Category: Finance Dictionary

Determining an inference’s or conclusion’s validity or invalidity from two or more statements or premises. Classical or traditional system based on the theory of syllogism. Propose by the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322

The 500 largest US manufacturing companies are listed based on reported revenue, display several corporate information reportings. It is an annual ranking by Fortune magazine.

For a loan beginning some time in the future, it uses a currently stated interest rate.

Commodities, currencies, and securities trade with deliveries and settlement at a future (forward) date done at current market prices. Known also as front running.

Power, positioning, politeness and performance. These enhance one’s ability to persuade others in one’s work and personal life; focused around perception.

Category of how easily damage can occur from external pressure. Measure of an items’ susceptibility to fracture. To fail or loose value.

Members with common ethnic, religious, or vocational backgrounds form an organization to provide social, insurance, and other benefits.

For a person or entity that brings coinage metal to the mint to be pressed, the legal coinage that results.

Contributing little or nothing to the effort, a person who enjoys the benefits from a collective effort.

A citizen right to governmental information, requested in writing. Refuseals must be returned in writing. Reason for refusal can be requested, in writing.

Corporate charter provision allowing a company to acquire noncontrolling stockholder shares at fair market value for a set time period. Two and five years is the typical time period.

A rate of how often a particular group is skipped from a study or sample set. The statistical reliability of the expected outcome is typically damaged. The overall study or sample is

Abusing the judicial process, delaying payment of a penalty, frustrating the opposing party, using baseless, unsubstantiated, questionable facts, and/or an insincere stance.

An illegal practice where a DEALER, MARKETMAKER, or SPECIALIST executes a transaction in advance of a customer trade in order to capture favorable price movements.

1. Substance changed during or after a chemical process, becoming partially inert or deactivated. 2. Duplicate copies, fliers, handouts, pamphlets, program listings that have a short useful life as printed material.

Beneficiary able to draw full invoice amount rather than partial value. Documented as a notation on a letter of credit.

Excluding drawings, graphics, pictures, an online database fully accessible, providing indexed articles in full text from one or more journals.

Year-ahead prediction of various financial and logistic needs for a business. Based on one or more prior years of business performance. It covers a range of business areas, mainly hiring and capital

The classic organizational structure. Hierarchically grouped employees, clear line management authority, and upward reporting to the single top leader. Downward hierarchy, with one top person, distinct lines of reporting, authority, and communication.

The ability to exchange or substitute one ASSET with another. Fungibility is important in COLLATERAL management for OVERTHECOUNTER DERIVATIVES and REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS, and in delivery decisions for EXCHANGETRADED DERIVATIVES.