Financial: Terms and Keywords
Finance
Financial markets
• Bond market • Commodity market • Derivatives market • Foreign exchange market • Money market • Over the counter • Private equity • Real estate • Spot market • Stock market • Financial market participants: • Investor and speculator • Institutional and retail
Financial instruments
• Cash: • Deposit • Derivative • Exotic option • Futures contract • Loan • Option (call or put) • Security • Stock • Time deposit or certificate of deposit
Corporate finance
• Accountancy • Audit • Capital budgeting • Credit rating agency • Financial risk management • Financial statement • Leveraged buyout • Mergers and acquisitions • Structured finance • Venture capital
Personal finance
• Credit and debt • Employment contract • Financial planning • Retirement • Student financial aid in the United States
Public finance
• Government spending: • Government final consumption expenditure • Government operations • Redistribution of wealth • Transfer payment • Government revenue: • Taxation • Deficit spending • Government budget • Government budget deficit • Government debt • Non-tax revenue • Warrant of payment
Banks and banking
• Central bank • Deposit account • Fractional reserve banking • Lists of banks • Loan • Money supply
Financial regulation
• Professional certification in financial services • Accounting scandals
Standards
• ISO 31000 • International Financial Reporting Standards
Economic history
• History of private equity and venture capital • Recession • Stock market bubble • Stock market crash
Financial markets
• Public market
• Exchange • Securities
Bond market • Fixed income • Corporate bond • Government bond • Municipal bond • Bond valuation • High-yield debt
Stock market • Stock • Preferred stock • Common stock • Registered share • Voting share • Stock exchange
Derivatives market • Securitization • Hybrid security • Credit derivative • Futures exchange
Over-the-counter • Spot market • Forwards • Swaps • Options
Foreign exchange Exchange rate Currency
Other markets • Money market • Reinsurance market • Commodity market • Real estate market
Practical trading • Participants • Clearing house • Financial regulation
• Finance series • Banks and banking • Corporate finance • Personal finance • Public finance
References
• T.E. Copeland, J.F. Weston (1988): Financial Theory and Corporate Policy, Addison-Wesley, West Sussex (ISBN 978-0321223531) • E.J. Elton, M.J. Gruber, S.J. Brown, W.N. Goetzmann (2003): Modern Portfolio Theory and Investment Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, New York (ISBN 978-0470050828) • E.F. Fama (1976): Foundations of Finance, Basic Books Inc., New York (ISBN 978-0465024995) • Marc M. Groz (2009): Forbes Guide to the Markets, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York (ISBN 978- 0470463383) • R.C. Merton (1992): Continuous-Time Finance, Blackwell Publishers Inc. (ISBN 978-0631185086) • Keith Pilbeam (2010) Finance and Financial Markets, Palgrave (ISBN 978-0230233218) • Steven Valdez, An Introduction To Global Financial Markets, Macmillan Press Ltd. (ISBN 0-333- 76447-1) • The Business Finance Market: A Survey, Industrial Systems Research Publications, Manchester (UK), new edition 2002 (ISBN 978-0-906321-19-5)
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Information compiled by Kimberly M. Gay, B.S.; M.L.S. Academic Reference and Instruction Librarian Faculty Library Liaison: College of Business, Communication and Journalism, Literature and Language. (John B. Coleman Library- Prairie View A&M University) Spring 2012.