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Dividend
Financial services; Finance
The part of a company's after-tax earnings that is distributed to the shareholders. The board of directors of the company recommends how much dividend should be paid out at its annual meeting and it ...
Balance sheet
Financial services; Finance
An accounting statement of a company's assets and liabilities, provided for the benefit of shareholders and regulators. It gives a snapshot, at a specific point of time, of the assets that the ...
Future value
Financial services; Finance
The expected value of a payment (or series of payments) at a set date in the future, once it has been invested at a specific rate of interest until that date.
Opportunity cost
Financial services; Finance
The cost of using a resource, i.e. its actual cost plus the profit forgone by not putting it to another use.
Forward market
Financial services; Finance
Markets that deliver and settle on a date other than spot. The term is often used to describe the forward FX (Foreign Exchange) market, which is one of the most liquid forward markets.
Base currency
Financial services; Finance
The currency that forms the base of a quotation, i.e. the denominator expressed as a unit of one (or sometimes a hundred)
Free float
Financial services; Finance
The proportion of a company's listed shares that are freely available for trading and are not restricted or unlikely to trade.
