Glossary: Letter F
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First Mover: What It Means, Examples, and First Mover Advantages
First Notice of Loss (FNOL): Definition, Requirements, and Example
Fiscal Deficit: Definition and History in the U.S.
Fiscal Multiplier: Definition, Formula, and Example
Fiscal Year-End? Definition, Examples, and vs. Calendar-Year End
Fiscalyear
Fisher Effect Definition and Relationship to Inflation
Fisher Transform Indicator: Definition and How to Use It in Trade
Fitch Ratings: Definition, Uses, and Rating Scale
Fixed Annuity? Uses in Investing, Pros, and Cons
Fixed Asset Turnover Ratio?
Fixed Capital: Definition, What’s Included, and Requirements
Fixed Cost: What It Is and How It’s Used in Business
Fixed Exchange Rate? Definition and Examples
Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC)? History
Fixed Rate Mortgage
Fixed-Charge Coverage Ratio Explained: Definition, Formula, and Benefits
Fixed-Income Security Definition, Types, and Examples
Fixed-Rate Payment: What it is, How it Works, Example
Fixedinterestrate
Fixing: Definition in Business and Economics, Examples, and Legality
Flat Tax: What It Is and How It Works
Flatyieldcurve
Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS): Definition and How It Works
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)?
Flip: What it Means, How it Works, Examples
Float: What It Is, How It Works, Calculation, and Example
Floating Charge
Floating Exchange Rate?
Floating Interest Rate: Definition, How It Works, and Examples
Floating Rate Fund? Definition, Example and Limitations
Floating Stock: Definition, Example, and Why It’s Important
Floating-Rate Note (FRN): Here’s What You Need To Know
Floor Trader? Definition, Role in Markets, Requirements
Flotation Cost: Formulas, Meaning, and Examples
Flotation: What It Is, How It Works, Pros and Cons
Flow-Through (Pass-Through) Entity, Types, Pros & Cons
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Folio Number? Definition and Uses
Follow-on Offering (FPO): Definition, 2 Main Types, and Example
Food and Drug Administration (FDA): What It Is and Does
Footnotes to Financial Statements? Types and Importance
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For Sale by Owner (FSBO): Definition, Costs, Benefits, and Risks
Forbearance
Forecasting: What It Is, How It’s Used in Business and Investing
Foreclosure: Definition, Process, Downside, and Ways to Avoid
Foregone Earnings
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA): Key Rules and Compliance
Foreign Aid Explained: Types, Leading Donors, and Global Impact
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)? Antibribery Aim
Foreign Currency (FX) Swap: Definition, How It Works, and Types
Foreign Currency Convertible Bond (FCCB) Defined, How It Works
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): What It Is, Types, and Examples
Foreign Earned Income Exclusion: Overview and Example
Foreign Exchange Reserves: What They Are, Why Countries Hold Them
Foreign Exchange Risk: What It Is and Hedging Against It, With Examples
Foreign Institutional Investor (FII): Regulations and Opportunities
Foreign Investment: Definition, How It Works, and Types
Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI)? Benefits and Risks
Foreign Tax Credit: Definition, How It Works, and Who Can Claim It
Forensic Accounting: What It Is, How It’s Used
Forensic Audit, How Does It Work, and What Prompts It?
Forex (FX): Definition, How to Trade Currencies, and Examples
Forex (FX): How Trading in the Foreign Exchange Market Works
Forfaiting: How it Works, Pros and Cons, and Examples
Forfeited Share Means, With Definition and Example
Form 10-K: Definition, What’s Included, Instructions, and Where to Find It
Form 1040-A: U.S. Individual Tax Return: Overview
Form 1040: U.S. Individual Tax Return — Definition, Use, and Practical Guide
Form 1040: U.S. Individual Tax Return Definition, Types, and Use
Form 1040EZ, and Why Is It No Longer Used?
Form 1045: Application for Tentative Refund: What it is
Form 1095-B: Health Coverage: What it is, How it Works
Form 1095-C: Definition, Uses, Tax Filing Requirements
Form 1095a
Form 1098
Form 1099-DIV, Dividends and Distributions: How to File
Form 1099-INT: What It Is, Who Files It, and Who Receives It
Form 1099-MISC: Understanding Its Purpose and Uses for Nonemployee Income
Form 1099-Q: Payments From Qualified Education Programs?
Form 1099-R: What It’s Used for and Who Should File It
Form 1120-S: U.S. Income Tax Return for an S Corporation
Form 1310: Purpose for Taxes, Who Files, and How to File
Form 13f
Form 2106-EZ: Unreimbursed Employee Business Expenses—Overview
Form 2106: Employee Business Expenses—Definition and Who Can File
Form 2439: Notice to Shareholder of Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gains
Form 2848
Form 4506, Request for Copy of Tax Return: Definition and Filing
Form 4562: Depreciation and Amortization?
Form 4684: Casualties and Theft: What it is, How it Works
Form 4797: Sales of Business Property Definition: What It Is and How to File
Form 4868 Application For Automatic Extension Of Time To File Us Individual Income Tax Return
Form 4952: Investment Interest Expense Deduction Overview
Form 5405: First-Time Homebuyer Credit and Repayment of the Credit