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Foreign direct investment
Direct investments in productive assets by a company Incorporated in a foreign country, as opposed to investments in shares of Local companies by foreign entities. An important feature of an increasingly globalized Economic system.
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Accelerated Cost Recovery System ,
Active asset ,
Allowance for depreciation ,
Alternative assets ,
Asset ,
Asset/equity ratio ,
Available assets ,
Adjustable rate ,
Asset management account ,
Accrual of discount ,
Amortization of premium ,
Asset-backed security ,
Asset swap ,
At par ,
All or any part ,
At best ,
At call ,
Automated Order Entry System ,
Adjustable rate preferred stock ,
American Depositary Share ,
At risk ,
Asset acquisition ,
Asset class ,
Asset financing ,
Add-on service ,
Abstract of title ,
Action to quiet title ,
As is ,
Assignment to creditors ,
Attorney in fact ,
Adjustable Rate Mortgage ,
Advance rate ,
Annual Percentage Rate ,
Applicable federal rate ,
Asset-based finance ,
Asset-based lending ,
Asset conversion loan ,
Assignment of mortgage ,
A shares ,
Asset allocation fund ,
Assets under management ,
Asset turnover ,
Automatic investment plan ,
Average price per share ,
At the money ,
Absorption rate ,
Additional paid-in capital ,
At the bell ,
At the close ,
At the figure ,
At the full ,
At the market ,
At the opening order ,
Automated Pricing and Reporting System ,
Books of final entry ,
Books of original entry ,
Book value per share ,
Burn rate ,
Bank holding company ,
Banking Act of 1933 ,
Benchmark interest rate ,
Bid-to-cover ratio ,
Bureau of Public Debt ,
Buying on margin ,
Buy on close ,
Buy on opening ,
Basic earnings per share ,
Balance of payments ,
Bank Rate ,
Base interest rate ,
Board of Governors ,
Bill of exchange ,
Bill of sale ,
Breach of trust ,
By the book ,
Base rate ,
Blended rate ,
Broker loan rate ,
Business finance companies ,
B shares ,
Bearer share ,
Bonus share ,
Balanced investment strategy ,
Break-even tax rate ,
Breadth-of-market theory ,
Capital asset ,
Capital investment ,
Cash asset ratio ,
Cost Of Goods Sold ,
Cost of sales ,
Central assets account ,
Certificate of Participation ,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures ,
Corporate bond equivalent ,
Corporate trust ,
Coupon rate ,
Current production rate ,
Call money rate ,
Code of procedure ,
Capitalization of income ,
Capitalization rate ,
Cap rate ,
Civilian unemployment rate ,
Cost of Living Adjustment ,
Cost-of-living index ,
Council of Economic Advisers ,
Cheapest to deliver ,
Chicago Board of Trade ,
Commodity-product spread ,
Country risk ,
Cost-of-living rider ,
Certificate of stock ,
Corporate action ,
Corporate governance ,
Cost of carry ,
Corporate Financing Committee ,
Certificate of title ,
Contract for deed ,
Corporate fiduciary ,
Cancellation of debt ,
Certificate of Claim ,
Correspondency system ,
Cost of debt capital ,
Cost of funds ,
Controlled company ,
Closed-end investment company ,
C shares ,
Class of options ,
Close to the money ,
Certificate of Occupancy ,
Cloud on title ,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement ,
Capital Asset Pricing Model ,
Class A Shares ,
Class B Shares ,
Corporate repurchase ,
Crash of 1929 ,
Crash of 1987 ,
Coefficient of determination ,
Certificate of delivery ,
Close a position ,
Curbs in ,
Corporate venture capital ,
Direct profit ,
Deposit in transit ,
Direct deposit ,
Direct sends ,
Date of issue ,
Date of payment ,
Direct issuer ,
Direct paper ,
Division of Enforcement ,
Division of Investment Management ,
Division of Market Regulation ,
Date of record ,
Dividend in arrears ,
Dividend rate ,
Discount rate ,
Division of labor ,
Directed share program ,
Direct financing ,
Direct placement ,
Direct Public Offering ,
Doing business as ,
Durable Power of Attorney ,
Date of maturity ,
Debtor in possession ,
Debtor-in-possession financing ,
Deed of Release ,
Deed of Trust ,
Direct lease ,
Discharge of bankruptcy ,
Discharge of lien ,
Due-on-sale clause ,
Deep in the money ,
Deep out of the money ,
Deed of Surrender ,
Department of Housing and Urban Development ,
Direct rollover ,
Direct transfer ,
Direct participation program ,
Defensive investment strategy ,
Dogs of the Dow ,
Depth of market ,
Earning asset ,
Economic surplus ,
Economic value ,
Effective annual interest rate ,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit ,
Escrowed to maturity ,
Either-or order ,
European Monetary System ,
Exchange rate ,
Economic ,
Economic cycle ,
Economic growth ,
Economic growth rate ,
Economic indicator ,
Economic sanctions ,
E-mini ,
Exchange for futures ,
Exchange for physical ,
Exchange of spot ,
Export-Import Bank ,
Effective tax rate ,
Economic rent ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ,
Financial asset ,
First In First Out ,
Fixed asset ,
Flight to quality ,
Floating-rate bond ,
Flow of funds ,
Fill or kill ,
Front-ending an order ,
Floating exchange rate ,
Foreign currency option ,
Foreign exchange ,
Foreign exchange rate ,
Forward exchange rate ,
Fractional share ,
Forward P/E ,
Fully diluted earnings per share ,
Factors of production ,
Favorable balance of trade ,
Federal Reserve Discount Rate ,
Foreign Debt ,
Foreign corporation ,
Foreign direct investment ,
Fee-for-service ,
Form S-1 ,
Finance company ,
Fixed rate ,
Fixed-rate loan ,
Fixed-Rate Mortgage ,
Floating rate ,
Forward interest rate ,
Forward Rate Agreement ,
Family of funds ,
Fund of funds ,
Fixed investment trust ,
Free right of exchange ,
Global bond ,
Guaranteed Investment Contract ,
G-7 ,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ,
Gross National Product ,
G-8 ,
Global ,
Global Depositary Receipt ,
Global fund ,
Gather in the stops ,
Hidden asset ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976 ,
House of issue ,
Holding company ,
Holder in due course ,
Home equity line of credit ,
Held at the opening ,
Inactive asset ,
Intangible asset ,
Investment flows ,
In escrow ,
Interest rate collar ,
Interest rate risk ,
Interest rate swap ,
Investment bill ,
Investment-grade bond ,
Investment letter ,
Investment security ,
Investment value ,
In-house ,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940 ,
Investment bank ,
Investment banker ,
Investment Bankers Association ,
Investment banking ,
Investment banking group ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
In line ,
Inflation rate ,
Investment multiplier ,
Interest rate futures ,
Import ,
Interbank Rate ,
Identified shares ,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984 ,
Internal Rate of Return ,
Indication of interest ,
Inc. ,
Incorporated ,
In intestacy ,
Interest rate ,
Interest rate cap ,
Interest rate ceiling ,
Interest rate floor ,
In play ,
In-process research and development ,
Institutional shares ,
Investment company ,
Investment fund ,
Investment objective ,
Investment policy ,
Investment trust ,
Interest rate option ,
I/O strip ,
Investment property ,
In-service withdrawal ,
Investment philosophy ,
Imbalance of orders ,
In and out ,
In sympathy ,
Intermarket Trading System ,
In the tank ,
Joint Stock Company ,
Last In First Out ,
Lender of last resort ,
Law of one price ,
Lending at a rate ,
Limit-on-close order ,
Limit order information system ,
Local bill ,
Law of demand ,
Law of supply ,
Local ,
Limited company ,
London Inter-Bank Offer Rate ,
Letter of comment ,
Legal assets ,
Line of credit ,
Loan-to-cost ,
Loan-to-value ,
Lock-in ,
Limited Liability Company ,
Locked in ,
Long-term gain or loss ,
Level I quotes ,
Mutual company ,
Municipal investment trust ,
Make a market ,
Margin rate ,
Market on close order ,
Mark-to-market ,
Medium of exchange ,
Marginal propensity to consume ,
Market rate ,
Money at call ,
Mortgage rate ,
Management company ,
Morningstar Rating System ,
Mill rate ,
Market-share weighted index ,
Net current assets ,
Net investment ,
Net quick assets ,
Net tangible assets ,
Noncurrent asset ,
Non-financial asset ,
Negotiable certificate of deposit ,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal ,
National Market System ,
Nominal rate ,
Notice of Sale ,
National Association of Securities Dealers ,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system ,
No limit order ,
No quote ,
Nominal asset ,
No-Fault ,
Net Asset Value ,
No-Action Letter ,
No-lien affidavit ,
Nonperforming asset ,
Notice of Default ,
No-load ,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ,
Non-investment property ,
No-load stock ,
No book ,
Other current assets ,
Office of Thrift Supervision ,
Out-of-favor ,
On-floor order ,
On margin ,
Or better ,
Operating rate ,
Offshore company ,
One-share one-vote rule ,
Opinion of title ,
On account ,
On-the-spot loan ,
Open-end management company ,
Out of the money ,
On-balance volume ,
On close ,
On open ,
On the opening ,
Pooling of interests ,
Pro forma ,
Pass-through coupon rate ,
Payment-in-kind security ,
Price Value of a Basis Point ,
Provisional call feature ,
Payment for order flow ,
Preference shares ,
Preferred shares ,
P&L ,
Primary earnings per share ,
Provision for income taxes ,
PPO ,
Public company ,
Power of Attorney ,
Prime rate ,
Prioritization of debt ,
Prime rate fund ,
Plan asset ,
Paid-in capital ,
Paid-in surplus ,
Percent held by institutions ,
Private company ,
Private Investment in Public Equity ,
Preservation of capital ,
Quick assets ,
Qualifying share ,
Real asset ,
Retention rate ,
Return of capital ,
Return on Capital ,
Return on Invested Capital ,
Return on Total Assets ,
Run rate ,
Real interest rate ,
Rate covenant ,
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit ,
Regulation D ,
Regulation G ,
Regulation T ,
Regulation U ,
Round of funding ,
Rules of Fair Practice ,
Rate of exchange ,
Reciprocal of European terms ,
Regulated investment company ,
Real economic growth rate ,
Redeemable shares ,
Registered Company ,
Regulation A ,
Right of first refusal ,
Right of rescission ,
Right to Know ,
Rate-improvement ,
Rate lock ,
Regulation Z ,
Renegotiable rate ,
Revolving line of credit ,
Right of recourse ,
Rule of 78 ,
Right of redemption ,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984 ,
Return on Capital Employed ,
Rate of return ,
Real rate of return ,
SG&A ,
Stranded asset ,
Sight letter of credit ,
S&L ,
Spot rate ,
Segregation of securities ,
Small Order Execution System ,
Savings rate ,
Standard of living ,
Swap rate ,
Second-to-die insurance ,
Stock life insurance company ,
Share ,
Small corporate offering registration ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Statutory investment ,
Satisfaction of debt ,
Share appreciation mortgage ,
Start rate ,
Staggered board of directors ,
Systematic investment plan ,
Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees ,
Share price ,
S Corporation ,
Short-term gain or loss ,
Sin tax ,
Standard mileage rate ,
Subchapter M ,
Subchapter S Corporation ,
Schedule C ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities Acts Amendments of 1975 ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Seek a market ,
S&P phenomenon ,
Tangible asset ,
Total assets ,
T-Bill ,
Term to maturity ,
Treasury Direct ,
Take a position ,
Trailing P/E ,
Total asset turnover ,
Tenancy by the entirety ,
Trust company ,
Teaser rate ,
TED spread ,
Truth in Lending ,
Tenancy at will ,
Title company ,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1986 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1993 ,
Take a bath ,
U.S. Government Agency Security ,
U.S. Savings Bond ,
U.S. Treasury ,
U.S. Treasury Bill ,
U.S. Treasury Bond ,
U.S. Treasury Note ,
U.S. Treasury Securities ,
Unemployment rate ,
Unit Investment Trust ,
Unit of trade ,
Unit of trading ,
Variable rate ,
Waiver of premium ,
When, as, and if issued ,
X or XD ,
Year-To-Date ,
Yield to call ,
Yield to maturity ,
Yield to worst ,
Y shares ,
Z shares ,
Zero-investment portfolio