Aiming For A's
Busy With B's
Coasting With C's
Darn D's
Fantastic F's
100
This part of a business includes the performance or management of business operations and decision making, as well as the efficient organization of people and other resources, to direct activities toward common goals and objectives.
Administration
100
A summary of the financial value of a company, usually published at the end of its financial year.
Balance Sheet
100
If you purchase 1,000 shares at $1 each and eventually sell them for $10 each, you have made a what of $9,000.
Capital Gain
100
A fall in the general level of prices - the opposite of inflation.
Deflation
100
Costs that a company incurs in making goods regardless of how much it is producing.
Fixed Cost
200
Are accountants who must certify that the company accounts prepared and signed by the board of directors are a 'true and fair view' of the company's financial position.
Auditors
200
An IOU. It is an agreement under which a sum is borrowed from an investor at a stipulated rate of interest and repaid after an agreed period of time.
Bond
200
This tracks changes in the prices of a basket of goods and services that a typical household might buy.
CPI (Consumer Price Index)
200
An economic downturn more severe and prolonged than a recession.
Depression
200
Markets are where one currency is exchanged for another.
Foreign Exchange
300
Is a type of insurance policy that provides a regular income in exchange for a lump sum paid into it on retirement.
Annuity
300
The tendency of economies to move through periods of boom and bust, with fluctuations in economic growth occurring every five years or so.
Business Cycle
300
The banker to the government and the other banks in a country. In the UK, it is the Bank of England. In the US, the Federal Reserve.
Central Bank
300
Usually referred to as complex financial instruments, these derive their value from something else - hence their name. The most common of which are futures and options of bonds, equities and commodities.
Derivatives
300
Say that the price of pork bellies, a commodity, is $1,000 per ton today, but you believe that the price will go up. You could buy tons of pork bellies, stick them in your freezer and reap the rewards in a few months when the price has rocketed.This is an example of a(n)?
Future
400
The percentage of the money you pay into a pension scheme or life insurance policy that is actually invested.
Allocation Rate
400
Used to describe the buying price (offer) and selling price (bid) of shares, currency, bonds or other financial instruments.
Bid-Offer Spread
400
This is a chapter of the US bankruptcy code that gives a company an opportunity to reorganize and emerge from bankruptcy.
Chapter 11
400
Is an index of the stock prices of 30 of the largest companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
DJI or Dow Jones Industrial Average
400
The use of government spending and taxation, as opposed to monetary policy, to try to influence the level of economic activity.
Fiscal Policy
500
Is the rate of interest that you agree to pay on money that you borrow.
APR
500
An estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time.
Budget
500
Lenders will often ask for this or security against a loan.
Collateral
500
When a firm makes profits, it may decide to reward its shareholders by paying them one of these on their investment.
Dividend
500
This can run over any 12-month period it chooses, although the most common year-ends are March 31 and December 31.
Financial Year
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