Equitrend Glossary of Financial Terms

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In managing your investments, it is important to learn the meaning of the financial terms used in today's marketplace. This page contains a comprehensive financial glossary that contains more than 3,000 terms. If you find it useful, please feel free to share it with a friend.

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P&L
P&S
P/E
P/E Effect
P/E Ratio
Pacific Stock Exchange
Pack
Pac-Man Strategy
Paid In Capital
Painting The Tape
Paired Off
Pairoff
Pairs Trading
Paper
Paper Gain/Loss
Par
Par Cap
Par Value
Par Value Swap
Parallel Loan
Parallel Shift In The Yield Curve
Parameter
Pareto Optimality or Efficiency
Pari Passu
Paris Interbank Offer Rate
Parity
Parity Graph
Parking a Security
Parking Violation
Part Contingent Knock-In Option
Partial
Partial Collar
Partial Delivery
Partial Duration
Partial Lookback Warrant or Option
Partially Protected Equity-Linked Note
Participating Account
Participating Cap
Participating Collar
Participating Fees
Participating Forward Contract
Participating GIC
Participating Interest Rate Agreement (PIRA)
Participating Mortgage
Participating Mortgage Strip
Participating Option
Participating Range Forward
Participating Swap
Participation
Participation Bond
Participation Certificate
Partly Paid Bonds
Partner
Partnership
Party at Interest
Passing the Book
Passive Investment Management
Passive Manager
Pass-Through Coupon Rate
Pass-Through Rate
Pass-Through Securities
Path Dependency
Path Dependent Option
Path-Dependent Floating Rate Note
Pay Later Option (PLO)
Payable Through Drafts
Payables
Payback
Paydown
Payer's Swaption
Pay-In-Kind (PIK) Securities
Payment Date
Payment Float
Payment Netting
Payment Versus Payment (PVP)
Payment-In-Kind Bond
Payoff Diagram
Payout
Payout Protected Option
Payout Ratio
Pay-Up
Peak
Pecking-Order View
Pegging
Penalty Bid
Penny Stock
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
Pension Livrée
Pension Plan
Pension Sponsors
Percent Cap
Percent To Double
Percentage Order
Percentage Premium
Perfect Capital Market
Perfect Competition
Perfect Hedge
Perfect Market View
Perfected First Lien
Perfectly Competitive Financial Markets
Performance Attribution System
Performance Bond
Performance Evaluation
Performance Index Paper (PIP)
Performance Plus Shares
Performance Shares
Performance-Linked Equity Securities (Perles)
Peril
Period Specific
Periodic Auction Reset Securities (PARS)
Periodic Cap
Periodic Rate
Periodic Reset Swap
Periodic Return
Perpetual Floating Rate Note
Perpetual Preferred Stock
Perpetual Warrant
Perpetuity
Perquisites
Personal Tax View
Personal Trust
Peso Problem
Petrobond
Phantom Income
Philadelphia Stock Exchange
Phillips Curve
Phone Switching
Physical Commodities
Pickup
Picture
Pie Model Of Capital Structure
Piece
Piggyback Registration
Pin Risk
Pink Sheets
Pip
Pit
Pit Committee
Pivot
Placement
Plain Vanilla
Plan Assets
Plan For Reorganization
Plan Sponsor
Planned Amortization Class
Planning Horizon
Player
Playing the Yield Curve
Plaza Accord
Plug
Plus
Plus A Match
Plus Tick
Plus Tick Seller
Point
Point And Figure Chart
Poison Pill
Poison Put
Political Risk
Ponzi Scheme
Pool Factor
Pooling Of Interests
Portfolio
Portfolio Approach to Risk Management
Portfolio Beta
Portfolio Insurance
Portfolio Internal Rate Of Return
Portfolio Level
Portfolio Management
Portfolio Manager
Portfolio R2
Portfolio Restructuring
Portfolio Separation Theorem
Portfolio System for Institutional Trading
Portfolio Tilting
Portfolio Trade
Portfolio Turnover Rate
Portfolio Variance
Position
Position Diagram
Position Limit
Position Self
Position Sheet
Position Trading
Positive Carry
Positive Convexity
Positive Covenant
Possessions Corporation
Post
Post Execution Reporting System (PERS)
Post-Audit
Postponement Option
Posttrade Benchmarks
Potential Presettlement Exposure
Power of Attorney
Power Warrant
Praecipuum
Preauthorized Check
Preauthorized Electronic Debits
Precautionary Demand
Precautionary Motive
Pre-Commitment Capital Requirement
Prediction Bias
Preemptive Right
Preference
Preference Stock
Preferred Equity Redemption Stock
Preferred Habitat Theory
Preferred Shares
Preferred Stock
Preferred Stock Agreement
Preliminary Prospectus
Premium
Premium Bond
Premium Business
Premium Currency
Premium Free Option
Premium Income
Premium Neutral Option
Premium Put Convertible Bond
Premium Trigger Option
Premium-Coupon Synthetic Collateralized Mortgage Obligation
Prepackaged Bankruptcy
Prepaid Swap
Prepayment
Prepayment Option
Prepayment Risk
Prepayment Speed
Prepayments
Prerefunded Bond
Prescribed Right to Income and Maximum Equity (PRIME)
Present Value
Present Value Of Growth Opportunities
Pre-Settlement Credit Risk
Presold Issue
Pre-trade Benchmarks
Price Compression
Price Discovery Process
Price Elasticities
Price Give
Price Jump
Price Limits
Price Of Admission
Price Risk
Price Takers
Price Value Of A Basis Point
Price/Book Ratio
Price/Earnings Ratio
Price/Sales Ratio
Priced Out
Price-Volume Relationship
Pricey
Pricing Efficiency
Primary Dealer
Primary Distribution
Primary Market
Primary Offering
Prime Rate
Primitive Security
Principal
Principal Amount
Principal Exchange Rate-Linked Securities (PERLS)
Principal Of Diversification
Principal Only
Principal Protected Note
Principal Relationship
Principal Risk
Principles and Practices for Wholesale Financial Market Transaction
Print
Priority
Private Export Funding Corporation
Private Market Valuation (PMV)
Private Placement
Private Unrequited Transfers
Privately Negotiated Derivatives (PND)
Privatization
Pro Forma Capital Structure Analysis
Pro Forma Financial Statements
Pro Rata Strip (PRS) Bond
Probability
Probability Density Function
Probability Distribution
Probability Function
Probability Mass
Product Cycle
Product Risk
Production Payment Financing
Profile Buyer/Seller
Profit
Profit Margin
Profit Taking
Profitability Index
Profitability Ratios
Program Trades
Program Trading
Progress Review
Progressive Tax System
Prohibited Transaction
Project Financing
Project Loan Certificate
Project Loan Securities
Project Loans
Project Notes
Projected Benefit Obligation
Projected Maturity Date
Promissory Note
Property Rights
Proprietary Trading
Prospect Theory
Prospective Earnings Growth Ratio
Prospectus
Protect
Protected Equity Participation (PEP)
Protected Index Participation (PIP)
Protectionism
Protective Covenant
Protective Put Buying Strategy
Provisional Call Feature
Proxy
Proxy Contest
Proxy Hedging
Proxy Vote
Prudent Expert Rule of ERISA
Prudent Man Rule
Public Offering
Public Sector Borrowing Requirement (PSBR)
Public Securities Administration
Publicly Traded Assets
Pull
Pundit
Purchase
Purchase Accounting
Purchase Agreement
Purchase And Sale
Purchase Fund
Purchase Method
Purchasing Power Parity
Pure Expectations Theory
Pure Index Fund
Pure Yield Pickup Swap
Pure-Discount Bond
Purgatory and Hell Bond
Put
Put An Option
Put and Call Brokers and Dealers Association (PCBDA)
Put Away
Put Bond
Put Guarantee Letter
Put On
Put Option
Put Price
Put Provision
Put Spread
Put Warrant
Put/Call Parity
Put/Call Parity Relationship
Put/Call Ratio
Puttable Extendible Notes
Puttable Notes
Puttable Range Floater
Puttable Stock
Puttable Swap
Pyramid Scheme
Pyramiding