Letter V Dictionary

V formation: A price movement on a chart, which is shaped like the letter V. Some technical...
vacant: Not occupied.
vacate: To move out.
valid: The state of having a legal binding force authorized by law.
valuable consideration: A promised payment by which a claim can be enforced.
valuation: The process of determining the value or worth of an asset or company.
valuation reserve: Allowance, created by a charge against earnings, to provide for changes in the...
value: The worth, desirability or utility of a good/service.
Value Added Tax: VAT. A consumption tax that is equal to the aggregate value added to the product at each stage of production.
Value At Risk: VAR. A technique which uses the statistical analysis of historical market trends...
value averaging: An investment strategy designed to reduce volatility, which involves purchasing...
value fund: A mutual fund that invests in firms that are determined to be underpriced by...
value investing: An investment strategy which invests in good stocks at great prices over great...
value stock: A stock that is considered to be a good stock at a great price, based on its...
value-added: The act of adding value to a product or service before the product is offered...
vanishing premium policy: A participating whole life policy on which dividends are allowed to accumulate...
Vanuatu Vatu: The currency of Vanuatu.
VAR: Value At Risk. A technique that utilizes the statistical analysis of historical...
variability: The range of possible outcomes of a given situation.
variable: The ability to change.
variable annuity: A life insurance annuity contract that provides future payments to the holder...
variable committed expense: An unavoidable cost that must be paid in predetermined intervals, and does not have a constant value (i.e. an electric bill).
variable cost: The cost associated with labor, material or other inputs that changes according...
variable death benefit: A sum paid to a decedent's beneficiary, which is dependent on the performance...
variable life: A type of life insurance for which the amount of the payments is determined...
variable rate: Any interest rate or dividend that changes on a periodic basis. Variable rates...
variable ratio plan: A variation on the constant ratio plan. The allocation of assets is modified...
variable ratio write: An options strategy in which a trader writes multiple option contracts per every...
variable universal life: A type of whole life insurance that combines features of universal life insurance,...
variance: A measure of the average distance between each of a set of data points and their...
variation: A different form of something.
variation margin: An additional margin payment that is made by clearing members to their respective...
VAT: Value Added Tax. A consumption tax that is equal to the aggregate value added to the product at each stage of production.
Vatican City Lira: The official currency of Vatican City.
VC: Venture Capital. Funds allocated for firms and small businesses entering the...
VEB: The ISO currency code for the Venezuelan Bolivar. Learn more about Venezuela and the Venezuelan Bolivar at GoCurrency.com
vega: The change in the price of an option that corresponds to a one percent change in volatility.
velocity: The number of times a currency changes hands in a specific period of time....
vendor: A type of firm that supplies goods and/or services to another firm. Also called supplier.
vendor financing: A loan from one firm to another, where the borrowing firm uses the loan to purchase...
Venezuelan Bolivar: The official currency of Venezuela.
venture: A business enterprise or speculation in which something is risked in the hope of profit
venture capital: VC. Funds allocated for firms and small businesses entering the market with...
venture capital firm: An investment company that invests its clients’ money in new firms and other risky but potentially very profitable ventures.
venture capital limited partnership: A limited partnership that is formed to invest in small startup businesses with exceptional growth potential.
verbatim: In exactly the same words
vertical acquisition: A type of business acquisition in which the acquirer and the target are in the...
vertical integration: The process in which several steps in the production and/or distribution of...
vertical line charting: A technical analysis tool which charts the high, low, and close of a given security...
vertical market: A focused market that is only able to meet the need of one specific industry. Opposite of horizontal market.
vertical merger: The merger of a vendor and a client.
vertical spread: An option strategy involving the concurrent purchase and sale of options of...
vested: The quality of having the rights of ownership, although the exercise of these rights may be delayed until a future date.
vesting: An ERISA guideline stipulating that employees must be entitled to their benefits...
vesting period: The period in an employee stock option plan that precedes the employee’s full...
vetoing stock: A type of stock that entitles the shareholder to vote on certain corporate matters,...
viatical settlement: The purchase of a terminally ill person's life insurance policy for a certain percentage of the policy's face value.
Victim Impact Statement: A form provided to the victims of fraud that allows them to account for losses, in order to file for restitution.
Vietnam Dong: The official currency of Vietnam.
viral marketing: A word-of-mouth, marketing strategy that relies on the promotion pf a product...
Virgin Island Dollar: The official currency of The Virgin Islands.
visibility: The level of predictability of upcoming financial data regarding a specific...
Visible Trade Balance - UK: The difference between imports and exports of goods. Visible Trade differentiates...
Visitor Arrivals - New Zealand: The number of new temporary migrants (tourists) entering New Zealand . Because...
VIX: Market Volatility Index. An index designed to track market volatility as an...
VND: The currency of Vietnam. Learn more about Vietnam and the Vietnam Dong
vocation: A particular occupation, business, or profession
void: Having no legal force
voidable: A section of a contract that can be annulled under certain specified circumstances,...
volatile: Having a high degree of volatility; (i.e. large price movements). Opposite of stable.
volatility: A term that refers to the uncertainty or risk change in an underlying security's...
volatility risk: The risk to which the holder of an option is exposed; based on the potential...
Volume: Volume is the number of contracts, shares or any other unit of trade in a security...
Volume Accumulation Oscillator (Chaikin Oscillator): Volume analysis is important for identifying internal strengths and weaknesses...
volume discount: A reduction in price offered or given for larger-than-average purchases.
Volume Weighted Average Price: VWAP. A measure of the price at which the majority of a given day's trading...
voluntary accumulation plan: A plan allowing a mutual fund shareholder to accumulate shares at regular intervals through periodic investment.
voluntary contribution: An employee’s contribution to a retirement plan made on an after-tax basis for...
voluntary liquidation: A liquidation that is supported by a firm’s shareholders. A voluntary liquidation...
voting right: The right of a common stock shareholder to vote for members of the board of...
voting stock: A stock that allows for the right of suffrage with respect to the firm’s affairs. Opposite of nonvoting stock.
voting trust: An agreement whereby shareholders transfer stock and voting rights to a small...
voucher: A document acknowledging a liability and/or providing authorization to pay a debt.
vouching: Providing evidence or assurance.
VUV: The currency of Vanuatu. Learn more about currencies at GoCurrency.com
VWAP: Volume Weighted Average Price. A measure of the price at which the majority...