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Financial instruments
Instruments used as performance/risk measures in financial fields.
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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.
balance sheet
Financial services; Financial instruments
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, ...
