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1. Valuation: The value or worth of a portfolio of investments (or an asset or company) recorded on a statement. A... more
2. Value: The worth or desirability of something expressed as an amount of... more
3. Value added tax: (VAT) An indirect tax levied on goods and services at each stage of production in many countries. A... more
4. Value at risk: (VAR) The maximum percentage of value likely to be gained or lost as the result of normal price movement,... more
5. Value date: The date on which a security is settled following a... more
6. Value investing: Value investing is something of a misnomer in many ways as investors would not knowingly buy shares... more
7. Valued policy: An insurance policy in which the value of the insured item is defined and agreed at the commencement... more
8. Vanilla: The term Ð derived from vanilla or plain ice cream Ð is applied to a bond or other security that has... more
9. Variable annuity: See:... more
10. Variable cost: A producers cost that varies as production varies, in contrast to fixed costs. Rent is an example of... more
11. Variable interest rate: Interest rates offered by banks and financial institutions on loans or deposits that are liable to... more
12. Variable life insurance: A form of cash value life insurance in which the cash value of the policy is determined by the... more
13. Variable rate certificate: A certificate of deposit whose interest rate varies and is dependent on an influence such as prime... more
14. Variable rate mortgage: (VRM) A mortgage where the interest rate is not fixed and which is dependent on influences such as long or... more
15. Variance: Statistically, it is a measure of the average distance between each set of data points and their... more
16. Variation margin: Profits and losses on open futures contracts, which are revalued daily at the settlement price, ... more
17. VAT: See value added... more
18. Vega: A measure of the sensitivity of an option or warrant price to changes in the volatility of the... more
19. Vendor: A person or company, sometimes called a supplier, selling goods, services or... more
20. Vendor placing: An arrangement in which the vendor (seller) of a business who receives shares in the acquiring... more
21. Venture capital: Capital invested into small and young companies, generally in return for equity ownership. Venture... more
22. Venture capital trust: (VCT)
A type of investment trust which invests in small unquoted companies with assets of under £15... more
23. Vertical integration: The inclusion within one company of several stages in the production or distribution of goods with... more
24. Vesting: Conversion. For example the vesting of a pension fund is its conversion into a... more
25. Virt-x: A London-based, pan-European stock exchange, owned by SWX, the Swiss stock exchange. Virt-x (short... more
26. Visa: An international card scheme providing a range of payment... more
27. VIX: A market volatility/sentiment index based on option activity in the S&P 500 index. Similar indices... more
28. Void periods: Void means not in force. In the context of property, void periods are those between tenants when a... more
29. Volatility: A measure of a securitys propensity, compared to other securities, to go up and down in price. A... more
30. Volume: The number of shares, bonds or contracts traded for a security or on a whole exchange for a given... more

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