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Top 10 Financial Terms

Submitted by Diversified Financial Consultants, LLC on October 23rd, 2018
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If you don’t know the difference between asset-backed securities and securities, you may want to take a look at these common financial terms and their definitions.

Asset Backed Securities

Asset-backed securities are bonds or notes that are backed by assets such as credit card accounts receivable, auto loans, and home equity loans.

Blue Chips

Blue chips are well-established, well-recognized, financially stable companies. Blue Chip companies offer a variety of products and services, have been in business for a number of years, have weathered economic downturns successfully, and have continued to offer stability and growth to investors.

Capital Asset

Your home, your car, your Picasso, even your stocks and bonds are considered to be capital assets. If you’re a business owner, anything you’ve purchased that has a longer life than one year, such as a computer, a printing press, or a warehouse, are considered capital assets.

Derivatives

Derivatives are considered a category of security, with several different kinds of derivatives available. Originally used to help ensure a more balanced exchange rate for internationally traded products, derivatives are used in a variety of situations today, including insuring against risk or speculating on the future price of a particular asset.

Dow Jones Industrial Average

Created in 1896, and later named after founder Charles Dow, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the price-weighted average of how 30 large, publicly owned company’s stock traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq on a particular day.

EBITDA

An acronym, EBITDA is a company’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. EBITDA is used to report company profits before debt interest and taxes owed are subtracted. EBITDA is best used to compare profitability between several companies that are similarly sized or in the same industry.

International Monetary Fund

Created in 1944 in order to help stabilize currency exchange rates between countries, the International Monetary Fund or IMF has a current membership of 189 countries and is tasked with promoting international monetary cooperation, while helping to facilitate the balanced growth in international trade.

Recession

While we’re all familiar with the term, the actual meaning of a recession may elude some. A recession is a significant decline in economic activity that is typically measured by a country’s gross domestic product (GDP) that lasts longer than a few months. Unfortunately, there is no accurate way to predict a recession, though trends such as falling asset and home prices can indicate that a recession is looming on the horizon. A recession can last up to 18 months, though the effects can linger much longer.

Securities

A security represents an investment by the owner of the security, has an assigned value, and may be sold.

Resources

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https://www.investopedia.com

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