Glossary of Family Office & Financial Terms
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A
- Accounting Policies
- Accounts Payable Ledger
- Accounts Receivable Ledger
- Accrued Expenses Ledger
- Acquisitions
- Active Ownership in Private Equity
- Adoption Credit
- Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Stock
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Algorithmic Risk Assessment Tools
- Algorithmic Risk Management
- Algorithmic Trading
- Alpha Generation through Machine Learning
- Alternative Data in Investment Analysis
- Alternative Risk Premia
- Amazon (AMZN) Stock
- Analyst Recommendation-Based Strategies
- Annual Percentage Rate (APR)
- Annuities
- AOTC (American Opportunity Tax Credit)
- Apple (AAPL) Stock
- Applied Materials (AMAT) Stock
- Arbitrage
- Archer Aviation (ACHR) Stock
- Asset Liability Management
- Asset Turnover Ratio
- Asset-Backed Securities (ABS)
- AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) Stock
- Atomic Swaps
- Audit Committees
- Audit Trail
- AUM (Assets Under Management)
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
- Automated Trading Systems
- Average Hourly Earnings
B
- Balance of Payments
- Balance Sheet
- Balanced Portfolio Strategy
- Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
- Bank Loans and Syndicated Loans
- Bank of England (BoE)
- Bank Reconciliation Statements
- Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)
- Barbell Strategy
- Barrier Options
- Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS)
- Bearish Market
- Behavioral Biases
- Behavioral Investment Strategies
- Behavioral Investment Theory
- Behavioral Portfolio Management
- Behavioral Portfolio Optimization
- Behavioral Portfolio Theory
- Behavioral Risk Assessment
- Behavioral Risk Profiling
- BEL 20 Index
- Beta
- Binance
- Bitcoin
- Bitcoin ETFs
- Blockchain
- Blockchain Interoperability
- Blockchain Interoperability Solutions
- Blockchain Scalability Solutions
- Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index
- BNB
- Board Composition
- Board Diversity
- Bovespa Index (IBOVESPA)
- Break-Even Analysis
- BRICS Nations
- BSE Sensex
- Budget Reports
- Budget Surplus-Deficit
- Budgeting and Budgetary Control
- Bullish Market
- Business Cycle Indicators
- Buy and Hold
- Buy and Hold with Timing Adjustments
- Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL)
- Buyback Investing
- Buyout
C
- CAC 40 Index
- Call Option
- Calmar Ratio
- Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA)
- Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
- Capital Budgeting
- Capital Expenditure
- Capital Gains
- Capital Market Assumptions
- Capital Preservation Strategy
- Capital Preservation Techniques
- Capital Structure
- Cardano
- Carvana (CVNA) Stock
- Cash Balance Plan
- Cash Flow Forecast
- Cash Flow Management
- Cash Flow Margin
- Cash Flow Statement
- Cash Flow Variability
- Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
- Certificates of Deposit (CDs)
- CEX
- Chainlink
- Charitable Remainder Trusts
- Child and Dependent Care Credit
- Child Tax Credit
- China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC)
- CMC100 Index
- Commercial Paper
- Commodities
- Commodity Derivatives
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
- Commodity Price Volatility Index
- Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)
- Compensation Committees
- Compliance Programs
- Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR)
- Conflict of Interest Policies
- Consensus Mechanisms
- Consolidated Financial Statements
- Consumer Confidence Index
- Consumer Debt Levels
- Consumer Financial Protection Act
- Consumer Price Index (CPI)
- Consumer Spending Index
- Contrarian Investing
- Convertible Arbitrage
- Convertible Bonds
- Core Satellite Investing
- Corporate Action-Based Investing
- Corporate Alliances
- Corporate Bond Issuance
- Corporate Bonds
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate Profit Margins
- Corporate Social Impact Reporting
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
- Corporate Social Responsibility in Investment
- Corporate Valuation
- Cost of Capital
- Coupon Rate
- Coverdell Education Savings Account (ESA)
- Covered Call Strategy
- CRB Commodity Index
- Credit Default Swaps (CDS)
- Credit Rating Agencies
- Credit Risk Assessment Models
- Credit Scoring Models
- Credit Spread
- Cross-Border Estate Planning
- Cross-Border Tax Compliance
- Cross-Chain Transactions
- Crowdfunding
- Crowdsource Funding for Real Estate
- Crowdsourced Due Diligence
- Crypto Exchanges
- Crypto Mining
- Cryptocurrency
- Cryptocurrency Custodial Solutions
- Cryptocurrency Laws
- Cryptocurrency Market Regulation
- Cryptocurrency Mining Pools
- Cryptocurrency Regulations
- Cryptocurrency Tax Compliance
- Cryptocurrency Wallets
- Cryptographic Security Protocols
- CSI A500 Index
- Currency Devaluation
- Currency Pegging
- Current Account Balance
- Current Ratio
D
- DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations)
- DAX Index
- Day Trading
- Debt Financing
- Debt Management
- Debt Restructuring
- Debt Sustainability Analysis
- Debt to Equity Ratio
- Debt to Income Ratio
- Debt-to-Equity Swaps
- Decentralized Applications (DApps)
- Decentralized Autonomous Finance Models
- Decentralized Identity Solutions
- Decentralized Lending Platforms
- Deferred Compensation Plan
- DeFi
- Defined Benefit Pension Plan
- Depreciation Schedules
- Derivative Market
- Derivative Overlay Strategies
- Derivatives
- DEX
- Digital Asset Custody
- Digital Asset Tax Compliance
- Digital Asset Valuation Framework
- Digital Currency Exchange Models
- Digital Identity Management
- Digital Identity Verification
- Digital Transformation in Financial Services
- Digital Wallets
- Direct Indexing
- Disability Tax Credit (DTC)
- Discount Rate
- Distressed Securities
- Diversification
- Diversified Income Streams
- Divestitures
- Dividend Distribution
- Dividend Policy
- Dividend Reinvestment
- Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRIP)
- Dividend Yield
- Dividends
- DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology)
- Dodd-Frank Act
- Dogecoin
- Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA)
- Domino's Pizza (DPZ) Stock
- Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)
- Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA)
E
- Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
- Earnings Per Share (EPS)
- Earnings Surprise-Based Strategies
- EBIT (Earnings Before Interest and Taxes)
- EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization)
- Economic Growth Rate
- Economic Integration
- Economic Moat Analysis
- Economic Resilience Indicators
- Economic Sanctions
- Economic Value Added (EVA)
- Embedded Finance
- Emerging Markets Investing
- Employee Retention Credit (ERC)
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
- Endowment Model Investing
- Energy Consumption Index
- Energy Use Index
- Enhanced Indexing
- Enterprise Value (EV)
- Environmental Risk Assessment
- Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
- Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA)
- Equal-Weight Investing
- Equity
- Equity Crowdfunding
- Equity Derivatives
- Equity Financing
- Equity Statement
- Equity-to-Debt Swaps
- ESG Bonds
- ESG Metrics
- Estate Planning
- ETF (Exchange-Traded Fund)
- Ethereum
- Ethical Conduct and Code of Ethics
- EURO STOXX 50 Index
- European Central Bank (ECB)
- European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
- Eurozone
- EV (Electric Vehicle) Tax Credit
- Event Driven Strategy
- Excess Returns
- Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM)
- Executive Compensation
- Exotic Derivatives
- Exotic Investment Vehicles
- Expense Reports
- Export Diversification Index
- Exports and Imports Growth Rate
F
- Factor Investing
- Factor-Based Risk Premium
- FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act)
- FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
- Federal Reserve (Fed)
- Finance
- Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
- Financial Co-creation
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- Financial Crisis Simulation
- Financial Data
- Financial Forecasting
- Financial Inclusion Metrics
- Financial Independence
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
- Financial Instruments
- Financial Literacy
- Financial Literacy Programs
- Financial Modeling
- Financial Modernization Act
- Financial Ratio Analysis
- Financial Record Keeping
- Financial Statement
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Financial System
- Financial Technology Adoption
- Financial Wellness Initiatives
- FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network)
- FinTech
- Fintech Regulation
- Fiscal Deficit
- Fiscal Stimulus
- Fixed Asset Register
- Fixed Income
- Ford (F) Stock
- Forecasting
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
- Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
- Foreign Exchange (Forex)
- Foreign Exchange Reserves
- Forensic Accounting Techniques
- Forward Rate Agreements (FRA)
- Forwards Contract
- Free Cash Flow (FCF)
- Frontier Markets Investing
- FTSE 100 Index
- Full Disclosure Principle
- Fund of Funds (FoF)
- Fundamental Analysis-Based Investing
- Fundamental Indexing
- Futures Contract
G
- GameStop (GME) Stock
- Gas Fees
- Gen X
- Gen Z
- General Ledger
- Geographic-Specific Investing
- Geopolitical Risk Analysis
- Glass-Steagall Act
- Global Economic Sentiment Index
- Global Financial Crisis
- Global Macro Strategy
- Global Supply Chain
- Global Trade Dynamics
- Global Value Chains (GVCs)
- Globalization
- GMCI USA Select Index
- Golden Parachutes
- Governance Tokens
- Government Bond Yields
- Government Spending as a Percentage of GDP
- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)
- Green Bonds
- Green Financing Initiatives
- Greenmail
- Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
- Gross National Income
- Gross National Product (GNP)
- Gross Profit Margin
- Growth Capital
- Growth Investing
H
- Hang Seng Index
- Hard Fork
- Hedge Fund
- Hedge Fund Risk Management Practices
- Hedging
- High Dividend Yield Investing
- High Liquidity
- High Yield Bond Spread
- High-Frequency Trading
- HNWI (High Net Worth Individual)
- HODLing
- Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)
- Horizontal Analysis
- Hostile Takeovers
- Housing Starts
- Hybrid Investment Strategies
I
- ICO (Initial Coin Offering)
- IDX Composite Index
- IFC (International Finance Corporation)
- Impact Investing
- Impact Investing Measurement Tools
- Impact Measurement Frameworks
- Impact of Monetary Policy on Inflation
- Implied Volatility
- Income Investing
- Income Statement
- Independent Directors
- Index Fund
- Index Fund Investing
- Index Tracking Error
- Individual Retirement Account (IRA)
- Industrial Production Index
- Inflation
- Inflation Expectations
- Inflation Hedging Strategies
- Inflation Rate
- Inflation Swap Strategies
- Inflation-Protected Securities
- Infrastructure Investing
- Initial Public Offering (IPO)
- Insider Trading-Based Strategies
- InsurTech (Insurance Technology)
- Interest Coverage Ratio
- Interest Rate
- Interest Rate Swap
- Internal Audit Reports
- Internal Controls
- Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)
- International Tax Compliance
- International Tax Treaties
- Intraday Price Volatility
- Intuitive Machines (LUNR) Stock
- Inventory Ledger
- Inventory Turnover Ratio
- Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) Stock
- Investment Appraisal
- Investment Company Act of 1940
- Investment Horizon
- Investment Tax Credit
- Investor Behavior Analytics
- Invoice Records
- Iron Condor Strategy
- IRS (Internal Revenue Service)
- Issuance of Debt
- Issuance of Equity
J
K
L
- Labor Force Participation Rate
- Laddering (for bonds)
- Layer 2 Scaling Solutions
- LCR (Liquidity Coverage Ratio)
- Ledger
- Leverage
- Leveraged Buyouts (LBO)
- LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate)
- Lifetime Learning Credit
- Liquidity
- Liquidity Coverage Assessment
- Liquidity Pool Management
- Liquidity Risk Management
- Liquidity Swap
- Long-Only Strategies
- Long-Short Equity
- Long-Term Capital Gains Tax Strategies
- Low Beta Investing
- Low Liquidity
M
- Machine Learning for Fraud Detection
- Machine Learning-Based Investing
- Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A)
- Margin
- Market Capitalization
- Market Capitalization Trends
- Market Depth
- Market Making
- Market Microstructure
- Market Neutral Strategy
- Market Risk Assessment Tools
- Market Sentiment Analysis
- Market Sentiment Indicators
- Market Timing Strategies
- Market-Neutral Hedge Funds
- Maximum Diversification Strategies
- Merger Arbitrage
- Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
- Micro-Investing
- Micro-Investing Platforms
- MicroStrategy (MSTR) Stock
- Millennials
- Minimum Volatility Investing
- Mobile Payments
- Momentum Investing
- Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
- Monetary Policy
- Money Purchase Pension Plan
- Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS)
- Moving Averages
- MSCI World Index
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
- Multi-Strategy Investing
- Multinational Corporations (MNCs)
- Municipal Bonds
- Mutual Fund
N
- Nasdaq Composite Index
- National Debt-to-GDP Ratio
- National Futures Association (NFA)
- Neobanks (Digital Banks)
- Net Asset Value (NAV)
- Net Foreign Investment
- Net Interest Margin Analysis
- Net Present Value (NPV)
- Net Profit Margin
- Net Worth
- NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens)
- Nifty 50
- Nikkei 225 Index
- Non-Financial Performance Metrics
- Non-Financial Risk Indicators
- Non-Operating Income
- Non-Performing Loan Ratio
- Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation (NQDC) Plan
- NPA (Non-Performing Assets)
- NS&I Fixed Bonds
- NS&I Green Savings Bonds
- NSI (Nasdaq Crypto Index)
- NVIDIA (NVDA) Stock
- NYSE Composite Index
O
- OECD
- Off-Balance Sheet Financing
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
- Open Banking
- Operating Cash Flow Ratio
- Operating Income
- Operational Due Diligence
- Operational Efficiency Ratios
- Operational Resilience Strategies
- Options Contract
- Options Overlay Strategies
- Options Trading
- Oracles in Blockchain
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
P
- P2P (Peer-to-Peer) Exchanges
- Pairs Trading
- Palantir Technologies (PLTR) Stock
- PancakeSwap
- Pareto Principle
- Patriot Act (Title III)
- Payment Gateways
- Payroll Records
- PCE (Personal Consumption Expenditures) Price Index
- Peer-to-Peer Insurance Models
- Peer-to-peer Lending (P2P Lending)
- Pension Fund
- People's Bank of China (PBoC)
- Performance Evaluation
- Personal Finance Management Apps
- Petty Cash Ledger
- Pfizer (PFE) Stock
- PMI (Purchasing Managers' Index)
- Political Risk Assessment Models
- Polygon (MATIC)
- Portable Alpha Strategies
- Portfolio Diversification Strategies
- Portfolio Management
- Portfolio Rebalancing
- Portfolio Stress Testing
- PoS (Proof of Stake)
- Post-Earnings Announcement Drift (PEAD) Investing
- PoW (Proof of Work)
- Predictive Analytics in Finance
- Prepaid Tuition Plans
- Price to Book Ratio (P/B Ratio)
- Price to Earnings Ratio (P/E Ratio)
- Price to Sales Ratio (P/S Ratio)
- Price/Earnings to Growth (PEG) Ratio
- Privacy Coins
- Private Equity
- Private Equity Secondary Market Investing
- Private Market Liquidity Solutions
- Private Market Strategies
- Private Sector Credit Growth
- Pro Forma Financial Statements
- Probate
- Producer Price Index (PPI)
- Production Tax Credit
- Profit and Loss (PNL)
- Profit Sharing Plan
- Protective Put Strategy
- Proxy Fight
- Public Debt
- Public Equity Impact Investing
- Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
- Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
- Purchasing Power Parity Deviation
- Put Option
Q
R
- Real Disposable Income
- Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
- Real Estate Syndication
- Real Estate Tokenization Models
- Real Options Investing
- Recapitalization
- Regulatory Technology (RegTech)
- Relative Strength Index (RSI)
- Relative Value Arbitrage
- Remote Work Economy
- Repurchase Agreements (Repos)
- Research & Development (R&D) Tax Credit
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
- Residential Energy Efficient Property Credit
- Retail Sales
- Retirement Allocation Strategies
- Return on Assets (ROA)
- Return on Equity (ROE)
- Return on Investment (ROI)
- Rigetti Computing (RGTI) Stock
- Rights Issues
- Risk Mitigation Techniques
- Risk Parity
- Risk Tolerance Assessment
- Risk-Adjusted Performance Metrics
- Risk-Adjusted Return
- Robo Advisors
- Rollover IRA
- Roth IRA
- Russell 2000 Index
- RWA (Real World Assets) Tokenization in Crypto
S
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)
- Satoshi
- Saver's Credit
- Savings Rate
- Scenario Planning
- Seasonality-Based Investing
- Sector Investing
- Sector Rotation
- Sector-Specific Economic Indicators
- Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Securities Exchange Act of 1934
- Security Tokens
- Segment Reporting
- SEP IRA
- Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA)
- Shadow Economy Size
- Shanghai Composite Index (SSE Index)
- Share Buyback
- Shareholder Activism
- Shareholder Rights
- Shareholder Yield Investing
- Sharpe Ratio
- Shiba Inu
- Short Selling
- SIMPLE IRA
- Smart Asset Allocation Techniques
- Smart Beta
- Smart Contract Audits
- Smart Contract Platforms
- Smart Contract Security Protocols
- Smart Contracts
- Social Impact Bonds
- Social Impact Measurement Frameworks
- Social Security
- Soft Fork
- Solana
- Solo 401(k)
- Sortino Ratio
- Sovereign Debt Risk Assessment
- Sovereign Green Bonds
- Speculation
- Spin-Off Investing
- Spin-Offs
- Spousal IRA
- Stablecoins
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Staking
- Standard & Poor's 500 (S&P 500)
- Statement of Changes in Equity
- Statement of Financial Position
- Statement of Retained Earnings
- Statement of Shareholders' Equity
- Statistical Arbitrage
- Statistical Modeling
- Stock Markets
- Stock Splits
- Straddle Options Strategy
- Strategic Asset Allocation
- Strategic Direction and Oversight
- Super Micro Computer (SMCI) Stock
- Supply Chain Disruption
- Supply Chain Financial Health
- Sustainable Asset Allocation
- Sustainable Bonds
- Sustainable Business Practices
- Sustainable Finance
- Sustainable Investment Metrics
- Swaps
- Swing Trading
- Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)
- Sybil Attacks
- Systemic Risk Indicators
T
- Tactical Asset Allocation
- TAIEX Index
- Tail Risk Hedging
- Target Benefit Plan
- Tax Credit
- Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)
- Tax Havens and Evasion
- Tax Loss Carryforward Strategies
- Tax Loss Harvesting
- Tax Planning for Digital Assets
- Tax Reports
- Tax Strategies for High Net Worth Individuals
- Tax-Deferred Accounts
- Tax-Efficient Investment Strategies
- Technical Analysis-Based Investing
- TED Spread
- Tender Offers
- Tesla (TSLA) Stock
- The Big Mac Index
- Thematic Investing
- Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)
- Tokenization
- Tokenomics
- Toncoin
- TOT (Terms of Trade)
- Total Cost of Ownership Analysis
- Total Return Swap Strategies
- Trade Balance
- Trade Deficit
- Trade Policy Impact Analysis
- Trade Surplus
- Trade Volume Analysis
- Trade-Weighted Exchange Rate
- Transaction Cost Economics
- Transparency and Disclosure
- Treasury Bills (T-Bills)
- Treasury Bonds
- Treasury Management
- Trend Following Strategy
- Treynor Ratio
- Trial Balance
- Tron
- Truth in Lending Act (TILA)