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value investing

Financial services; General Finance

In the context of asset management, mutual funds, and hedge funds, the a style of investment that focuses on securities with low price to earnings ratios or low price to book ratios. Some of these ...

value line investment survey

Financial services; General Finance

A proprietary service that ranks stocks for timeliness and safety.

value manager

Financial services; General Finance

A manager who seeks to buy stocks that are at a discount to their "fair value" and to sell them at or in excess of that value. Often a value stock is one with a low price-to-book value ratio. ...

value maximization

Financial services; General Finance

Increases in owners' wealth achieved by maximizing of the value of a firm's common stock.

Value-at-risk model (VaR)

Financial services; General Finance

Procedure for estimating the probability of portfolio losses exceeding some specified proportion based on a statistical analysis of historical market price trends, correlations, and volatilities.

value stocks

Financial services; General Finance

Stocks with low price/book ratios or price/earnings ratios. Historically, value stocks have enjoyed higher average returns than growth stocks (stocks with high price/book or P/E ratios) in a variety ...

value stock fund

Financial services; General Finance

A mutual fund that emphasizes stocks of companies whose growth opportunities are generally regarded as subpar by the market. A value stock company often pays regular dividend income to shareholders ...