Financial Institutions Group or FIG is an industry group that focuses on providing advisory services to financial institutions.Firms are usually divided up into:BankingInsuranceSpecialty Fin...
Fibonacci was a mathematician and the term applies to his number sequence. The Fibonacci sequence is used in technical analysis to determine levels of support and resistance.The analysis used suggests...
Fiat money is any form of currency that is in itself worthless, but because it has the backing of a government is deemed to have value. For example, the paper used to print US dollars is essentially w...
Federal Reserve Banks are government institutions that carry out and implement the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve and regulate the local banks. They are located in 12 different distr...
The Federal Reserve is the central bank of the United States of America. The main responsibilities of the Fed are:Ensuring stability in the financial systemRegulation of the banking industryProtecting...
The FDIC, or Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, is a quasi-governmental corporation created in 1933 alongside the Glass-Steagall act with the purpose of protecting deposits in financial institutio...
Fallen Angel is a term used to describe a firm that was once extremely popular, but has declined greatly in value. This can be due to difficulties within the firm, a lack of growth, market saturation,...
An exit multiple is one of the most commonly used terms in finance and it refers to the terminal multiple at which any given project will be exited. The most commonly used multiple is E...
Exercise date is part of an options contract and states the time by which the option must either be exercised or is disregarded. For European options, the option can only be exercised on the exercise ...
Execution is the term used for when any trade has been fully completed. If the order is going through a broker, the broker has the ability to determine (but also the legal obligation to obtain) the be...