A geographic area containing the customers of a particular firm or group of firms for specific goods or services; encompasses an additional 15 to 25 percent of a store's custom ...

Exempts from US income taxation certain qualified investments, including income from investments in financial instruments, derived by a foreign government.

A broad measure of the cost of borrowing cash overnight collateralized by Treasury securities; utilized to price US dollar-denominated derivatives and loans.

A US federal law designed to protect investors after the stock market crash of 1929; requires that investors receive financial and other significant information concerning securiti ...

An independent federal government agency responsible for protecting investors, maintaining fair and orderly functioning of the securities markets, and facilitating capital formatio ...

A US federal law that governs securities transactions on the secondary market, after issue, ensuring greater financial transparency and accuracy and less fraud or manipulation; aut ...

The process of converting an illiquid asset, such as a mortgage loan, into a tradable form, such as mortgage-backed securities.

A graphical representation of the capital asset pricing model (CAPM); the SML is a linear depiction of the CAPM drawn on an axis chart, where the x-axis represents risk in terms of ...

The initial investment in a portfolio or commingled fund.

With reference to attribution:  the value the portfolio manager adds by holding individual securities or instruments within the sector in different-than-benchmark weights.