- Branche: Financial services
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A term referring to a person, other than the principal borrower, who signs for a loan. The cosigner(s) assumes equal liability for the loan.
Industry:Financial services
The close is the period at the end of the trading session. Sometimes used to refer to closing price. Related: Opening.
Industry:Financial services
The opposite of revenue. An expense that reflects the price of purchasing goods, services and financial instruments. A cash cost means that cash is given up today to the purchase.
Industry:Financial services
In the context of general equities, eliminate an investment from one's portfolio, by either selling a long position or covering a short position.
Industry:Financial services
A branch of accounting that provides information to help the management of a firm evaluate production costs and efficiency.
Industry:Financial services
An agreement in which advanced credit plus any finance charges are expected to be repaid in full over a definite time. Most real estate and automobile loans are closed-end agreements.
Industry:Financial services
The original price of an asset, used to determine capital gains.
Industry:Financial services
An active market in which there is a narrow spread between bid and offer prices, due to a high volume of trading and many competing market makers.
Industry:Financial services
The net present value of an investment divided by the investment's initial cost. Also called the profitability index.
Industry:Financial services
A corporation whose shares are owned by just a few people, having no public market.
Industry:Financial services
