Investor Glossary-bondsInvestor Glossary-bondsInvestor Glossary-bondsInvestor Glossary-bondsInsightful stock market charts - Click here
investor
 # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z     
Bonds
Home » Bonds
10-year Treasury Note
A 10-year Treasury Note represents debt owed by the United  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/10-year-treasury-note.htm

30-Year Treasury Bond
The 30-year Treasury Bond is a debt obligation issued by  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/30-year-treasury-bond.htm

allocation
In general, allocation means to distribute according to some plan.  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/allocation.htm

American Association of Individual Investors
American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) is a Chicago-based, investor  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/american-association-of-individual-investors.htm

American Municipal Bond Assurance Corporation
The American Municipal Bond Assurance Corporation is one of the  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/american-municipal-bond-assurance-corporation.htm

AMEX
AMEX is the American Stock Exchange. AMEX is sometimes  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/amex.htm

arbitrage
Arbitrage is a financial transaction that involves a simultaneous purchase  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/arbitrage.htm

arbitrageur
An arbitrageur is an individual or an organization that engages  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/arbitrageur.htm

asset-backed security
An asset-backed security (ABS) is a bond backed by a  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/asset-backed-security.htm

balanced fund
A balanced fund is a mutual fund that invests in  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/balanced-fund.htm

balanced investment strategy
A balanced investment strategy is an investment approach that tries  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/balanced-investment-strategy.htm

base interest rate
The base interest rate is the lowest interest rate that  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/base-interest-rate.htm

bellwether
A bellwether stock is a stock that is generally viewed  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/bellwether.htm

benchmark interest rate
The benchmark interest rate is the lowest interest rate that  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/benchmark-interest-rate.htm

bid
In practical terms, the bid is the available price at  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/bid.htm

bid/ask spread
The bid/ask spread is the difference between the price sellers  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/bid-ask-spread.htm

bonds
A bond is a financial instrument that is purchased by  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/bonds.htm

call
A call is a type of option contract. A  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/call.htm

call price
The call price is the price at which an issuer  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/call-price.htm

cash equivalents
Cash equivalents are investments that are so liquid and so  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/cash-equivalents.htm

CDR Counterparty Risk Index
The CDR counterparty risk index is a measure of credit  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/cdr-counterparty-risk-index.htm

convertible bond
A convertible bond is a debt instrument that holders can  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/convertible-bond.htm

Counterparty Risk
Counterparty risk refers to the risk of default of one  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/counterparty-risk.htm

Coupon
A coupon refers to the annual interest rate a bond  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/coupon.htm

Credit Rating
A credit rating refers to the capability of companies to  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/credit-rating.htm

current yield
Current yield is equal to a bond’s annual interest payment  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/current-yield.htm

CUSIP
CUSIP is an abbreviation for Committee on Uniform Securities Identification  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/cusip.htm

date of maturity
The date of maturity is the date on which a  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/date-of-maturity.htm

debt security
A debt security is a written agreement to repay a  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/debt-security.htm

debtholder
A debtholder is the investor who holds a debt instrument,  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/debtholder.htm

default
Default can be generally defined as a failure of a  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/default.htm

default risk
Default risk is the risk born by a creditor that  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/default-risk.htm

defensive investment strategy
Defensive investment strategy is an investment approach to allocating a  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/defensive-investment-strategy.htm

Deleveraging
Deleveraging is the unwinding of debt. Companies use leveraging  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/deleveraging.htm

discount
A discount is a difference between the price paid for  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/discount.htm

Dow Jones CBOT Treasury Index
The Dow Jones CBOT Treasury Index is a fixed-income index.  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-cbot-treasury-index.htm

equity risk premium
Equity risk premium is a premium return of the stock  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/equity-risk-premium.htm

Equivalent Taxable Yield
The equivalent taxable yield is used by investors to compare  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/equivalent-taxable-yield.htm

face value
Face value is the nominal, or stated, amount of security.  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/face-value.htm

fair value
Fair value is a market price that both the buyer  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/fair-value.htm

fairly valued
A fairly valued stock is a stock whose perceived value  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/fairly-valued.htm

Fed funds rate
The Federal Reserve Board has the power to influence the  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/fed-funds-rate.htm

flight to quality
Flight to quality refers to investors moving investments into low-risk  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/flight-to-quality.htm

General Obligation Bond
A general obligation bond is a municipal bond backed by  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/general-obligation-bond.htm

inverted yield curve
An inverted yield curve is one where the most long-term  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/inverted-yield-curve.htm

investment club
An investment club is a membership organization for investors.  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/investment-club.htm

investment company
An investment company is a firm whose business is to  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/investment-company.htm

investment newsletter
An investment newsletter is a publication designed to help investors  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/investment-newsletter.htm

investment return
Investment return is the change in value of the investment  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/investment-return.htm

joint account
Joint account is opened by two or more owners. The  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/joint-account.htm

Joint Bond
Joint bond, or a "joint-and-several bond" is a bond guaranteed  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/joint-bond.htm

junior
Junior is a term that signifies that which is younger  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/junior.htm

junior debt
Junior debt is a debt (such as a bond) that  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/junior-debt.htm

junior equity
Junior equity is equity that ranks lower than some other  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/junior-equity.htm

junior refunding
Junior refunding refers to a refinancing of government or corporate  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/junior-refunding.htm

junk bond
A junk bond is any bond that is rated below  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/junk-bond.htm

LIBOR
LIBOR stands for London Interbank Offered Rate. The British  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/libor.htm

Long Bond
In the US, is the thirty-year Treasury bond is often  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/long-bond.htm

money market account
A money market account is a savings account that offers  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/money-market-account.htm

Morningstar Rating System
The Morningstar rating system evaluates mutual funds according to a  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/morningstar-rating-system.htm

mortgage bond
A mortgage bond is a debt obligation secured by a  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/mortgage-bond.htm

municipal bond
A municipal bond is a bond issued by a city,  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/municipal-bond.htm

negative yield curve
A negative yield curve has short-term rates, or yields, higher  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/negative-yield-curve.htm

normal yield curve
The normal yield curve is a yield curve with interest  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/normal-yield-curve.htm

refund
The term refund has several meanings. A refund is  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/refund.htm

registered security
A registered security is a security whose ownership is registered  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/registered-security.htm

risk-free rate of return
The return an investor can expect to receive on a  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/risk-free-rate-of-return.htm

stock buyback
A stock buyback occurs when a company repurchase their own  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/stock-buyback.htm

TED Spread
A TED spread is a yield spread. On any  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/ted-spread.htm

TIPS
TIPS are Treasury Inflation Protected Securities. As with other notes  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/tips.htm

Treasury Bill
To help finance federal spending, the Treasury sells short term  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/treasury-bill.htm

Treasury Inflation-Protected Security
A Treasury Inflation-Protected Security (TIPS) is a U.S. Treasury bond  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/treasury-inflation-protected-security.htm

underlying debt
For municipal bonds, an underlying debt is the debt held  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/underlying-debt.htm

Uniform Gift to Minors Act
The Uniform Gift to Minors Act creates a custodial vehicle  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/uniform-gift-to-minors-act.htm

US Savings Bond
A US savings bond is a bond sold by the  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/us-savings-bond.htm

US Treasury
The US Treasury (United States Department of the Treasury) is  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/us-treasury.htm

US Treasury Bill
A US Treasury bill is a short-term bond sold by  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/us-treasury-bill.htm

US Treasury Bond
A US Treasury bond is a government bond sold by  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/us-treasury-bond.htm

US Treasury Note
A US Treasury note is a government bond sold by  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/us-treasury-note.htm

US Treasury Securities
US Treasury securities are debt obligations (bonds) sold by the  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/us-treasury-securities.htm

variable life
Variable life is a type of whole life insurance that  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/variable-life.htm

warrant
A warrant, or stock warrant, is a security issued by  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/warrant.htm

XW
The letters XW are a symbol used to identify when  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/xw.htm

yield
In general, yield is a term that defines a return  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/yield.htm

yield curve
A yield curve is a plot of the yields of  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/yield-curve.htm

yield spread
The term yield spread is the name given to the  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/yield-spread.htm

yield to maturity
Yield to maturity, the most widely quoted yield for bonds,  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/yield-to-maturity.htm

ZEBRA
ZEBRA is an abbreviation for zero basis risk swap. A  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/zebra.htm

Zero Basis Risk Swap
A zero basis risk swap, or ZEBRA, is a specialized  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/zero-basis-risk-swap.htm

zero-coupon bond
A zero-coupon bond is a bond that does not pay  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/zero-coupon-bond.htm

zero-coupon convertible
A bond that has no coupon and is convertible into  more...
http://www.investorglossary.com/zero-coupon-convertible.htm

Home | Term of the Day | Tell a Friend | Suggest a Term | Edit Subscriber Detail
Accounting | Banking | Bonds | Brokers | Economy | Futures | Mutual Funds | Options | Real Estate | Retirement | Stocks | Taxes | Technical Analysis
©2004-2010 Investor Glossary - All rights reserved - Terms of Use