Tag: economic

Family Of Funds

What is 'Family Of Funds' A group of mutual funds offered by one investment or fund company. Generally, the constituent funds cover...

Fed Balance Sheet

What is 'Fed Balance Sheet' A breakdown of the assets and liabilities held by the Federal Reserve. This report essentially outlines the...

Financial Security

The term security in common usage denotes safety; however in financial parlance the term is taken to refer to a tradable financial asset. In fact this...

Federal Credit Union (FCU)

What is 'Federal Credit Union - FCU' A credit union chartered and supervised by the National Credit Union Association (NCUA), a federal...

Fairness Opinion

DefinitionA fairness opinion is a professional evaluation by an investment bank or other third party as to whether the terms of a merger, acquisition,...

Fast Tape

What is 'Fast Tape' A type of futures market that occurs when a single traded price is unavailable because of the rapid...

Fairway Bond

What is 'Fairway Bond' A type of bond that accrues interest if the embedded index or interest-rate option underlying the bond remains...

Federal Farm Credit System (FFCS)

What is 'Federal Farm Credit System - FFCS' In the United States, a network of federally chartered financial institutions designed to provide...

Leverage

Leverage is the utilization of distinct financial tools or borrowed capital comprised to increase the possible return on an investment. Leverage is most commonly...

Value-Based Pricing

DefinitionValue-based price is a pricing strategy which sets prices primarily, but not exclusively, according to the perceived or estimated value of a product or...