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Financial instruments
Instruments used as performance/risk measures in financial fields.
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management buy-out funds
Financial services; Financial instruments
Term used for the funds provided to enable operating management and investors of a company to acquire this company or a product line or business. Also known as MBO funds.
venture capital
Financial services; Financial instruments
Money provided by investors to startup firms and small businesses with perceived long-term growth potential. This is a very important source of funding for startups that do not have access to capital ...
price value of a basis point
Financial services; Financial instruments
Price Value of a Basis Point or PVBP is also known as the "value of a basis point" (VBP) or "basis point value" (BPV). A measure used to describe how a basis point change in yield affects the price ...
asian option
Financial services; Financial instruments
An option whose payoff is determined by the average underlying price over some pre-set period of time. Also known as an average option.
annual report
Financial services; Financial instruments
An annual publication that public corporations must provide to shareholders to describe their operations and financial conditions. It chronicles the company's activities over the past year.
shareholder
Financial services; Financial instruments
Any person, company, or other institution that owns at least one share in a company. Shareholders are the owners of a company.
accounting period
Financial services; Financial instruments
The time span in which certain financial events took place, generally a quarter or a year, and reflects all of the financial activity that occurred during that time.
