the future.
Term
RISK-FREE RATE
Definition
the rate of return that can be earned on a risk free investment, the sum of the real rate of return and the expected inflation premium.
Term
RISK PREMIUM
Definition
a return premium that reflects the issue and issuer characteristics associated with a given investment vehicle.
Term
YIELD
Definition
the compound annual rate of return earned by a long-term investment, the discount rate that produces a present value of the investment's benefits that just equals its cost.
Term
FULLY COMPOUNDED RATE OF RETURN
Definition
the rate of return that includes interest earned on interest.
Term
RATE OF GROWTH
Definition
The compound annual rate of change in the value of a stream of income.
Term
RISK
Definition
The chance that the actual return from an investment may differ from what is expected.
Term
RISK-RETURN TRADEOFF
Definition
the relationship between risk and return, in which investments with more risk should provide higher returns, and vice versa.
Term
BUSINESS RISK
Definition
the degree of uncertainty associated with an investment's earnings and the investment's ability to pay the returns owed investors.
Term
FINANCIAL RISK
Definition
the degree of uncertainty of payment attributable to the mix of debt and equity used to finance a business, the larger the proportion of debt financing, the greater the risk.
Term
PURCHASING POWER RISK
Definition
The chance that inflation or deflation will adversely affect investment returns.
Term
INTEREST RATE RISK
Definition
the chance that changes in interest rates will adversely affect a security's value.
Term
MARKET RISK
Definition
risk odf decline in investment returns because of market factors independent of the given investment.
Term
EVENT RISK
Definition
risk that comes from an unexpected event that has a significant and usually immediate effect on the underlying value of an investment.
Term
STANDARD DEVIATION (S)
Definition
a statistic used to measure the variation of returns around an asset's average or expected return.
Term
COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION (CV)
Definition
a statistic used to measure the relative dispersion of an asset's returns, it is useful in comapris the risk of assets with differing average or expected incomes.
Term
COEFFICEINT OF VARIATION EQUATION
Definition
Standard deviation/average or expected returns
Term
perfectly positively correlated
Definition
describes two positively correlated series that have a correlation coeffecient of +1
Term
diversifiable risk
Definition
(unsystematic) risk- the portion of an investments risk that results from uncontrollable or random events hat are firm-specific, can be elimated through diversification.
Term
nondiversifiable risk (Systematic)
Definition
the inescapable prtion of an investment's risk attributable to forces that affect all investments and therefore are not unique to a given vehicle.
Term
Total risk
Definition
the sum of an investment's nondiversifiable risk and no diversifiable risk.
Term
Beta
Definition
a measure of nondiversifiable ror market risk that indicates how the price of a security responds to market forces.
Term
market return
Definition
the average return on all stocks.
Term
Capital Asset Pricing Model CAPM
Definition
model that formally links the notions of risk and return, it uses beta, the risk free rate, and the market return to help investors define the required return on an investment.
Term
Secrurity Market Line SML
Definition
the graphical depiction of CAPM. Reflects the investor's requred return for each level f nondiversifiable risk, measured by beta.
Term
Efficeient frontier
Definition
the leftmost boundary of the feasible set of portfolios - that includes all efficient portfolios - those providing the best attaiblable tradeoff between ris and return.
Term
relevlant risk
Definition
risk that is nondiversifiable.
Term
Fixed-weightings aproach
Definition
asset allocation plan in which a fixed percentage of the portfolio is allocated to each asset category.
Term
FLexible-weightings approach
Definition
asset allocation plan in whih th weights for each asset category are adjusted periodically based on market analysis.
Term
Tactical asset allocation
Definition
asset allocation plan that uses stock indext futures and bond futures to change a portfolios allocation based on market behavior.
Term
asset allocation fund
Definition
a mutual fund that seeks to reduce the variability of retrns by investing in the right assets at the right time.
Term
Residual owners
Definition
owners/stockholders of a firm who are entitiled to divident income and a prorated share of the firms earnings only after the firms other obligations have been met.
Term
relevlant risk
Definition
risk that is nondiversifiable.
Term
Risk-free rate Rf
Definition
the reutn an investor can earn on a risk free investment such as US Tbills or ansured money market acct.
Term
Stock spin-off
Definition
conversion of one of a firms subsidiaries to a standalone company by distribution of a stock in the new company to existing shareholders.
Term
Stock split
Definition
a maneuver in which a company increases thenumber of sharesotstanding by exchanging a specified number of new shares of stock for each outstanding share.
Term
Treasury stock
Definition
shares of stock that have been sold and subsequently repurchased by teh issuing firm.
Term
classified common stock
Definition
common stock issued by a company in different classes each of which offers different privledges and benefits to its holders.
Term
book value
Definition
the amount o stockholder equity in a firm, equals teh amount of the firms assets minus the firms liabilities and preferred stock.
Term
market value
Definition
teh prevailing market price of a security
Term
investment value
Definition
the amount that investors beliee a security should be trading for or what they think its worth.
Term
date of record
Definition
the date on which and investor must be a registered shareholder of a firm to be entitled to recieve dividends.
Term
payment date
Definition
thea ctual date on which the company will mail divident checks to shareholders (payable date)
Term
ex-dividend date
Definition
three days before the date of record.
Term
cyclical stocks
Definition
stocks hose earnings and overall market perofrmance are closely linked to the general state of the economy.
Term
defensive stocks
Definition
stocks that tend to hold their own and even do well when the economy starts to falter.
Term
CURRENT RATIO
Definition
Current Assets/Current Liabilities
Term
NET WORKING CAPITAL
Definition
Current assets - current liabilities
Term
ACCOUNTS RECIEVABLE TURNOVER
Definition
ANNUAL SALES/ACCOUNTS RECIEVABLE
Term
INVENTORY TURNOVER
Definition
ANNUAL SALES/INVENTORY
Term
TOTAL ASSET TURNOVER
Definition
Annual Sales/Total Assets
Term
Risk Free Rate (RF)
Definition
Real rate of return + expected inflation
Term
CAPM
Definition
Risk Free + [Beta x (Market Return - Rf]
Term
Earnings Per Share EPS
Definition
Net Profit -perferred dividends
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# of shares
Term
Co-efficient of variation
Definition
Standard Deviation/Average or expected return
Term
DEBT EQUITY RATIO
Definition
Long-term debt/Stockholder equity
Term
Time Interest Earned
Definition
Earnings before interest and taxes/
interest expense
Term
NET PROFT MARGIN
Definition
Net profit after tax/Total Revenue
Term
RETURN OF ASSETS (ROA)
Definition
Net Profit/Total Assets or Net Profit Margin x Total Asset turnover
Term
RETURN ON EQUITY
Definition
Net Profit/Stockholder's equity
Term
STOCK PRICE EARNINGS RATIO
Definition
Market Price/EPS
Term
PEG RATIO
Definition
Financial ratio that relates a stock's price/earnings multiple to the company's rateo f grown in earnings
PEG Ratio = Stock's PE Ratio/3-4 year growth rate
Term
DIVIDEND PER SHARE
Definition
Dividends paid annually/number of shares oustanding
Term
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO
Definition
Dividends per share/earnings per share
Term
BOOK VALUE per share
Definition
Common Stockholders equity/# of shares
Term
PRICE to book value
Definition
MARKET PRICE of common stock/Book Value per share
Term
PERFORMANCE 0 EARININGS RATIO (PE)
Definition
Market price of common stock/EPS
Term
Average market multiple
Definition
Average PE for entire market
Term
Relative P/E multiple
Definition
Specific stock PE/Market multiple (PE)
Term
EPS
Definition
ROE x Book value per share
Term
Estimated dividends in future
Definition
Estimated EPS x Estimated payout ratio
Term
Estimated share price in future
Definition
Estimated EPS x estimated P/E ratio
Term
P/E APPROACH
Definition
stock price = EPS x P/E
Term
BURN RATE
Definition
THe rate at which the firm is using up its supply of cash over time.
Term
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Definition
The stufy of various forces at work in the marketplace and their effect on stock prices.
Term
BREADTH OF THE MARKET
Definition
the difference between the number of stocks advancing and number declining.
Term
MARKET VOLUME
Definition
Amount of market activity, good if market is on the rise, bad if it is falling.
Term
WEAK FORM OF EMH
Definition
Holds that past data on stock prices are no use in predicting the future.
Term
Semi-Strong EMH
Definition
Form of EMH Holding that abnormally large profits cannot be consistently earned using publically available information.
Term
STRONG Form EMH
Definition
form of the EMH that holds that there is no information public or pricate that allows investors to earn abnormal profits consistently.
Term
Senior Bonds
Definition
Secured debt obligations backed by a legal claim on specific propery of the issuer.
Term
Mortgage bonds
Definition
Senior bonds secured by real estate
Term
Collateral Trust bonds
Definition
senior bonds backed by securities owned by the issuer but held in trust by a third party.
Term
first and refunding bonds
Definition
bonds secured in part with both first and second mortgages.
Term
junior bonds
Definition
Debt obligations backed only by the promise of the issuer to pay interest and principal in a timely fashion.
Term
debenture
Definition
another name or type of junior bond.
Term
subordinated debentures
Definition
unsecured bonds whose claim is secondary to other debentures.
Term
income bonds
Definition
unsecured bonds requiring that interest be paid only after a sepcified amount of income is earned.
Term
Premium Bond
Definition
A bond with a market value in excess of par (Intereest rate drop below coupon rate)
Term
Discount Bond
Definition
a bond with a market value lowe than par (Interest rates greater than coupon)
Term
Treasury Notes
Definition
US Treasury Debt securities that are issued with maturities of 2-10 yeasr or less.
Term
Treasury Bonds
Definition
Debt securities by US Treasury with 30 year maturity.
Term
Treasury inflation indexed obligations
Definition
a type of treasury security that provides protection against inflation by adjusting investor returns for the anuual rate of inflation.
Term
AGENCY Bonds
Definition
deby securities issued by various agencies and organizations of teh US govt.
Term
Municipal Bonds
Definition
Municipal bonds are issued of states, counties, cities, and other poltical subdivisions.
Term
General Obligation Bonds
Definition
Municipal bonds backed by the full faith, credit, and taxing power of the issuer.
Term
Revenue Bonds
Definition
Municipal bonds that require payment of principal and interest only if sufficient revenue is generated by the issuer.
Term
Municipal Bond Guarentees
Definition
guarentees from a party other than the issuer that principal and interest paymemnts will be made in a prompt and timely manner.
Term
Taxable equivalent yield
Definition
the return a fully taxable bond would haev to provide to marth the after-tax return of a lower-yielding tax-free municipal bond. yield of municipal bond/1-federal tax rates.
Term
Mortgage backed bonds
Definition
a debit issue secured by a pool of home mortgages.
Term
JUNK BONDS
Definition
are highly speculative securities that have recv'd low investment grade ratings. Produce high yields.
Term
PIK-Bonds
Definition
a payment-in-kind junk bond that gives the issuer the right to make annual interest payments in new bonds rather than in cash.
Term
Current Yield
Definition
Measure of the annual interest income a bond provides relative to its current market price.
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