Raintaker
What is 'Raintaker' A former employee of a brokerage firm who takes high-value clientelle from his or her previous employer to his...
Ratable Accrual Method
What is 'Ratable Accrual Method' A method for determining when and how much income was earned over a period of time. The...
Reallowance
What is 'Reallowance'
In securities underwriting, the fee that the underwriting group pays to a securities firm that is not part of the syndicate, but...
Real Value
What is the 'Real Value' The real value is nominal value adjusted for inflation. The real value is obtained by removing the...
Real Rate Of Return
How to Calculate the Real Rate of Return on Your Investment
The real rate of return helps investors determine which investment offers a higher return...
Random Variable
What is a 'Random Variable' A random variable is a variable whose value is unknown or a function that assigns values to...
Rate Of Return
What is a 'Rate Of Return'
A rate of return is the gain or loss on an investment over a specified time period, expressed as...
Rational Pricing
Definition
Rational pricing is the assumption in financial economics that asset prices will reflect the arbitrage-free price of the asset as any deviation from this...
Rate Of Change
What is 'Rate Of Change' The rate of change (ROC) is the speed at which a variable changes over a specific period...
Re-Offer Price
What is ‘Re-Offer Price'
The term "re-offer price" refers to the price at which a financial institution offers a security that it has previously purchased....