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Asset
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AssetIs the taxable basis of a property, imposed by the municipality. Often it is at a fraction of the market value.
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Basis
The price an investor pays for a security plus any out-of-pocket expenses. It is used to determine capital gains or losses for tax purposes when the stock is sold.
Property
A legally owned possession or real estate.
Market
1) The total demand for a good. 2) The set of all actual and potential buyers of a good or service. 3) The place where people buy and sell. 4) The process by which buyers and sellers of goods, services and factors of production interact to determine prices and quantifies.
Value
The worth or desirability of something expressed as an amount of money.
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Assessed valuation
Metal purity test to confirm that the metal meets the standards for trading on a commodities exchange (commodities exchange center).
Assessed value
The value assigned to property by a municipality for the purpose of tax assessment.
Asset activity ratios
Any possession that has value in an exchange.
Asset allocation decision
Ratios that measure how effectively the firm is managing its assets.
Asset allocation mutual fund
The decision regarding how an institution's funds should be distributed among the major classes of assets in which it may invest.
Asset backed security
The task of managing the funds of a financial institution to accomplish two goals: to earn an adequate return on funds invested and to maintain a comfortable surplus of assets beyond liabilities. Also called surplus management.
Asset based financing
A security that is collateralized by loans, leases, receivables, or installment contracts on personal property, not real estate.
Asset classes
A mutual fund that rotates among stocks, bonds, and money market securities to maximize return on investment and minimize risk.
Asset coverage test
Methods of financing in which lenders and equity investors look principally to the cash flow from a particular asset or set of assets for a return on, and the return of, their financing.
Asset depreciation range system
Categories of assets, such as stocks, bonds, real estate, and foreign securities.
Asset for asset swap
A range of depreciable lives the IRS allows for particular classes of assets.
ASSET Loans Ltd
ASSET Loans Ltd is a large Australian company in the field of diversified financials. Their Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) code is ASQ.
Asset management account
Creditors exchange the debt of one defaulting borrower for the debt of another defaulting borrower.
Asset manager
Account at a brokerage house, bank, or savings institution that integrates banking services and brokerage features.
Asset play
A person appointed by a written contract between the IBC (or the exempt company) or the APT and that person to direct the investment program.
Asset pricing model
A company with assets that are not believed to be accurately reflected in its stock price, making it an attractive buy or play.
Asset Protection Trust (APT)
A model for determining the required or expected rate of return on an asset.
Asset stripper
A special form of irrevocable trust, usually created (settled) offshore for the principal purposes of preserving and protecting part of one's wealth offshore against creditors. Title to the asset is transferred to a person named the trustee.
Asset substitution
A corporate raider (company A) that takes over a target company (company B) in order to sell large assets of company B to repay debt.
Asset substitution problem
Occurs when a firm invests in assets that are riskier than those that the debt holders expected.
Asset swap
Arises when the stock holders substitute riskier assets for the firm's existing assets and expropriate value from the debt holders.
Asset turnover
An interest rate swap used to alter the cash flow characteristics of an institution's assets in order to provide a better match with its liabilities.
Asset value
The ratio of net sales to total assets.
Asset/equity ratio
The net market value of a corporation's assets on a per-share basis, not the market value of the shares. A company is undervalued in the market when asset value exceeds market value.
Asset/liability management
The ratio of total assets to stock holder equity.
Assets in place
A common element of a financial plan that describes projected capital spending and the proposed uses of net working capital.
Assets requirements
A firm's productive resources.
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Asked to bid/offer
In context of general equities, price at which a security or commodity is offered for sale on an exchange or in the OTCMarket.
ASPIRIN
Used in context of general equities. Usually a seller (buyer) looking to aggressively sell (buy) stock, usually asking for a capital commitment from an investment bank.
Assay
Australian Stock Price Riskless Indexed Notes. Zero-coupon four-year bonds repayable at face value plus the percentage increase by which the Australian stock index of all ordinaries (common stocks) rises above a predefined level during the given period.
Assessed valuation
Metal purity test to confirm that the metal meets the standards for trading on a commodities exchange (commodities exchange center).
Assessed value
The value assigned to property by a municipality for the purpose of tax assessment.
Asset
Asset activity ratios
Any possession that has value in an exchange.
Asset allocation decision
Ratios that measure how effectively the firm is managing its assets.
Asset allocation mutual fund
The decision regarding how an institution's funds should be distributed among the major classes of assets in which it may invest.
Asset backed security
The task of managing the funds of a financial institution to accomplish two goals: to earn an adequate return on funds invested and to maintain a comfortable surplus of assets beyond liabilities. Also called surplus management.
Asset based financing
A security that is collateralized by loans, leases, receivables, or installment contracts on personal property, not real estate.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Basis
The price an investor pays for a security plus any out-of-pocket expenses. It is used to determine capital gains or losses for tax purposes when the stock is sold.
Property
A legally owned possession or real estate.
Market
1) The total demand for a good. 2) The set of all actual and potential buyers of a good or service. 3) The place where people buy and sell. 4) The process by which buyers and sellers of goods, services and factors of production interact to determine prices and quantifies.
Value
The worth or desirability of something expressed as an amount of money.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Assessed valuation
Metal purity test to confirm that the metal meets the standards for trading on a commodities exchange (commodities exchange center).
Assessed value
The value assigned to property by a municipality for the purpose of tax assessment.
Asset activity ratios
Any possession that has value in an exchange.
Asset allocation decision
Ratios that measure how effectively the firm is managing its assets.
Asset allocation mutual fund
The decision regarding how an institution's funds should be distributed among the major classes of assets in which it may invest.
Asset backed security
The task of managing the funds of a financial institution to accomplish two goals: to earn an adequate return on funds invested and to maintain a comfortable surplus of assets beyond liabilities. Also called surplus management.
Asset based financing
A security that is collateralized by loans, leases, receivables, or installment contracts on personal property, not real estate.
Asset classes
A mutual fund that rotates among stocks, bonds, and money market securities to maximize return on investment and minimize risk.
Asset coverage test
Methods of financing in which lenders and equity investors look principally to the cash flow from a particular asset or set of assets for a return on, and the return of, their financing.
Asset depreciation range system
Categories of assets, such as stocks, bonds, real estate, and foreign securities.
Asset for asset swap
A range of depreciable lives the IRS allows for particular classes of assets.
ASSET Loans Ltd
ASSET Loans Ltd is a large Australian company in the field of diversified financials. Their Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) code is ASQ.
Asset management account
Creditors exchange the debt of one defaulting borrower for the debt of another defaulting borrower.
Asset manager
Account at a brokerage house, bank, or savings institution that integrates banking services and brokerage features.
Asset play
A person appointed by a written contract between the IBC (or the exempt company) or the APT and that person to direct the investment program.
Asset pricing model
A company with assets that are not believed to be accurately reflected in its stock price, making it an attractive buy or play.
Asset Protection Trust (APT)
A model for determining the required or expected rate of return on an asset.
Asset stripper
A special form of irrevocable trust, usually created (settled) offshore for the principal purposes of preserving and protecting part of one's wealth offshore against creditors. Title to the asset is transferred to a person named the trustee.
Asset substitution
A corporate raider (company A) that takes over a target company (company B) in order to sell large assets of company B to repay debt.
Asset substitution problem
Occurs when a firm invests in assets that are riskier than those that the debt holders expected.
Asset swap
Arises when the stock holders substitute riskier assets for the firm's existing assets and expropriate value from the debt holders.
Asset turnover
An interest rate swap used to alter the cash flow characteristics of an institution's assets in order to provide a better match with its liabilities.
Asset value
The ratio of net sales to total assets.
Asset/equity ratio
The net market value of a corporation's assets on a per-share basis, not the market value of the shares. A company is undervalued in the market when asset value exceeds market value.
Asset/liability management
The ratio of total assets to stock holder equity.
Assets in place
A common element of a financial plan that describes projected capital spending and the proposed uses of net working capital.
Assets requirements
A firm's productive resources.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Asked to bid/offer
In context of general equities, price at which a security or commodity is offered for sale on an exchange or in the OTCMarket.
ASPIRIN
Used in context of general equities. Usually a seller (buyer) looking to aggressively sell (buy) stock, usually asking for a capital commitment from an investment bank.
Assay
Australian Stock Price Riskless Indexed Notes. Zero-coupon four-year bonds repayable at face value plus the percentage increase by which the Australian stock index of all ordinaries (common stocks) rises above a predefined level during the given period.
Assessed valuation
Metal purity test to confirm that the metal meets the standards for trading on a commodities exchange (commodities exchange center).
Assessed value
The value assigned to property by a municipality for the purpose of tax assessment.
Asset
Asset activity ratios
Any possession that has value in an exchange.
Asset allocation decision
Ratios that measure how effectively the firm is managing its assets.
Asset allocation mutual fund
The decision regarding how an institution's funds should be distributed among the major classes of assets in which it may invest.
Asset backed security
The task of managing the funds of a financial institution to accomplish two goals: to earn an adequate return on funds invested and to maintain a comfortable surplus of assets beyond liabilities. Also called surplus management.
Asset based financing
A security that is collateralized by loans, leases, receivables, or installment contracts on personal property, not real estate.
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