Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• DEGREE OF TOTAL LEVERAGE (DTL) - The percentage change in a firm's earnings per share (EPS) resulting f...
  
  
• DEGREE-DAY - A unit of measure for the deviation of a day's average temperature from the arbitrary stan...
  
  
• DEGREE-DAY SWAPS - A Swap (q.v.) that receives (pays) a floating payment proportional to the change in ...
  
  
• DEGREES OF FREEDOM - The number of independent observations; the number of observations minus the numbe...
  
  
• DEKATHERM - Ten therms, 1 million British thermal units.
  
  
• DELAWARE COURT OF CHANCERY - The Delaware Court of Chancery is the forum for the resolution of disputes...
  
  
• DELAY - The amount of time that elapses between a change in an input event and the resultant change in ...
  
  
• DELAY DAYS - Lag times. The amount of time before the owner of a MBS receives payments from the underly...
  
  
• DELAYED EXCHANGE - A three way exchange in which the properties close at different times.
  
  
• DELAYED ISSUANCE POOL - Refers to mortgage backed securities (MBS) that at the time of issuance were co...