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Loan to Value Ratio - a financial term used by lenders to express the ratio of a loan to the value of an asset purchased

Discounted Cash Flow - a valuation method used to estimate the value of an investment based on its future cash flows

Real Estate Investment Trust - a company that owns, operates, or finances income-generating real estate

Present Value Calculation - a financial formula used to determine the present value of a future amount of money or stream of cash flows given a specified rate of return

Return on Investment - a performance measure used to evaluate the efficiency or profitability of an investment

Venture Capital - a type of private equity financing that is provided by venture capital firms or funds to startups, early-stage, and emerging companies that have been deemed to have high growth potential or which have demonstrated high growth

Price to Earnings Ratio - a valuation ratio of a company's current share price compared to its per-share earnings

Last In, First Out - an inventory valuation method which presumes that the most recent products added to the inventory are sold first

Initial Public Offering - the first time that the stock of a private company is offered to the public

Gross Domestic Product - the total value of all goods and services produced over a specific time period within a country

First In, First Out - an asset-management and valuation method in which assets produced or acquired first are sold, used, or disposed of first

Time Value of Money - the concept that money available at the present time is worth more than the same amount in the future due to its potential earning capacity

Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization - an indicator of a company's financial performance which is calculated in the following manner: EBITDA = Revenues – Expenses (excluding tax, interest, depreciation and amortization)

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles - a collection of commonly-followed accounting rules and standards for financial reporting

Standard & Poor's - a financial services company best known for providing market indices such as the S&P 500

Triple A - the highest possible rating that may be assigned to an issuer's bonds by credit rating agencies

Value Added Tax - a consumption tax placed on a product whenever value is added at each stage of the supply chain, from production to the point of sale

Purchasing Managers' Index - an indicator of the economic health of the manufacturing sector based on five major indicators: new orders, inventory levels, production, supplier deliveries, and the employment environment

American Depositary Receipt - a negotiable certificate issued by a U.S. bank representing a specified number of shares in a foreign stock traded on a U.S. exchange

Net Present Value - the difference between the present value of cash inflows and the present value of cash outflows over a period of time

Mortgage-Backed Security - a type of asset-backed security that is secured by a mortgage or collection of mortgages

Profit and Loss Statement (also known as Income Statement) - a financial statement that summarizes the revenues, costs, and expenses incurred during a specified period

Yield to Maturity - the total return anticipated on a bond if the bond is held until it matures

Producer Price Index - an economic indicator that measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises - businesses whose personnel numbers fall below certain limits

Weighted Average Cost of Capital - a calculation of a firm's cost of capital in which each category of capital is proportionately weighted; calculated using the following formula: WACC = E/V * Re + D/V * Rd * (1-Tc)

Exchange-Traded Fund - a type of investment fund and exchange-traded product; the shares are traded on stock exchanges

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats - a strategic planning technique used to help a person or organization identify competitive advantages and disadvantages

Month over Month - a method of expressing the changes in the value of a variable over a monthly period

Compound Annual Growth Rate - used to describe the geometric progression ratio that provides a constant rate of return over a time period

Earnings Before Interest and Taxes - an indicator of a company's profitability, calculated as revenue minus expenses, excluding tax and interest

Capital Expenditures - funds used by a company to acquire, upgrade, and maintain physical assets such as property, industrial buildings, or equipment

Free Cash Flow - a measure of financial performance calculated as operating cash flow minus capital expenditures

Internal Rate of Return - a metric used in capital budgeting to estimate the profitability of potential investments

Treasury Bill - a short-term government security with a maturity of less than one year, sold at a discount to par value

Earnings Per Share - the portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock

Net Asset Value - the value per share of a mutual fund or an ETF

Securities and Exchange Commission - a U.S. government oversight agency responsible for regulating the securities markets and protecting investors

Sarbanes-Oxley Act - a law passed by U.S. Congress to protect investors from the possibility of fraudulent accounting activities by corporations

London Interbank Offered Rate - an interest rate average calculated from estimates submitted by the leading banks in London