Banking Terms and Concepts
Banking Terms and Concepts
• Accrued interest: Interest due from issue date or from the last coupon payment date to the settlement date. Accrued interest on bonds must be added to their purchase price.
• Arbitrage: Buying a financial instrument in one market in order to sell the same instrument at a higher price in another market.
• Ask Price: The lowest price at which a dealer is willing to sell a given security.
• Asset-Backed Securities (ABS): A type of security that is backed by a pool of bank loans, leases, and other assets. Most ABS are backed by auto loans and credit cards – these issues are very similar to mortgage-backed securities.
• At-the-money: The exercise price of a derivative that is closest to the market price of the underlying instrument.
• Basis Point: One hundredth of 1%. A measure normally used in the statement of interest rate e.g., a change from 5.75% to 5.81% is a change of 6 basis points.
• Bear Markets: Unfavorable markets associated with falling prices and investor pessimism.
• Bid-ask Spread: The difference between a dealer’s bid and ask price.
• Bid Price: The highest price offered by a dealer to purchase a given security.
• Blue Chips: Blue chips are unsurpassed in quality and have a long and stable record of earnings and dividends. They are issued by large and well-established firms that have impeccable financial credentials.
• Bond: Publicly traded long-term debt securities, issued by corporations and governments, whereby the issuer agrees to pay a fixed amount of interest over a specified period of time and to repay a fixed amount of principal at maturity.
• Book Value: The amount of stockholders’ equity in a firm equals the amount of the firm’s assets minus the firm’s liabilities and preferred stock. /p>
• Broker: Individuals licensed by stock exchanges to enable investors to buy and sell securities.
• Brokerage Fee: The commission charged by a broker.
• Bull Markets: Favorable markets associated with rising
• Accrued interest: Interest due from issue date or from the last coupon payment date to the settlement date. Accrued interest on bonds must be added to their purchase price.
• Arbitrage: Buying a financial instrument in one market in order to sell the same instrument at a higher price in another market.
• Ask Price: The lowest price at which a dealer is willing to sell a given security.
• Asset-Backed Securities (ABS): A type of security that is backed by a pool of bank loans, leases, and other assets. Most ABS are backed by auto loans and credit cards – these issues are very similar to mortgage-backed securities.
• At-the-money: The exercise price of a derivative that is closest to the market price of the underlying instrument.
• Basis Point: One hundredth of 1%. A measure normally used in the statement of interest rate e.g., a change from 5.75% to 5.81% is a change of 6 basis points.
• Bear Markets: Unfavorable markets associated with falling prices and investor pessimism.
• Bid-ask Spread: The difference between a dealer’s bid and ask price.
• Bid Price: The highest price offered by a dealer to purchase a given security.
• Blue Chips: Blue chips are unsurpassed in quality and have a long and stable record of earnings and dividends. They are issued by large and well-established firms that have impeccable financial credentials.
• Bond: Publicly traded long-term debt securities, issued by corporations and governments, whereby the issuer agrees to pay a fixed amount of interest over a specified period of time and to repay a fixed amount of principal at maturity.
• Book Value: The amount of stockholders’ equity in a firm equals the amount of the firm’s assets minus the firm’s liabilities and preferred stock. /p>
• Broker: Individuals licensed by stock exchanges to enable investors to buy and sell securities.
• Brokerage Fee: The commission charged by a broker.
• Bull Markets: Favorable markets associated with rising