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
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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
for returns list R: gm_return = math.exp(sum(math.log(1+r) for r in R)/len(R)) – 1
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