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Bloomberg L.P.
Industry: Financial services
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World's leading financial information-service, news, and media company.
A unit of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) that provides deposit insurance for banks excluding thrifts.
Industry:Financial services
An international bank headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, which serves as a forum for monetary cooperation among several European central banks, the Bank of Japan, and the US Federal Reserve System. Founded in 1930 to handle the German payment of World War I reparations, it now monitors and collects data on international banking activity and promulgates rules concerning international bank regulation.
Industry:Financial services
Interest guaranteed by the bank in a portfolio over a specific time frame with a specific yield.
Industry:Financial services
Standards allowing banks to confirm letters of credit by foreign banks supporting the purchase of US exports.
Industry:Financial services
The argument that expected indirect and direct bankruptcy costs offset the other benefits from leverage so that the optimal amount of leverage is less than 100% debt financing.
Industry:Financial services
A method developed by BARRA, a consulting firm in Berkeley, Calif. It is commonly used by institutional investors applying performance attribution analysis to evaluate their money managers' performance.
Industry:Financial services
Index measuring the ratio of the average yield on 10 top-grade bonds to the average yield on 10 intermediate-grade bonds. The discrepancy between high-rated top-grade bonds and low-rated bond yields establishes a measure that is indicative of investor confidence.
Industry:Financial services
Agreement concluded among country representatives in 1988 in Switzerland to develop standardized risk-based capital requirements for banks across countries.
Industry:Financial services
Accept the project if IRR is higher than the discount rate; reject the project if it is lower than the discount rate. It is wise to also consider net present value for project evaluation.
Industry:Financial services
An SEC required document of brokerage houses that outlines the firm's finances and officers.
Industry:Financial services
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