Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• IR - The two-character ISO 3166 country code for IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF.
  
  
• IRA - Individual Retirement Account. A retirement account with tax advantages. Individuals may contribu...
  
  
• IRA (INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT) - A retirement account that allows individuals to make tax-deferred...
  
  
• IRA ROLLOVER - If you take a lump sum out of an employer-sponsored retirement plan and put it into an i...
  
  
• IRA/KEOGH ACCOUNTS - Special accounts that allow saving taxes deferred until money is withdrawn. These ...
  
  
• IRB - See Industrial Development Authority Bond.
  
  
• IRR - Is used two different ways. For the first, it refers to the Internal Rate of Return. For the seco...
  
  
• IRRATIONAL CALL OPTION - The implied call imbedded in a MBS. Irrational because the call is sometimes n...
  
  
• IRRC - The Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) is a not-for-profit institution whose mission...
  
  
• IRREDEEMABLE BOND - A bond lacking a call feature or a right of redemption. Also refers to a perpetual ...