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Forecasting
Definition: Making projections about future performance on the basis of historical and current conditions data.
Definition: Making projections about future performance on the basis of historical and current conditions data.
Foreclosure
Definition: Process by which the holder of a mortgage seizes the property of a homeowner who has not made interest and/or principal payments on time as stipulated in the mortgage contract.
Definition: Process by which the holder of a mortgage seizes the property of a homeowner who has not made interest and/or principal payments on time as stipulated in the mortgage contract.
Foreign Banking Market
Definition: That portion of domestic bank loans supplied to foreigners for use abroad.
Definition: That portion of domestic bank loans supplied to foreigners for use abroad.
Foreign Base Company Income
Definition: A category of Subpart F income that includes foreign holding company income and foreign base company saless and service income.
Definition: A category of Subpart F income that includes foreign holding company income and foreign base company saless and service income.
Foreign Bond Market
Definition: In the domestic bond market Issues floated by foreign companies or government.
Definition: In the domestic bond market Issues floated by foreign companies or government.
Foreign Branch
Definition: A foreign affiliate that is legally a part of the firm. According to the U.S. tax code, foreign branch income is taxed as it is earned in the foreign country.
Definition: A foreign affiliate that is legally a part of the firm. According to the U.S. tax code, foreign branch income is taxed as it is earned in the foreign country.
Foreign Corporation
Definition: A corporation conducting business in another country from the one it is chartered in and that abides by the laws of another country. See: Alien corporation.
Definition: A corporation conducting business in another country from the one it is chartered in and that abides by the laws of another country. See: Alien corporation.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Definition: An amendment to the Securities Exchange Act created to sanction bribery of foreign officials by publicly held US companies.
Definition: An amendment to the Securities Exchange Act created to sanction bribery of foreign officials by publicly held US companies.
Foreign Credit Insurance Association (FCIA)
Definition: A private consortium of US insurance companies that offers trade credit insurance to US exporters in conjunction with the US Export-Import Bank.
Definition: A private consortium of US insurance companies that offers trade credit insurance to US exporters in conjunction with the US Export-Import Bank.
Foreign Currency Forward Contract
Definition: Agreement that obligates its parties to exchange given quantities ofcurrencies at a prespecified exchange rate on a certain future date.
Definition: Agreement that obligates its parties to exchange given quantities ofcurrencies at a prespecified exchange rate on a certain future date.
Foreign Currency Futures Contract
Definition: Standardized and easily transferable obligation between two parties to exchange currencies at a specified rate during a specified delivery month; standardized contract on specified underlying currencies, in multiples of standard amounts. Purchased and traded on a regulated exchange on which margins are posted.
Definition: Standardized and easily transferable obligation between two parties to exchange currencies at a specified rate during a specified delivery month; standardized contract on specified underlying currencies, in multiples of standard amounts. Purchased and traded on a regulated exchange on which margins are posted.
Foreign Currency Option
Definition: An option that conveys the right (but not the obligation) to buy or sell a specified amount of foreign currency at a specified price within a specified time period.
Definition: An option that conveys the right (but not the obligation) to buy or sell a specified amount of foreign currency at a specified price within a specified time period.
Foreign Currency Translation
Definition: The process of restating foreign currency accounts of subsidiaries into the reporting currency of the parent company in order to prepare consolidated financial statements.
Definition: The process of restating foreign currency accounts of subsidiaries into the reporting currency of the parent company in order to prepare consolidated financial statements.
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
Definition: The acquisition abroad of physical assets such as plant and equipment, with operating control residing in the parent corporation.
Definition: The acquisition abroad of physical assets such as plant and equipment, with operating control residing in the parent corporation.
Foreign Equity Market
Definition: Issues floated by foreign companies in the domestic equity market.
Definition: Issues floated by foreign companies in the domestic equity market.
Foreign Exchange Broker
Definition: Intermediaries in the foreign exchange market that do not put their own money at risk.
Definition: Intermediaries in the foreign exchange market that do not put their own money at risk.
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