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I-bonds
Treasury savings bonds with a 30-year maturity indexed to account for inflation....
Identified Shares
Stock or mutual fund whose purchase date and price may be identified for capital gains and tax purpo...
Idiosyncratic Risk
Unsystematic risk or risk that is uncorrelated to the overall market risk. In other words, the risk ...
IFA Association
An association formed in September 1994 by a merger of the National Federation of Independent Financ...
IFA Promotion
An organisation established in 1989 to improve the image of Independent Financial Advisers (IFAs) an...
Illegal Dividend
A corporation's dividend that is declared in violation of its charter and/or of state laws, typicall...
Illiquid
In the context of corporate finance, the absence of cash flow needed to fulfill financial debts and ...
Imbalance Of Orders
Used for listed equity securities. Too many market orders of one kind-buy or to sell or limit orders...
Immediate Family
Term used in the NASD rules of fair practice to refer to one's parents, brothers, sisters, children,...
Immediate Or Canceled Order
Market or limited price order that is to be executed in whole or in part as soon as such order is r...
Immediate Payment Annuity
An annuity contract paid by a single payment and with a specified payment plan that starts immediate...
Immediate Settlement
Delivery and settlement of securities within five business days....
Immunisation
The construction of an asset and a liability match that benefits from offsetting changes in value....
Immunisation Strategy
A bond portfolio strategy whose goal is to eliminate the portfolio's risk, in case of a general chan...
Impact Day
The day on which the availability of a prospectus is advertised, and a flotation is officially annou...
Impaired Capital
When a company's total capital is less than the par value of all its capital stock....
Imperfect Market
Economic environment in which the costs of labor and other resources used for production encourage f...
Implicit Bankruptcy Costs
Opportunity costs incurred prior to the bankruptcy process such as the loss of sales or financing....
Implicit Tax
Lower or higher before-tax required returns on assets that are subject to lower or higher tax rates....
Implied Call
The right of the homeowner to prepay, or call, a mortgage at any time....
Implied Repo Rate
The rate that a seller of a futures contract can earn by buying an issue and then delivering it at t...
Implied Volatility
The volatility of the underlying instrument implied by the market value option's price....
Import Quota
Puts limits on the quantity of certain products that can be legally imported into a particular count...
Import Substitution Development Strategy
A development strategy followed by many Latin American countries and other LDCs that emphasise impor...
