Principal is a term used when talking about debt and loans. The principal is the initial amount of loan which has to be repaid, and this is separate from any interest payments. For example, the face v...
Price to Earnings (P/E) is a financial metric which shows the ratio of a firm's current share price to its earnings per share. This is an extremely common multiple used to evaluate whether a company i...
Prepaid Income is an accounting concept that refers to a payment that has been received, but the asset has not yet been fully delivered. The company receives a one-off payment for the asset, but deliv...
Prepaid Expenses are an accounting concept that refers to an asset that has been paid for, but the full benefit has not yet been received. The company makes a one-off payment for the asset, but receiv...
There are two definitions to the term premium bond:A special bond issued in the UKAny bond which is trading above parIf a bond is trading above the par value of 100, it is said to ...
In a deal scenario, a premium is a difference between the amount paid and the value of the company. This premium usually illustrates the amount of goodwill in the target company and also how much the ...
Preferred stock is a form of equity issued by a company. It its preferred because it takes priority over common stocks in that it has a higher-priority claim on assets in the event of bankruptcy and w...
Precedent transactions are one part of the comparative analysis. It is the analysis of previous transactions which have taken place involving companies of similar market cap/revenue/location/industry ...
Position is a term used in trading to refer to any current exposure a trader has. This means any trade they are currently in the process of doing. For example, if a trader wants to open a po...
A Ponzi Scheme is a type of financial fraud pioneered by Charles Ponzi in 1919. The idea behind a Ponzi Scheme is that investors are offered high return and low risk and are therefore encouraged to in...