- Industry: Financial services
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An evaluation of credit quality of a company's debt issue by Thomson Financial BankWatch, Moody's, S&P, and Fitch Investors Service. Investors and analysts use ratings to assess the riskness of an investment.
Industry:Financial services
An increase in the foreign exchange value of a currency that is pegged to other currencies or gold.
Industry:Financial services
A mathematical technique used to explain and/or predict. The general form is Y = a + bX + u, where Y is the variable that we are trying to predict; X is the variable that we are using to predict Y, a is the intercept; b is the slope, and u is the regression residual. The a and b are chosen in a way to minimize the squared sum of the residuals. The ability to fit or explain is measured by the R-square.
Industry:Financial services
Permits corporations to file a registration for securities they intend to issue in the future when market conditions are favorable. See: Shelf registration.
Industry:Financial services
Bonds that allow the initial interest rates to be adjusted on specific dates in order that the bonds trade at the value they had when they were issued.
Industry:Financial services
A way of expressing relationships between a firm's accounting numbers and their trends over time that analysts use to establish values and evaluate risks.
Industry:Financial services
A riskless arbitrage that involves selling the stock short, writing a put, and buying a call. The options have the same terms.
Industry:Financial services
A statistical technique that can be used to estimate relationships between variables.
Industry:Financial services
A condition of bankruptcy proceedings under which junior (subordinated) claim holders can receive no payment until senior (priority) claim holders are paid in full.
Industry:Financial services
