Glossary of Stock Market Terms

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Financial Terms By: F
F
F.T.C.
FAC
Face value
Face-amount certificate
Facilitation
Factor
Factor analysis
Factor model
Factor portfolio
Factor Return
Factoring
Fade
Fail
Failure to deliver
Fair game
Fair market price
Fair price
Fair price provision
Fair rate of return
Fair Tax
Fair value
Fair value accounting
Fair-and-equitable test
Fairness opinion
Fall Down
Fall out of bed
Fallen angels
Fallout risk
False accounting
Fama and French Three Factor Model
Fama, Eugene F.
Family of funds
Family office
Far month
Farther out; farther in
FAS
FAS 157
FASB
FASB No. 52
FASB No. 8
Fast market
Fat fingers
Favorable Balance of Trade
Favorable trade balance
FCA
FCIA
FCM
FDI
FDIC
Feasible portfolio
Feasible set of portfolios
Feasible target payout ratios
Fed
Fed Funds
FED Pass
Federal Advisory Council (FAC)
Federal agency bond
Federal agency securities
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac)
Federal credit agencies
Federal deficit (surplus)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Farm Credit Bank
Federal Farm Credit System
Federal Financing Bank
Federal funds
Federal funds market
Federal funds rate
Federal gift tax
Federal Home Loan Banks
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC)
Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
Federal Housing Finance Board (FHFB)
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
Federal intrafund transactions
Federal Land Bank
Federal margin call
Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)
Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)
Federal Reserve Act of 1913
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Board (FRB)
Federal Reserve District (Reserve district or district)
Federal Reserve float
Federal Reserve notes
Federal Reserve System
Federal Savings and Loan Association
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federally related institutions
Fedwire
Fee
Fee table
Fee-and-commission compensation
Fee-based compensation
Fee-only compensation
Feedback Systems
FF
FFO
FHA prepayment experience
FI
Fiat money
FICO
FICO score
Fictitious credit
Fidelity bond
Fiduciary
Fiduciary out
Field warehouse
FIFO
Figure
Figuring the tail
Fill
Fill or kill order (FOK)
Filter
FIM
FIN
Final Take
Finance
Finance charge
Finance company
Finance Lease
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
Financial adviser
Financial analysis
Financial analysts
Financial assets
Financial Close
Financial control
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
Financial distress
Financial distress costs
Financial engineering
Financial future
Financial guarantee insurance
Financial Industry Regulation Authority
Financial Information eXchange Algorithmic Trading Definition Language
Financial innovation
Financial institution
Financial institution buyer credit policy
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA)
Financial intermediaries
Financial lease
Financial leverage
Financial leverage clientele
Financial leverage ratios
Financial market
Financial meltdown
Financial model
Financial needs approach
Financial objectives
Financial plan
Financial planner
Financial planning
Financial policy
Financial position
Financial press
Financial price risk
Financial public relations
Financial pyramid
Financial ratio
Financial risk
Financial service income
Financial Services Authority (FSA)
Financial sponsors
Financial Stability Oversight Council
Financial statement
Financial statement analysis
Financial strategy
Financial structure
Financial supermarket
Financial tables
Financial Times (F-T)-Actuaries indexes
Financing Agreements
Financing Corporation (FICO)
Financing Cost Savings
Financing decisions
Financing Intermediaries
Finansinspektionen (Swedish FSA)
Finanssivalvonta (FIVA)
Finanstilsynet (Danish FSA)
Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA)
Finder's fee
FINEX
Finish
Finite-Life Real Estate Investment Trust (FREIT)
FINRA
Firewall
Firm
Firm anomalies
Firm commitment underwriting
Firm market
Firm order
Firm quote
Firm's net value of debt
Firm-specific news
Firm-specific risk
FIRREA
First board
First call
First call date
First In, First Out (FIFO)
First market
First mortgage
First notice day
First preferred stock
First-pass regression
Fiscal agency agreement
Fiscal agency services
Fiscal policy
Fiscal stimulus
Fiscal year (FY)
Fiscal year-end
Fisher effect
Fisher's separation theorem
Fit
Fitch sheet
FIVA
Five Cs of credit
Five hundred dollar rule
Five percent rule
FIX Protocol Algorithmic Trading Working Group
FIXatdl
Fixation
Fixed annuities
Fixed asset
Fixed asset turnover ratio
Fixed base index
Fixed benefits
Fixed cost
Fixed dates
Fixed exchange rate
Fixed for floating swap
Fixed income equivalent
Fixed income instruments
Fixed income market
Fixed premium
Fixed price basis
Fixed rate
Fixed trust
Fixed-charge coverage ratio
Fixed-dollar obligations
Fixed-dollar security
Fixed-income securities
Fixed-price tender offer
Fixed-rate loan
Fixed-rate payer
Fixed-term reverse mortgage
FJ
FJD
FJI
FK
FKP
Flag
Flash
Flash Crash
Flash-light
Flat
Flat benefit formula
Flat price (also clean price)
Flat price risk
Flat scale
Flat tax
Flat trades
Flattening of the yield curve
FLEX Options
Flexible budget
Flexible expenses
Flexible mutual fund
Flight to quality
Flip side
Flip-flop note
Flipping
FLK
Float
Floater
Floating debt
Floating exchange rate
Floating exchange rate system
Floating lien
Floating Rate
Floating securities
Floating supply
Floating-rate contract
Floating-rate note (FRN)
Floating-rate payer
Floating-rate preferred
Floor
Floor broker
Floor official
Floor picture
Floor planning
Floor ticket
Floor trader
Floorless Convertible
Flotation (rotation) cost
Flow of funds
Flow-through basis
Flow-through method
Flower bond
Fluctuation
Fluctuation limit
Flurry
FM
FMA
FO
Focus list
FOK
Follow-on offering
FOMC
Footsie (FTSE)
For a number
For valuation only (FVO)
For your information (FYI)
For/At
Forbes 500
Force Majeure
Force majeure risk
Forced conversion
Forecasting
Foreclosure
Foreign banking market
Foreign base company income
Foreign bond
Foreign bond market
Foreign branch
Foreign corporation
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Foreign Credit Insurance Association (FCIA)
Foreign crowd
Foreign currency
Foreign currency forward contract
Foreign currency futures contract
Foreign currency option
Foreign currency translation
Foreign direct investment (FDI)
Foreign equity market
Foreign exchange
Foreign exchange broker
Foreign exchange controls
Foreign exchange dealer
Foreign exchange market
Foreign exchange rate
Foreign exchange reserves
Foreign exchange risk
Foreign exchange swap
Foreign holdings
Foreign investment risk matrix (FIRM)
Foreign market
Foreign market beta
Foreign official institutions
Foreign public borrower
Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC)
Foreign tax credit
Foreign-source income
Foreign-targeted issue
Foreigner
Forex
Forfaiter
Forfaiter (Primary)
Forfaiter (Secondary)
Forfaiting
Forfeiting
Forfeiture
Form 10-K
Form 13F
Form 3
Form 4
Form 8-K
Form S-3
Form S-8
Form T
Formula basis
Formula investing
Fortune 500
Forward
Forward averaging
Forward contract
Forward cover
Forward currency contract
Forward delivery
Forward differential
Forward discount
Forward exchange
Forward exchange rate
Forward exchange transaction
Forward Fed funds
Forward foreign exchange contract
Forward foreign exchange rate
Forward forward contract
Forward interest rate
Forward market
Forward parity
Forward premium
Forward pricing
Forward rate
Forward rate agreement (FRA)
Forward sale
Forward start option
Forward trade
Forward yield curve
Forward-looking multiple
Forwarder
Foul Bill of Lading
Fourth market
FPA
FR
FR Y-9C
FRA (1)
FRA (2)
Fractal
Fractal Dimension
Fractal Distribution
Fractal Market Hypothesis
Fractional Brownian Motion
Fractional coins
Fractional discretion order
Fractional Noise
Fractional share
Franchise agreement
Franchising
Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Freddie Mac (Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation)
Free Alongside Ship (FAS)
Free box
Free Carrier (FCA)
Free cash flows
Free delivery
Free float
Free Indices
Free of Particular Average
Free on board (FOB)
Free reserves
Free rider
Free right of exchange
Free stock
Free to trade
Free-riding
Freed up
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Freely floating exchange rate system
Freeze out
Freight
Freight Forwarder
Freight shippers
FREIT
Frequency distribution
Fresh picture
Fresh signal
FRF
Friction costs
Frictional cost
Frictionless market
Frictions
Friendly Merger
Friendly takeover
FRN
FRO
Front fee
Front office
Front running
Front-end load
Frozen account
Fry a bigger fish
FSA
FSC
FSM
Full
Full compensation
Full coupon bond
Full disclosure
Full Employment and Balance Growth Act of 1978(Humphrey-Hawkins Act)
Full faith-and-credit obligations
Full price
Full recourse
Full Set of Bills of Lading
Full trading authorization
Full-payout lease
Full-service broker
Full-service lease
Fully depreciated
Fully diluted earnings per share
Fully distributed
Fully invested
Fully modified pass-throughs
Fully valued
Fun money
Functional currency
Fund assets
Fund family
Fund manager
Fund of funds
Fund switching
Fundamental analysis
Fundamental beta
Fundamental descriptors
Fundamental forecasting
Fundamental Information
Funded debt
Funded Liability
Funded pension plan
Funded status
Funding
Funding ratio
Funding risk
Funds From Operations (FFO)
Fungibility
Furthest month
FUTOP
Future
Future investment opportunities
Future value
Futures commission merchant (FCM)
Futures contract
Futures contract multiple
Futures market
Futures option
Futures price
Fuzzy Logic
FVO (for valuation only)
FX Rate