Terms with Category Investments
- Insurance Cycle — Definition,
- A cycle of soft and hard market conditions observed in the insurance and underwriting industry.
- Interest (IN, int) — Acronym & Abbreviation,
- Money paid for the use of borrowed funds, usually expressed as an annual percentage.
➥ Bank account transaction code. - Interest Rate (IR) — Acronym, Very Important,
- The rate a lender charges an individual to borrow money.
- Interest-Crediting Methods — Definition,
- A number of methods used to establish how interest is accrued, owed and dispersed to the parties due.
- Internal Rate of Return (IRR) — Acronym, Important,
- That rate at which the present worth of all present and future investment costs equals the present worth of all present and future investment benefits.
- Investment — Definition,
- Something you put your money into in order to make money.
- Investment Banking (IBK) — Acronym,
- Bank operations that manage a bank's funding position, as well as its holdings of Treasury bills, bonds and preferred and common stock.
- Investment Canada Act (ICA) — Acronym, Canada,
- A Canadian law that gives the government power to deny foreign investments of "significant" size if they fail to provide a "net benefit to Canada."
- Investment in the Contract — Definition,
- The principal that has been contributed to an annuity.
- Investment Income — Definition,
- Income that is earned from investments such as interest, dividends, and capital gains.
- Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) — Company, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Important,
- An organization that regulates, sets standards, and has quasi-judicial power over securities dealers in Canada.
- Investment Property — Definition,
- Property bought with the hope of it making money.
- Investments in Affiliates — Definition,
- A situation where an investor has a great deal of control over the operation and/or financial management of his or her investment.
- Irrevocable Beneficiary — Definition,
- A life insurance or segregated fund beneficiary whose benefit cannot be revoked or modified in any way without his or her consent.
- Issuer — Definition,
- A legal entity that develops, registers, and sells securities including stocks, bonds and derivatives.
- Joint and Survivor Annuity — Definition,
- An annuity with multiple annuitants (usually spouses) that makes payments as long as either of the annuitants are alive.
- Laddering — Definition,
- Staggering deposits into investments such as CDs in order to vary and better the rate of return.
- Leverage — Definition,
- The use of a small amount of cash and a large loan to buy something.
- Liabilities — Definition,
- A borrower's debts and legal obligations.
- Life Annuity — Definition,
- An annuity that will continue to make payments until the death of the annuitant.
- Life Expectancy Method — Definition,
- A method of calculating the appropriate size of payments in an annuity's income phase by estimating the annuitant's life expectancy.
- Life Insurance — Definition, Very Important,
- An arrangement where an insurer agrees to pay a benefit to one or more beneficiaries in the event of the policyholder's death.
➥ CanEquity offers life insurance. - Life Insurance Trust (LIT) — Acronym,
- A legal entity that is made the beneficiary of a life insurance policy, often arranged to evade taxation.
- Liquid Assets — Definition,
- Cash and other property that can be converted quickly and easily into cash.
- Lloyd's of London — Company,
- A market for insurance and reinsurance based in London, England where Lloyd's members, underwriters and financial backers can spread and share risk.
- Lloyd's Syndicates — Definition,
- A group of Lloyd's of London underwriters.
- Loan — Definition,
- Letting another party use something of value temporarily.
- Long Term Capital Gain (LTCG) — Acronym,
- Your loss from the sale of a capital asset that you held for more than 12 months.
- Long-term Capital Loss — Definition,
- Your profit from the sale of a capital asset that you held for more than 12 months.
- Loss — Definition,
- When expenses are larger than revenues.
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