Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• FIRST BOARD - The Chicago Board of Trade's established dates for delivery on futures contracts.
  
  
• FIRST BOSTON HIGH YIELD INDEX - An index of junk bonds rated BB or lower by S&P or Moody's.
  
  
• FIRST CALL - With collateralized mortgage obligation (CMOs.), the start of the cash flow cycle for the ...
  
  
• FIRST CALL DATE - A date stated in an indenture, that is the first date on which the issuer may redeem ...
  
  
• FIRST COUPON BEGIN AND END - The program uses the Issue Date and Settlement Date in conjunction with th...
  
  
• FIRST HOME OWNER'S GRANT (FHOG) - A $7000 government grant available to Australians buying or building ...
  
  
• FIRST IN, FIRST OUT - A method of accounting for business inventory permitted by GAAP.
  
  
• FIRST IN, FIRST OUT (FIFO) - ACCOUNTING method of valuing INVENTORY under which the costs of the first ...
  
  
• FIRST LIEN - The registered legal claim which stands first in line to enjoy the proceeds of a sale of t...
  
  
• FIRST LOAN - This is what most people think of when someone says mortgage. It is a loan in first positi...