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Fund Assets
Definition: The total value of a portfolio's securities, cash, and other holdings, minus any outstanding debts.
Definition: The total value of a portfolio's securities, cash, and other holdings, minus any outstanding debts.
Fund Balance
Definition: The equity or net worth of each of the primary insurance fundsbank insurance fund or savings association insurance fundadministered by the FDIC. The fund balance for each fund is annually reflected in financial statements prepared by the FDIC, which are audited and reported to the U.S. Congress by the General Accounting Office.
Definition: The equity or net worth of each of the primary insurance fundsbank insurance fund or savings association insurance fundadministered by the FDIC. The fund balance for each fund is annually reflected in financial statements prepared by the FDIC, which are audited and reported to the U.S. Congress by the General Accounting Office.
Fund Family
Definition: Set of funds with different investment objectives offered by one management company. In many cases, investors may move their assets from one fund to another within the family at little or no cost.
Definition: Set of funds with different investment objectives offered by one management company. In many cases, investors may move their assets from one fund to another within the family at little or no cost.
Fund Manager
Definition: The person whose responsibility it is to oversee the allocation of the pool of money invested in a particular mutual fund. The fund manager is charged with investing the money to attain the returns and level of risk of the mutual fund investors.
Definition: The person whose responsibility it is to oversee the allocation of the pool of money invested in a particular mutual fund. The fund manager is charged with investing the money to attain the returns and level of risk of the mutual fund investors.
Fund Switching
Definition: Moving money within a mutual fund family from one mutual fund to another.
Definition: Moving money within a mutual fund family from one mutual fund to another.
Fundamental Analysis
Definition: Security analysis that seeks to detect misvalued securities through an analysis of the firm's business prospects. Research often focuses on earnings, dividend prospects, expectations for future interest rates, and risk evaluation of the firm. Antithesis of technical analysis. In macroeconomic analysis, information such as interest rates, GNP, inflation, unemployment, and inventories is used to predict the direction of the economy, and therefore the stock market. In microeconomic analysis, information such as balance sheet, income statement, products, management, and other market items is used to forecast a company's imminent success or failure, and hence the future price action of the stock.
Definition: Security analysis that seeks to detect misvalued securities through an analysis of the firm's business prospects. Research often focuses on earnings, dividend prospects, expectations for future interest rates, and risk evaluation of the firm. Antithesis of technical analysis. In macroeconomic analysis, information such as interest rates, GNP, inflation, unemployment, and inventories is used to predict the direction of the economy, and therefore the stock market. In microeconomic analysis, information such as balance sheet, income statement, products, management, and other market items is used to forecast a company's imminent success or failure, and hence the future price action of the stock.
Fundamental Beta
Definition: The product of a statistical model to predict the fundamental risk of a security using not only price data but also other market-related and financial data.
Definition: The product of a statistical model to predict the fundamental risk of a security using not only price data but also other market-related and financial data.
Fundamental Descriptors
Definition: In the model for calculating fundamental beta, ratios in risk indexes other than market variability, which rely on financial data other than price data.
Definition: In the model for calculating fundamental beta, ratios in risk indexes other than market variability, which rely on financial data other than price data.
Fundamental Forecasting
Definition: Analyzing the future on the basis of fundamental relationships between economic variables and exchange rates.
Definition: Analyzing the future on the basis of fundamental relationships between economic variables and exchange rates.
Fundamental Information
Definition: Information relating to the economic state of a company or economy. In market analysis, fundamental information is related to the earnings prospects of the firm only.
Definition: Information relating to the economic state of a company or economy. In market analysis, fundamental information is related to the earnings prospects of the firm only.
Funded Liability
Definition: A source of funds that a firm must take overt action to arrange and that carries an interest cost.
Definition: A source of funds that a firm must take overt action to arrange and that carries an interest cost.
Funded Pension Plan
Definition: A pension plan in which all liabilities, including payments to be made to pensioners in the immediate future, are completely funded.
Definition: A pension plan in which all liabilities, including payments to be made to pensioners in the immediate future, are completely funded.
Funding
Definition: Used to describe the refinancing of a debt prior to its maturity (the same as refunding). In corporate finance refers to the floating of bonds to raise finance and levels of capital. See also: refunding.
Definition: Used to describe the refinancing of a debt prior to its maturity (the same as refunding). In corporate finance refers to the floating of bonds to raise finance and levels of capital. See also: refunding.
Funding Risk
Definition: The risk associated with the impact on a project's cash flow from higher funding costs or lack of availability of funds. See: interest rate risk.
Definition: The risk associated with the impact on a project's cash flow from higher funding costs or lack of availability of funds. See: interest rate risk.
Funds From Operations (FFO)
Definition: Used by real estate and other investment trusts to define the cash flow from trust operations; earnings with depreciation and amortization added back. A similar term increasingly used is funds available for distribution (FAD), which is FFO less capital investments in trust property and the amortization of mortgages.
Definition: Used by real estate and other investment trusts to define the cash flow from trust operations; earnings with depreciation and amortization added back. A similar term increasingly used is funds available for distribution (FAD), which is FFO less capital investments in trust property and the amortization of mortgages.
Fungibility
Definition: The substitutability of listed options, which is dependent upon their common expiration dates and strike prices. The congruence of expiration dates and strike prices lets investors close positions by offsetting transactions through the options clearing corporation.
Definition: The substitutability of listed options, which is dependent upon their common expiration dates and strike prices. The congruence of expiration dates and strike prices lets investors close positions by offsetting transactions through the options clearing corporation.
Furthest Month
Definition: Used in the context of commodities or options trading to refer to the month that is away from the contract's date of settlement.
Definition: Used in the context of commodities or options trading to refer to the month that is away from the contract's date of settlement.
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