Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• ASSUMPTION OF MORTGAGE - The acts of acquiring title to property that has an existing mortgage and agre...
  
  
• ASSURANCE - has been defined by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) as "Inde...
  
  
• ASTROPHYSICAL CYCLE - Any earthly cycle, such as a market cycle, that has been scientifically related t...
  
  
• ASU - Accident, Sickness and Unemployment insurance (See also MPPI). This insurance is designed to cove...
  
  
• ASX - See: Australian Stock Exchange
  
  
• ASX DERIVATIVES AND OPTIONS MARKET (ASXD) - Options market trading options on more than 50 of Australia...
  
  
• ASYMMETRIC BEHAVIOR - Unbalanced behavior exhibited by financial instruments, the rates or values of wh...
  
  
• ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION - One group has more information about, say, on the well being of the company, t...
  
  
• ASYMMETRIC TAXES - When participants in a transaction have different net tax rates.
  
  
• ASYMMETRIC VOLATILITY - Phenomenon that volatility is higher in down markets than in up markets.