- Industry: Financial services
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The standard deduction portion of income which is not taxed for taxpayers choosing not to itemize deductions.
Industry:Financial services
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. Opposite of to growth stock.
Industry:Financial services
An arrangement in which two entities lend to each other on different terms, e.g., in different currencies, and/or at different interest rates, fixed or floating.
Industry:Financial services
A bond in which no periodic coupon is paid over the life of the contract. Instead, both the principal and the interest are paid at the maturity date.
Industry:Financial services
Increases in owners' wealth achieved by maximizing of the value of a firm's common stock.
Industry:Financial services
A zero-coupon bond convertible into the common stock of the issuing company after the stock reaches a certain price, using a put option inherent in the security. Also refers to zero-coupon bonds, which are convertible into an interest bearing bond at a certain time before maturity.
Industry:Financial services
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 of countries.
Industry:Financial services
Amount of opposite demand (placement) or supply (availability) the trader has in efforts to cross the stock. Not open.
Industry:Financial services
A portfolio of zero net value established by buying and shorting component securities, usually in the context of an arbitrage strategy.
Industry:Financial services
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 and sells at relatively low prices in relation to its earnings or book value.
Industry:Financial services
