Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• RATE-SENSITIVE ASSETS (RSA) - The quantity of assets subject to repricing within a defined time period....
  
  
• RATE-SENSITIVE LIABILITIES (RSL) - The quantity of liabilities subject to repricing within a defined ti...
  
  
• RATE/POINT BREAKEVEN - The period you must retain a mortgage in order for it to be profitable to pay po...
  
  
• RATE/POINT OPTIONS - All the combinations of interest rate and points that are offered on a particular ...
  
  
• RATIFICATION - Method of creating an agency relationship in which the principal accepts the conduct of ...
  
  
• RATIFIED SALES CONTRACT - A contract that shows both you and the seller of the house have agreed to you...
  
  
• RATING - in securities trading, a formal opinion given by an independent, professional service on the c...
  
  
• RATING AGENCIES - Independent firms engaged to rate the creditworthiness of securities for the benefit ...
  
  
• RATING AGENCY - Companies that rate the likelihood of a firm to default on its debt obligations.
  
  
• RATING SERVICE - A rating service, such as A.M. Best, Moody's Investors Service, or Standard & Poor's, ...