Secured Loans
The firm. Used in the context of general equities. Antithesis of technical analysis.
In macroeconomic analysis, information such as interest rates, G.N.P., inflation,
unemployment, and inventories are used to predict the direction of the economy,
and henceforth the Stock market. In microeconomic analysis, information such as
balance sheet, income statement, products, management and other market items
are used to forecast a company's imminent success or failure, and hence the
future price action of the stock.
Fundamental beta
The product of a statistical model to predict the fundamental risk of a security
using not only price data but other market-related and financial data.
Fundamental descriptors
In the model for calculating fundamental beta, ratios in risk indexes other than
market variability, which rely on financial data other than price data.
Funded debt
Debt maturing after more than one year.
Fund family
Set of funds with different investment objectives offered by one management
company. In many cases, investors may move their assets from one fund to
another within the family at little or no cost.
Funding ratio
The ratio of a pension plans assets to its liabilities.
Funding risk
Related: interest rate risk
Funds From Operations (FFO)
Used by real estate and other investment trusts to define the cash flow from trust
operations. It is earnings with depreciation and amortization added back. A
similar term increasingly used is Funds Available for Distribution (FAD), which is
F.F.O. less capital investments in trust property and the amortization of
mortgages.
