Letter F Dictionary
- face amount
- The amount stated on an insurance policy, to be paid upon death or maturity.
- face value
- The nominal dollar amount assigned to a security by the issuer. For an equity...
- face-amount certificate
- A debt security issued by a type of mutual fund called a face amount certificate...
- facilitation
- The creation of a market. In the case of securities, this function is performed by market makers.
- fact book
- Any detailed information about a product's history.
- factor
- A firm engaged in the business of financing accounts receivable, an activity known as factoring.
- factoring
- The selling of a firm's accounts receivable, at a discount, to a factor, who...
- factors of production
- The resources used in producing the goods and services created in an economy....
- factory
- A building or a group of buildings designed to produce goods on an efficient,...
- Factory Orders - German - Euro-zone
- Measures the total change in orders placed at domestic manufacturers. The figure...
- Factory Orders - United States
- Dollar volume of new orders, shipments, unfilled orders and inventories as reported...
- FAFSA
- Abbreviation for Free Application for Federal Student Aid, which refers to a...
- fail-safe
- An action taken to avoid a disaster.
- Fair Credit Reporting Act
- A Federal law providing individuals the right to examine their own credit history....
- Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
- A 1977 federal law that serves to regulate collection agencies. The FDCPA outlines...
- fair market value
- The price that an interested but not desperate buyer would be willing to pay...
- fair value
- A valuation, in accordance with standard methodology, that is reasonable to...
- fairly valued
- A stock or other investment which is perceived by a given investor to be trading close to its actual value.
- fairness opinion
- The professional opinion of an investment bank, provided for a fee, regarding...
- fake out
- A large, quick, temporary rise or fall in price.
- Falkland Island Pound
- The official currency of the Falkland Islands. Learn more about the Falkland...
- fallen angel
- A bond which was investment-grade when issued but which is now of significantly lower quality.
- falling knife
- A stock whose price has been dropping quickly. The implication is that the investor...
- family of funds
- A mutual fund firm offering many mutual funds, for various objectives. Generally,...
- Fannie Mae
- FNMA or Fannie Mae. Originally set up by congress in 1938 to aid the US...
- far month
- The month of an option contract or futures contract which has the latest delivery date. Also known as furthest month.
- far option
- The part of an option spread which has the later expiration date. Opposite of near option.
- Faroe Island Krone
- The currency of Faroe Island. Faroe Island uses a currency pegged one-to-one...
- FASB
- Abbreviation for Financial Accounting Standards Board. Independent agency which establishes GAAP.
- favorable balance of trade
- Having exports which exceed imports.
- FCC
- Abbreviation for Federal Communications Commission. A U.S. government agency...
- FDIC
- Abbreviation for Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. A federal agency that...
- feasible
- Possible, doable.
- Fed
- The 7-member Board of Governors that oversees Federal Reserve Banks, establishes...
- Fed bias
- The way the Federal Open Markets Committee announces its perspective on the...
- Fed Chairman
- The head of the Federal Reserve Board, who is named by the U.S. President from a list of candidates approved by the Senate.
- fed funds
- Funds deposited by commercial banks at Federal Reserve Banks. By requiring banks...
- Fed funds rate
- Federal Funds Rate (or Fed Funds Rate) - the interest rate banks charge...
- Fed Governor Speaks - United States
- The seven members of the Board of Governors have voting power in all three monetary...
- Fed pass
- Federal Reserve action designed to make more credit available by adding reserves to the banking system.
- Fed President Speaks - United States
- There are 12 Federal Reserve Presidents, each from a different district of the...
- Federal
- Relating to the national government or union of states. Originally, Federal...
- Federal Call
- A Federal Reserve Board regulation that governs customer cash accounts and...
- Federal Communications Commission
- Abbreviated as FCC, refers to a U.S. government agency charged with the task...
- Federal Debt
- The amount by which a government's expenditures exceed its tax revenues. The...
- Federal Deficit
- The amount by which a government's expenditures exceed its tax revenues. The...
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Abbreviated as FDIC, refers to a federal agency that insures deposits in member banks and thrifts up to $100,000.
- Federal funds
- Funds deposited by commercial banks at Federal Reserve Banks. By requiring banks...
- Federal funds rate
- Federal Funds Rate (or Fed Funds Rate) - the interest rate banks charge...
- Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
- FHLMC or Freddie Mac. The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation is the government-chartered...
- Federal Housing Administration
- FHA. The Federal Housing Administration is the government-agency whose primary...
- Federal ID Number
- TIN, or Federal Tax ID Number. A TIN is a government issued number assigned to businesses for tax reporting purposes.
- Federal Insurance Contributions Act
- FICA, as the Act is commonly referred, is a law requiring employers to withhold...
- Federal National Mortgage Association
- FNMA or Fannie Mae. Originally set up by congress in 1938 to aid the US housing...
- Federal Open Market Committee
- The Federal Reserve controls the cost and availability of money through actions...
- Federal Reserve Bank
- One of 12 regional banks of the Federal Reserve System. The regional banks...
- Federal Reserve Board
- The Board of Governors is a managing body of the Federal Reserve System. The...
- Federal Reserve Discount Rate
- The interest rate charged to borrow directly from the Federal Reserve Bank...
- Federal Reserve Note
- Essentially: American Cash. A Federal Reserve Notes is paper currency issued...
- Federal Reserve requirement
- Banks accepts deposits, lending out a portion of those funds to borrowers...
- Federal Reserve System
- The Federal Reserve is the central bank of the United States, setting monetary...
- Federal Reserve System
- The Federal Reserve is the central bank of the United States, setting monetary...
- Federal Savings and Loan Association
- A federally chartered institution whose purpose is to collect savings deposits and provide residential mortgage loans.
- Federal Surplus
- The federal government's budget surplus; that is, the extent to which government revenues exceed government spending.
- Federal Tax Identification Number
- The Social Security number of an individual or the Employer Identification Number...
- Federal tax lien
- A lien against all assets of a delinquent taxpayer.
- Federal Trade Commission
- FTC. Federal agency whose purpose is to encourage free enterprise and prevent restraint of trade and monopolies.
- Federation Internationale des Bourses de Valeurs
- FIBV. The organization of the world's stock markets, headquartered in Paris....
- fee
- A charge for services rendered.
- fee-based financial planning
- The financial planning services which are paid for on a flat fee or an hourly...
- fee-for-service
- A health insurance plan that allows the holder to make almost all health care...
- FFO
- Abbreviation for Funds From Operations. A financial measure used by REITs to...
- FHA
- Abbreviation for Federal Housing Administration. A government agency whose primary...
- FHA Loan
- A type of government mortgage that is insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).
- FHLMC
- Abbreviation for Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. Government-chartered...
- fiat money
- Money which has no intrinsic value and cannot be redeemed for specie or any...
- Fibonacci
- The Fibonacci sequence, named for its discoverer Leonardo Fibonacci, forms the...
- Fibonacci Retracements & Arcs
- The Fibonacci sequence, named for its discoverer Leonardo Fibonacci, forms the...
- FIBV
- Abbreviation for Federation Internationale des Bourses de Valeurs. The organization...
- FICA
- Abbreviation for The federal law which requires employers to withhold a portion...
- FICO score
- Acronym for Fair Isaac Credit Organization credit score.
- fictitious credit
- A credit balance in a securities margin account representing short sale proceeds and the Regulation T margin requirement.
- fidelity bond
- A debt obligation serving to protect an employer from loss in the event that...
- fiduciary
- An individual, corporation or association holding assets for another party,...
- FIFO
- Abbreviation for First In First Out. A method of valuing the cost of goods sold...
- Fijian dollar
- The official currency of Fiji. Learn more about the Fijian dollar and Fiji at GoCurrency.com
- filing
- Depositing a document, generally a financing statement, in a public office and thereby making it available to the public.
- filing status
- The types of taxpayers: single, married filing jointly, married filing separately,...
- fill
- To execute an order or buy or sell a security or commodity.
- fill or kill
- An order given to a broker that must immediately be filled in its entirety or,...
- FIM
- The ISO currency code for the Finnish Markka.
- FIN
- Abbreviation for Federal ID Number, which refers to a number assigned to a business for tax reporting purposes.
- final prospectus
- A document containing information on a new issue, including the delivery date,...
- finance
- A branch of economics concerned with resource allocation as well as resource...
- finance charge
- Any charge for credit.
- finance company
- A firm which makes loans to individuals and/or businesses.
- financial
- Pertaining to finance.
- Financial Accounting Standards Board
- Abbreviated as FASB, refers to an independent agency which establishes GAAP.
- financial advisor
- An individual or organization employed by an individual or mutual fund to manage...
- financial analyst
- An employee of a bank, brokerage, advisor, or mutual fund who studies firms...
- financial asset
- A non-physical asset, such as a security, certificate, or bank balance. Opposite of non-financial asset.
- financial capital
- Funds which are available to acquire real capital.
- financial condition
- The status of a firm's assets, liabilities and equity positions at a specific...
- financial futures
- A futures contracts based on financial instruments, such as Treasury Bonds, CDs, currencies or indexes.
- financial institution
- Institution which collects funds from the public and places them in financial...
- financial instrument
- An instrument having monetary value or recording a monetary transaction.
- financial leverage
- In finance, leverage is the general term used to describe the ratio between...
- financial market
- A market for the exchange of capital and credit, including the money markets and the capital markets.
- financial needs approach
- The technique used to determine how much life insurance is required, by considering the future needs of the policy's beneficiaries.
- financial planner
- An investment professional who helps individuals set and achieve their long-term...
- financial planning
- An investment professional who helps individuals set and achieve their long-term...
- financial risk
- The possibility that a bond issuer will default, by failing to repay principal...
- financial statement
- A written report which quantitatively describes the financial health of a firm....
- financial structure
- The right side of a firm's balance sheet, detailing how its assets are financed, including debt and equity issues.
- financier
- One who makes a living participating in commercial financing activities.
- financing
- Providing the necessary capital.
- financing flows
- Cash flows generated through debt and equity financing.
- finder's fee
- A fee paid to someone who acts as an intermediary for a client in a transaction.
- fine paper
- Securities with little or no risk-free.
- finished goods
- Manufactured products which ready for sale and delivery to the marketplace.
- Finite-life REIT
- Abbreviated as REIT. REIT which plans to liquidate all of its holdings by a...
- Finnish Markka
- The former currency of Finland until 1 January 1999, when it was superseded...
- firewall
- The separation of banking and broker/dealer activities within the same financial...
- firm
- Any business, such as a sole proprietorship, partnership or corporation.
- firm commitment lending
- A formal offer by a lender making explicit the terms under which it agrees to...
- firm commitment offering
- An arrangement in which an underwriter assumes the risk of bringing a new securities...
- firm order
- A client order which is not subject to cancellation, or an order to buy or sell for a broker-dealer's own account.
- firm price
- A price which is not negotiable.
- firm quotation
- Any round lot bid or offer from a Market Maker other than a nominal quotation.
- first board
- The delivery dates for futures as determined by the appropriate futures exchange.
- first call date
- The first date on which a callable bond may be redeemed, specified in its indenture.
- First In First Out
- Abbreviated as FIFO, refers to a method of valuing the cost of goods sold that...
- first mortgage
- The mortgage that has first claim in the event of a default.
- first notice day
- The first day that a buyer of a futures contract can be called upon to take delivery.
- first preferred stock
- Preferred stock which takes precedence over other preferred and common stock with regard to dividends and assets.
- first-mover advantage
- The edge that a firm gains by entering a particular market before any competitors.
- first-round financing
- The first investment in a firm made by external investors.
- fiscal
- Pertaining to money, especially government taxation and spending policies.
- fiscal agent
- A bank or trust firm which handles fiscal matters for a corporation, including...
- fiscal policy
- Fiscal policy is the deliberate change in a governmentâ??s spending, taxation...
- fiscal year
- An accounting period of 12 months used by companies and government organizations...
- fixation
- The setting of a commodity's current or future price by a government.
- fixed
- Unchanging, set, not variable.
- fixed annuity
- An investment vehicle offered by an insurance firm, that guarantees a stream...
- fixed asset
- A long-term, tangible asset held for business use and not expected to be converted...
- fixed benefits
- Insurance payments to a beneficiary which are of a set, unchanging amount.
- fixed budget
- A budget which is made without regard to potential variations in business activity....
- fixed cost
- A cost that does not vary depending on production or sales levels, such as rent, property tax, insurance, or interest expense.
- fixed expenses
- See fixed cost.
- fixed income
- Fixed Income in finance refers to securities that offer constant and predictable...
- fixed income equivalent
- A convertible security for which the market price of the common stock is so...
- fixed investment trust
- See unit investment trust. Also known as unit investment trust or participating trust or fixed investment trust.
- fixed premium
- Periodic, equal-sized payments made to an insurance firm for an insurance policy or annuity.
- fixed rate
- A loan in which the interest rate does not change during the entire term of the loan. Opposite of adjustable rate.
- fixed-charge coverage ratio
- Profits before income taxes and interest payments, divided by long-term interest, for a given period of time.
- fixed-income arbitrage
- An investment strategy that involves exploiting the price differences in similiar short-term bonds.
- fixed-rate loan
- A loan in which the interest rate does not change during the entire term of...
- Fixed-Rate Mortgage
- Fixed-Rate Mortgage (FRM) is a loan where the interest rate is locked for the...
- fixtures
- In real estate, a part of a piece of property that is permanently attached so...
- FJD
- The ISO currency code for the Fijan Dollar.Learn more about the Fijan Dollar and Fiji at GoCurrency.com
- FKP
- The official currency of the Falkland Islands. Learn more about the Falkland...
- flag
- A technical analysis term referring to a chart pattern created when a steep...
- flash
- The value of a security that is used when volume is so high that the tape cannot...
- flat
- A price that is neither rising nor falling; Also known as sideways.
- flat dollar
- A description of an absolute amount, as opposed to an amount determined as a function of another amount, such as a percentage.
- flat rate
- A price per unit which remains constant regardless of the total number of units purchased.
- flat tax
- A system in which all levels of income are taxed at the same rate.
- flat yield curve
- A yield curve showing the same yield for short-maturity and long-maturity bonds. Also known as even yield curve.
- flexible benefit plan
- A benefits plan that allows employees to select from a pool of choices, some...
- flexible budget
- A set of revenue and expense projections at various production or sales volumes....
- flexible expense
- An expense that can be adjusted or eliminated, such as for luxury items, such as clothes or CDs. Opposite of flexible expense.
- flexible spending account
- A benefit offered to an employee by an employer which allows a fixed amount...
- flier
- A high-risk investment or business opportunity.
- flight to quality
- The flow of funds from riskier to safer investments in times of marketplace...
- flip-flop note
- A note which enables investors to switch between two different kinds of debt.
- flipping
- The practice of purchasing initial public offerings at the offering price and...
- float
- The number of shares of a security that are outstanding and available for trading by the public.
- floater
- A fixed income instrument which has a coupon rate or interest rate that varies...
- floating debt
- Continuously refinanced short-term debt for a firm's ongoing operations. The...
- floating exchange rate
- The currency exchange rate which is determined by free market forces, rather than being fixed by a government.
- floating lien
- A general lien against a set of assets, such as inventory or accounts receivable,...
- floating rate
- Any interest rate that changes on a periodic basis. The change is generally...
- floating security
- A security which is bought and held in street name with the expectation that it will be quickly resold at a profit.
- floating-rate bond
- A bond whose interest is pegged to a benchmark, such as the Treasury Bill rate, and adjusted periodically.
- floor
- The lowest possible price limit set by market makers, regulatory bodies or controlling...
- floor broker
- An exchange member who executes orders on the floor of an exchange on behalf...
- floor loan
- A minimum amount that a lender is willing to loan.
- floor trader
- An exchange member who executes orders on the floor for his or her own account. Also known as a local.
- flotation
- Going public to raise equity financing and to allow the original owners and early investors to realize some of their gains.
- flotation costs
- The costs of issuing a new security, including the money investment bankers...
- flow of funds
- For municipal bonds, a statement that specifies the priorities for which the...
- fluctuate
- To change in price, value, or rate.
- fluctuation limit
- The highest and lowest prices that a commodity or option is permitted to reach...
- FNMA
- FNMA or Fannie Mae. Originally set up by congress in 1938 to aid the US housing...
- FOB
- Abbreviation for Free On Board, which refers to a shipping term which indicates...
- focused fund
- A mutual fund that holds large positions in a small number of stocks. While...
- FOK
- An order given to a broker that must immediately be filled in its entirety or,...
- follow-on
- An offering of shares after a firm's initial public offering. Also known as subsequent offering.
- FOMC
- Abbreviation for Federal Open Market Committee. A 12-member committee which...
- FOMC Rate Decision - United States
- The announcement of whether the Federal Reserve has increased, decreased...
- Food Price Index - New Zealand
- Measures the price change of food and food services purchased by households....
- forbearance
- A lender's postponement of foreclosure in order to give the borrower time an opportunity to make up for overdue payments.
- Forbes 500
- An annual listing by Forbes magazine of the top 500 public firms in the U.S. ranked by sales, assets, earnings, and capitalization.
- forced conversion
- An action resulting in the calling in of a convertible security against the...
- forecast
- An estimate future trends by examining and analyzing available information.
- foreclosure
- The legal process by which an owner's right to a property is terminated, generally...
- foreign corporation
- A corporation which was incorporated under the laws of a foreign country. Also known as alien corporation.
- foreign currency option
- An option which gives the owner the right to buy or sell the indicated amount...
- Foreign Debt
- The money one country owes to another country, as a result of loans and/or a negative balance of trade.
- foreign direct investment
- Any kind of direct investment in productive assets by a firm incorporated in...
- foreign exchange
- Foreign Exchange is the trade of one national currency and takes place "over...
- foreign exchange rate
- The rate at which one currency may be converted into another. Also known as...
- Forex
- FX and Forex refer to Foreign Exchange, the exchange of one currency for another....
- forfeiture
- A loss of money, property, or privileges due to a breach of legal obligation,...
- forgery
- An illegal modification or reproduction of an instrument, document, signature,...
- Form 10-K
- An audited document required by the SEC and sent to a public firm's or mutual...
- Form 10-Q
- An unaudited document required by the SEC for all U.S. public firms, reporting...
- Form 3
- A document required by the SEC and the appropriate stock exchange to announce...
- Form 4
- A document required by the SEC and the appropriate stock exchange to announce...
- Form 8-K
- A document required by the SEC to announce certain significant changes in a...
- Form S-1
- A registration statement used in the initial public offering of securities.
- Form T
- A NASD-required form that is used by brokers to report equity transactions after the market's usual hours.
- formula investing
- An investment strategy which eliminates emotional decisions by following a specific...
- Fortune 500
- An annual list of the 500 largest industrial corporations in the U.S., published...
- forward
- A contract obligating one party to buy and another other party to sell a financial...
- forward averaging
- A method of calculating taxes on a lump-sum distribution from a qualified retirement...
- forward commitment
- A sale or purchase of a security at a specified price, with delivery and cash settlement to occur at a specified future date.
- forward contract
- A cash market transaction in which a seller agrees to deliver a specific cash...
- forward cover
- The purchase of a cash commodity in order to cover the obligation of a forward contract.
- forward deal
- A transaction consisting of a purchase or sale (often of foreign currency) with...
- forward differential
- The percentage difference, in annualized terms, between forward rates and spot rates.
- forward discount
- Condition in which a currency's forward price is lower than its spot price.
- forward exchange rate
- The exchange rate set today for a foreign currency transaction with payment or delivery at some future date.
- forward integration
- The expansion of a business' products and/or services to similiar areas in order...
- forward interest rate
- An interest rate which is specified now for a loan that will occur at a specified...
- forward P/E
- Also known as Price/earnings ratio, using earnings estimates for the next four quarters.
- forward price
- The price specified in a forward contract for a specific commodity. The forward...
- forward pricing
- The SEC requirement that open-end investment firms set their share price based...
- Forward Rate Agreement
- Abbreviated as FRA, which refers to a forward contract that specifies an interest...
- forward sale
- An agreement in which a lender sells a specific stream of future payment flows...
- forward trade
- A trade for which settlement occurs at a specified future date and price.
- forward trading
- An illegal activity in which a trader takes a position in equity in advance...
- foundation
- An entity which exists to support a charitable institution, and which is funded by an endowment or donations.
- Four Percent Model
- The Four Percent Model is a trend-following system which uses the Value Line...
- Fourier analysis
- A mathematical analysis that attempts to find cycles within a time series of...
- fourth market
- The direct trading of large blocks of securities between institutional investors...
- FRA
- Abbreviation for Forward Rate Agreement, which refers to a forward contract...
- fractional reserve banking
- A banking system in which only a fraction of the total deposits managed by a...
- fractional share
- Less than a single share of stock. Fractional shares often result from stock...
- franchise
- A form of business organization in which a firm which already has a successful...
- franchise tax
- A tax, generally regressive, imposed by a state government on corporations chartered...
- franchised monopoly
- A government-granted monopoly. The most important reason for the government...
- fraud
- An intentional misrepresentation or concealment of information in order to deceive or mislead. It is illegal.
- free and clear
- A title that is free of liens and legal questions as to ownership of the property....
- Free Application for Federal Student Aid
- Abbreviated as FAFSA, refers to a form required by the government for application...
- free bond
- A bond which is unpledged and can therefore be disposed of immediately.
- free cash flow
- Operating cash flow (net income plus amortization and depreciation) minus capital...
- free delivery
- A transaction in which securities are delivered before any payment is made....
- free enterprise
- A business governed by the laws of supply and demand, not restrained by government...
- free float
- Shares of a public firm that are freely available to the investing public.
- free market
- A business governed by the laws of supply and demand, not restrained by government interference, regulation or subsidy.
- free market price
- A price determined purely by the forces of supply and demand without interference...
- Free On Board
- Abbreviated as FOB, refers to a shipping term which indicates that the supplier...
- free riding
- The withholding of part of a new securities issue by a syndicate member, with...
- free right of exchange
- The ability to transfer stocks from one party to another without incurring a fee.
- free trade
- International business not restrained by government interference or regulation, such as duties.
- FREIT
- Abbreviation for Finite-life REIT. REIT which plans to liquidate all of its...
- French Franc
- The former currency of France until 1 January 1999, when it was superseded by...
- French Guiana Franc
- The currency of French Guiana.See GoCurrency World Currencies Page & Currency Converter
- French Pacific Island Franc
- The currency of The French Pacific Islands.
- frequency
- In the context of advertising, the number of times an individual is exposed...
- FRF
- The ISO currency code for the Andorran Franc.
- friendly takeover
- A form of takeover supported by the management of the target firm. Opposite of hostile takeover.
- friends and family offering
- An offering of stock to the friends and family of a pre-IPO startup in search...
- fringe benefits
- A non-salary employee compensation.
- FRM
- Acronym for Fixed-Rate Mortgage, refers to a mortgage in which the interest...
- front money
- The cash used to start a business.
- front office
- The revenue-generating sales force.
- front running
- An illegal activity in which a trader takes a position in an equity in advance...
- front-end load
- A sales charge paid when an individual buys an investment, such as a mutual...
- front-ending an order
- A block order in which the broker/dealer purchases a portion of the block and...
- frozen account
- A bank account whose funds may not be withdrawn until a lien is satisfied or an ownership dispute is resolved.
- frozen plan
- A retirement plan to which no new contributions are being made. Previous contributions...
- FT House Prices - UK
- Gauge for costs of homes in the United Kingdom. The FT House Price Index uses...
- FTC
- Abbreviation for Federal Trade Commission. Federal agency whose purpose is to...
- FTSE
- Abbreviation for The Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 stock index, a market...
- fulfillment
- Completion of a sales order.
- full
- Said of a bond trading with accrued interest.
- full coupon bond
- A bond with a coupon rate above, at or just slightly below current market interest...
- full disclosure
- An obligation to disclose all the facts relevant to a business transaction or...
- full faith and credit
- An unconditional commitment to pay interest and principal on debt, generally...
- full lot
- The normal unit of trading of a security; 100 shares of stock or 5 bonds. Also...
- full price
- The price of a bond including accrued interest.
- full ratchet
- In venture capital, an investor protection provision which specifies that options...
- full stock
- Stock with a par value of $100.
- full surrender
- The distribution or withdrawal of the entire original investment account of...
- full trading authorization
- The ability of a broker to handle a client's account at the broker's discretion,...
- full-service brokerage
- A brokerage which, in addition to executing trades for its clients, also provides...
- fully depreciated
- Of an asset, having already allocated the maximum allowable amount for the purposes of depreciation.
- fully diluted earnings per share
- A common stock earnings per share that would result if all warrants and stock...
- fully distributed issue
- A new securities issue which has been completely resold to investors (not dealers).
- fully invested
- Having no cash or cash equivalents in one's portfolio.
- fully valued
- A stock whose value is recognized by the marketplace and factored into its price...
- functional
- Operational, working.
- fund
- To finance or underwrite.
- fund family
- A mutual fund firm offering many mutual funds, for various objectives. Generally,...
- fund manager
- The individual responsible for making decisions pertaining to any portfolio...
- fund of funds
- A mutual fund which invests in other mutual funds. Just as a mutual fund invests...
- fund supermarket
- A brokerage firm that provides access to a variety of mutual funds from different...
- fundamental analysis
- For a currency trader, fundamental analysis focuses on key underlying economic...
- fundamentalist
- An investor who utilizes fundamental analysis.
- fundamentals
- Any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular...
- funded debt
- Any loans and obligations with a maturity of longer than one year; generally...
- funding
- The act of providing funds.
- funds
- Money; or sometimes, money plus assets which could be converted to money.
- Funds From Operations
- Abbreviated as FFO, refers to a financial measure used by REITs to define their...
- fungible
- Having the characteristic of being interchangeable. The term is often used to...
- furthest month
- The month of an option contract or futures contract which has the latest delivery date. Also known as far month.
- future value
- The value at some point in the future of a present amount of money.
- futures
- A standardized, transferable, exchange-traded contract that requires delivery...
- futures commission merchant
- An individual or organization accepting orders to buy or sell futures or futures...
- futures contract
- A standardized, transferable, exchange-traded contract that requires delivery...
- futures option
- An option on a futures contract.
- futures price
- The price at which the two participants in a futures contract agree to transact at on the settlement date.
- FX
- FX is short form or trader jargon for Forex, or more specifically Foreign Exchange....
- fx market hours
- Unlike most other trading markets, the FX market is open for trade 24 hours...
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