The entire value of a business; the total sum of all tangible and intangible elements.

The selection of parameters in a stochastic process so as to make the prices on financial instruments generated by the process replicate observed market prices.

A company or manager that distributes and invests financial resources in ways that seek to generate as much wealth as possible for its shareholders or investors through the relianc ...

A financial model that describes the relationship between systematic risk (i.e., beta) and expected return for assets.

The amount by which the net proceeds from the sale of a capital item exceeds the book value of the asset.

A graphical representation of all the portfolios that optimally combine risk and return; a theoretical concept that gives optimal combinations of a risk-free asset and the market p ...

The risk associated with investing; the potential of experiencing losses following a fluctuation in security prices; also known as “investment risk”.

Venues where savings and investments are channeled between the suppliers who have capital and those who are in need of capital; the entities that have capital include retail and&nb ...

With reference to accounting:  a method by which a firm expenses the costs associated with the acquisition of an asset over the useful life of the asset rather than at the tim ...

The rate at which net operating income is discounted to determine the value of a property; calculated as the net operating income divided by the sales price or value of a property ...