Commercial Paper
Commercial Paper is a form of short term debt that is issued without collateral. It is usually used as short term financing for highly credit worthy corporations. Commercial paper can be issued by companies in any industry but it is mostly used in by finance companies such as banks, etc. Commercial Paper usually has a maturation date of less than More...
CD Ladder
A CD Ladder is an investment strategy in which a series of fixed income investments such as CDs are structured to maximize liquidity and interest income. For example an investment of 60,000GBP could be made by investing More...
Base Metals
The term Base Metals refers to the group of industrial metals that are traded in the open market that exclude the precious metals. Whereas precious metals include Gold, Silver, and Platinum (metals difficult to More...
Balance Sheet
The Balance Sheet is the section of the financial statements that lists and gives summary of a company’s assets, liabilities, and statement of equity. The key to analyzing the Balance Sheet is that it measures More...
Back Testing
Back Testing refers to the testing out of a financial theory with historical data. Many times the financial theory is a quantitatively based trading program. In this case, the trading concept would be programmed More...
Accumulation Period
The Accumulation Period is the time during which an investment product with a future structured payout is open to a build up assets for future distribution. An example would be a fixed annuity that is purchased More...
Accredited Investor
An Accredited Investor is an investor deemed to be financially sophisticated as measured under the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (The SEC) Regulation D. Due to their degree of financial sophistication, More...
Accounts Payable
Accounts Payable are a method of recording the moneys owed to other businesses and individuals by a corporation. Accounts payables can be incurred when business essentials such as inventory are purchased from vendors More...
Accounting Currency
Accounting Currency refers to the monetary unit of measure that is the basis for measuring income, expenses, assets, liabilities, and equity of a company. These accounts are used when preparing a company’s financial More...
Potential Return
When buying a binary option, an investor knows the potential return because it is certain and known before the purchase is made. These options can be bought on many financial products with a call or put option. More...