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Investment Dictionary, Terms Starting With [P]

Payables Payee Payer Permanent capital Petty cash Plant Pooling of interests Posting Pre-depreciation profit Pre-tax profit margin Profit Profit and loss statement Profit margin Pro forma Property inventory Passbook Penalty Postdate Private banking Paper Paper dealer Par bond Participating GIC Participation certificate Pass-through Pass-through coupon rate Paying agent Payment date Payment-in-kind security Performance bond Permanent financing Phantom income Pickup Pickup bond Point Pool Positive yield curve Preferred debt Preliminary official statement Premium bond Premium over bond value Premium over conversion value Prepayment speed Prerefunding Price Value of a Basis Point Primary instrument Prime paper Prior lien bond Private sector pass-through Privileged bond Prospectus Provisional call feature Public bond Public offering Public purpose bond Purchase Put bond Put provision PVBP Payment for order flow Pink Sheets Position Primary Dealer Prime broker Prime brokerage Private placement PSA Public limited partnership Public Securities Association Purpose loan Pegging Pip Participating dividend Participating preferred Payable date Payout ratio Plow back Preference shares Preferred shares Preferred stock Prior preferred stock P&L Primary earnings per share Profit warning Provision for income taxes Panic Peace dividend Personal Consumption Expenditures PPI Price index Private debt Producer Price Index Productivity Productivity report Public goods Public sector Parity price Physical commodity Physical market Physicals Position trader Price limit Pacific Rim Parallel importing Paris Club Petrodollars Partial surrender Participating insurance Peril Periodic payment plan Personal Injury Protection PMI Policy Policyholder Policy limit Policy loan Policy surrender Portability Portfolio manager PPO Pre-existing conditions Preferred Provider Organization Private Mortgage Insurance Property damage coverage Parity Performance Portfolio Premium raid Pretax Proportional representation Proxy statement Pipeline Placement Pot Preliminary prospectus Primary market Public company Public offering price Party Permit Per stirpes Plaintiff Pour-over will Power of Attorney Property Provision Punitive damages Package mortgage Paid Paid up Partially amortized loan Partial release Participation Participation loan Past-due balance method Paydown Personal guarantee Personal interest Piggyback loan PITI Pledging Points Pool factor Positive carry Predatory lending Preforeclosure sale Prepaid interest Prepayment Prepayment penalty Prepayment privilege Prepayment risk Prequalification Previous balance method Prime Prime rate Principal Principal amount Principal balance Principal risk Prioritization of debt Prior redemption privilege Proceeds Projected maturity date Promissory note Purchase-money mortgage Pure lease People pill PMV Poison pill Private Market Value Proxy contest Proxy fight Performance-based compensation Phone switching Pooled fund Prime rate fund Publicly-traded fund Pure index fund Pairs trade Payoff diagram Perpendicular spread Physical option Position limit Premium income Price spread Privilege dealer Protective put Protective put buying Put Put option Put swaption Put warrant Passive income Passive loss Perfecting title Perfect title Personal property Possession Property tax Purchase agreement PBGC Pension Pension benefit Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Pension fund Pension plan Pension reversion Plan asset Plan sponsor Premature distribution Preretirement survivor annuity Profit-sharing Prototype plan Prudent Expert Act Paid-in capital Paid-in surplus Participating trust Passive investor Payback period Percent held by institutions Piggyback registration rights PIPE Pre-syndicate bid Private company Private Investment in Public Equity Public Public equity Publicly held Publicly traded Public ownership Passive management Perfect capital market Perfect hedge Planning Portfolio insurance Portfolio theory Preservation of capital Program Program trading Put ratio backspread Patronage dividend Personal exemption Private letter ruling Progressive tax Property assessment Proportional tax Proprietor Proprietorship Pattern Pennant Plateau Point-and-figure chart Probability distribution Profit ratio Projection Painting the tape Paper loss Paper profit Paper trading Parking Peak Perfect competition Play Plus tick Plus tick rule Portfolio tracking Positive Volume Index Priced out Price range Price-weighted index Primary exchange Primary listing Profit-taking Public book Put/call ratio PVI Pyramiding Pitch Private equity Private limited partnership