Financial instruments

Financial instruments

Instruments used as performance/risk measures in financial fields.

Industry: Financial services

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revenue

Financial services; Financial instruments

The amount of money that a company actually receives during a specific period. It is the "top line" or "gross income" figure from which costs are subtracted to determine net income.

expenses

Financial services; Financial instruments

The amount of money that a company actually spends during a specific period.

A financial statement that summarizes a company's assets, liabilities and shareholders' equity at a specific point in time. It lists all of the company’s holdings, meaning everything that the company ...

assets

Financial services; Financial instruments

All of the goods (tangible and intangible) that a company owns.

liquid assets

Financial services; Financial instruments

An asset that can be converted into cash quickly and with minimal impact to the price received. It is considered the same as cash.

plain vanilla swap

Financial services; Financial instruments

A plain vanilla swap is a type of financial instrument in which two private parties take out domestic loans with competitive interest rates and agree to pay the interest rate of the other loan, ...