Category: F

A regular paying job for a person working 35 to 40 hours each week, every week. Refer to salaried work.

Evaluation of the detail workings of a function and its potential or actual results. A problem-solving method. Functional decomposition down to code occurs to reach the level needed to solve identified issues.

Organizational plan for functional areas such as human resources, marketing, R&D, MIS. Other corporate and business strategies are supported by each org plan, customized to its sector and industry.

Bond issuers retire outstanding bonds, especially high-coupon issues, using one annual sinking fund requirement. A repeatable, advantageous method.

Trading market for buying and selling commodities and future delivery contracts. Provides a place for hedging and speculating, complementary activities. Mitigates wild price fluctuations when gluts and shortages occur.

Identity theft involving impersonating another party to get financial information via mail.

A situation where a selling DEALER has not delivered securities to the buying dealer, and will thus not receive payment. Fails are commonly used as a measure of operationsbased PROCESS RISK. See

A brand that several products are under. Refer to brand family and line extension.

Property not on farm insurance like livestock.

The way the directors of a company that prevent hostile takeover. It buys assets to make itself not attractive to buy. It also takes on debt as well.

Analyzing to see if a project is technically doable, cost effective, and profitable. AKA feasibilty analysis. Refer to cost benefit analysis.

1. turning logical cause and effect events upside down. 2.when output of the previous step down the line.

Basic components of fabrics. It must be 100 times its width and be at least 5mm if made into yarn. It is also spelled as fibre.

An activity that collects data by many means like phone and mail surveys.

The date that paperwork must be done by.

A document used to sell a security. It describes the enterprise, management style, and financial status of the company. Compare this term to Red Herrig Prospectus.

When conditions are finished or waived and the drawdown is possible for a contract.

In the United States, a holding company authorized under the GRAMMLEACHBLILEY ACT that is permitted to own entities involved in securities TRADING and UNDERWRITING, CORPORATE FINANCE, INSURANCE, asset management, and commercial banking.

The results of a firm operations in monetary means. It is reflected in profit.

A DERIVATIVE contract that requires SETTLEMENT in financial or cash, rather than physical, terms. See also PHYSICAL SETTLEMENT.