Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS - Usually refers to investments in hedge funds. Many hedge funds pursue strateg...
  
  
• ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX - This tax primarily affects high-income taxpayers who shelter some of their in...
  
  
• ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX (AMT) - The AMT was designed to ensure that all taxpayers pay at least the mini...
  
  
• ALTERNATIVE MORTGAGE - A home loan that is not a standard fixed-rate mortgage.
  
  
• ALTERNATIVE MORTGAGE INSTRUMENTS - Variations of mortgage instruments such as adjustable-rate and varia...
  
  
• ALTERNATIVE MORTGAGE INSTRUMENTS (ATI) - all mortgage plans that differ from the conventional fixed rat...
  
  
• ALTERNATIVE OR SPECIALTY INVESTMENTS - Property types that are not considered conventional institutiona...
  
  
• ALTERNATIVE ORDER - Used in context of general equities. Order giving a broker a choice between two cou...
  
  
• ALTMAN Z-SCORE - reliably predicts whether or not a company is likely to enter into bankruptcy within o...
  
  
• ALTMAN, EDWARD - developed the "ALTMAN Z-SCORE" by examining 85 manufacturing companies. Later, additio...