valuation
Valuation is the attempt to determine whether a stock is fairly priced. According to financial theory, a stock should be more... http://www.investorglossary.com/valuation.htm
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Value Added Tax
A value added tax is sometimes referred to as VAT. A value added tax is added to the price of more... http://www.investorglossary.com/value-added-tax.htm
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value fund
A mutual fund that employs a value approach to investing is referred to as a value fund. A manager of more... http://www.investorglossary.com/value-fund.htm
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value investing
Value investing is an investment technique where one buys shares that are believed to be undervalued in hopes that the more... http://www.investorglossary.com/value-investing.htm
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value stock
A value stock is a stock that, in the opinion of the person calling it a value stock, is undervalued more... http://www.investorglossary.com/value-stock.htm
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value-added
Value-added is used in several ways to indicate an enhancement to a product or an entity. By one definition, value-added more... http://www.investorglossary.com/value-added.htm
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variable annuity
A variable annuity provides a varying rate of return on an investment. The variable annuity's rate depends on the performance more... http://www.investorglossary.com/variable-annuity.htm
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variable life
Variable life is a type of whole life insurance that allows one to invest in various combinations of stocks, bonds more... http://www.investorglossary.com/variable-life.htm
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variable rate
A variable rate is an interest rate that may fluctuate over time. To determine its variable rate, a lender more... http://www.investorglossary.com/variable-rate.htm
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variance
Variance is a measure of volatility. Variance is calculated as the average squared deviation from the mean. The Capital Asset more... http://www.investorglossary.com/variance.htm
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venture capital
Venture capital is a source of funding for a high risk, but potentially high return, new business venture. Most more... http://www.investorglossary.com/venture-capital.htm
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venture capital firm
A venture capital firm is an investment company that invests in risky but potentially very profitable new ventures. The more... http://www.investorglossary.com/venture-capital-firm.htm
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vertical integration
In strategic management and microeconomics, vertical integration is the consolidation of upstream (suppliers) and/or downstream (customers) components of the value more... http://www.investorglossary.com/vertical-integration.htm
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vested
To become vested employees of a company or corporation must adhere to a waiting period. The employer determines the length more... http://www.investorglossary.com/vested.htm
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viral marketing
Viral marketing exploits existing social networks to rapidly spread a message. Done well, viral marketing is an inexpensive marketing more... http://www.investorglossary.com/viral-marketing.htm
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VIX
VIX is the CBOE Volatility Index, created by the Chicago Board Options Exchange as a measure of equity market volatility. more... http://www.investorglossary.com/vix.htm
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volatility
In finance, volatility is a statistical measure of the tendency of a security’s price to change over time. more... http://www.investorglossary.com/volatility.htm
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volume
Volume is a measure of trading activity. On stock exchanges, volume is the number of shares trading hands over more... http://www.investorglossary.com/volume.htm
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