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FINANCIAL DICTIONARY & GLOSSARY: FI -
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assets or capital assets or permanent assets - items
such as land, buildings, machines, etc., belonging to a business, which
are expected to last for a long time, and cannot be sold or turned into
cash, as they are used for making and selling the firm's products.
fixed costs - those which do not vary according to the volume produced fixed exchange rate - a rate that cannot change, whatever the pressures of supply and demand. flat yield or running yield - the amount of interest received from an investment expressed as a percentage of the price paid, disregarding any profit or loss made at redemption. flexible - (of prices, etc.) able to change according to supply and demand float (a company) - to issue shares (offer them for sale to the public) for the first time. floating - (used for exchange rates, interest rates, etc.) able to change according to supply and demand. floating assets - see current assets. floating (or variable) rate note - a bond that pays interest according to current market rates. floor - the lower limit of a floating interest rate. flow of funds - cash received and payments made by a company during a specific period. fluctuate - to go up and down, rise and fall. Footsie - popular name for the Financial Times-Stock Exchange (FT-SE) 100 Share Index, recording the average value of the 100 leading British shares. foreign exchange - currency of countries other than one's own. forward integration - consists of a company acquiring control of its distribution systems. forward market - over-the-counter futures deals for non-standardized quantifies or time periods, e.g. for currencies or commodities. founders - the people who set up or establish a company. franchise - a license giving someone an exclusive right to manufacture or sell certain products in a certain area; (the person who sells the license is the franchiser; the person who buys it is the franchises). fraud - deceiving someone to obtain goods or money dishonestly. free enterprise - economic system in which anyone can attempt to raise capital, form a business, and offer goods or services. |
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FINANCIAL DICTIONARY & GLOSSARY
SHORT INDEX a-ac, ac-am, am-as, as-ba, ba-be, be-br, br-cap, cap-cas, ce-col, col-com, com-cor, cor-cu, cu-deb, deb-dem, dep-dis, dis-du, du-em, em-ex, fa-fi, fi-fr, fr-ge, ge-gr, ha-im, im-ine, inf-int, int-inv, inv-la, la-li, li-lo, lo-mar, mar-mark, mat-mo, mo-na, na-od, of-ou, ov-pa, pa-po, po-pri, pri-pro, pro-qu, qu-red, red-res, res-sa, sa-sh, sh-sta, sta-sto, str-ta, ta-tr, tr-un, un-va, va-we, we-zz |
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