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Information Ratio
The ratio of annualized expected residual return to residual risk. A central measurement for active management, value added is proportional to the square of the information ratio.
Information services
Organizations that furnish investment and other types of information, such as information that helps a firm monitor its cash position.
Information Signaling
Conveying intelligence through a firm's actions. A firm's dividend policy, for example, provides signals to investors concerning the value of the firm's stock.
Informational efficiency
The degree to which market prices correctly and quickly reflect information and thus the true value of an underlying asset.
Informational efficiency
The speed and accuracy with which prices reflect new information.
Informationless trades
Trades that are the result of either a reallocation of wealth or an implementation of an investment strategy that acts only on existing information. That is, an investor might sell a large block of stock -- not because they have information that leads them to think the stock will fall in value -- but because they might need the cash for some other investment.
Information-motivated trades
Trades in which an investor believes he or she possesses pertinent information not currently reflected in the stock's price.
Infrastructure
A country's fundamental system of transportation, communications, and other aspects of its physical capabilities.
Infrastructure risk
The risk associated with the impact on project cash flows from infrastructure problems. Also known as transportation risk.
Ingot
A bar of metal such as the type that the Federal Reserve System uses to store gold reserves.
Inheritance tax return
Tax form required to determine the amount of state tax due on an inheritance.
In-house
In the context of general equities, keeping an activity within the firm. For example, rather than go to the marketplace and sell a security for a client to anyone, an attempt is made to find a buyer to complete the transaction with the firm. Although a listed trade must be taken to the floor of the stock exchange, matching supply with demand within the confines of the firm results in higher commissions for the firm.
In-house processing float
The time it takes the receiver of a check to process a payment and deposit it in a bank for collection.
Initial filing
Has various meanings. It could refer to a form that is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in advance of a major event, such as a public offering or a share repurchase. It could also refer to filings that occur before legal inside transactions.
Initial margin
(1) Amount of money deposited by both buyers and sellers of futures_contract to ensure performance of the terms of the contract; (2) amount of cash or eligible securities required to be deposited with a broker before engaging in margin transactions.
Initial margin requirement
When buying securities on margin, the proportion of the total market value of the securities that the investor must pay for in cash. The securities_exchange_act_of_1934 gives the Board of Governors of the federal_reserve_system the responsibility to set initial margin requirements, but individual brokerage firms are free to set higher requirements. In futures_contract, initial margin requirements are set by the exchange.
Initial public offering (IPO)
A company's first sale of stock to the public. Securities offered in an IPO are often, but not always, those of young, small companies seeking outside equity capital and a public market for their stock. Investors purchasing stock in IPOs generally must be prepared to accept considerable risks for the possibility of large gains. IPOs by investment_company (closed-end funds) usually include underwriting fees that represent a load to buyers.
Initial Public Offering Spinning
The practice of an investment bank setting aside portions of a corporation's Initial Public Offering for senior management of that corporation.
Initiate coverage
(1) Firm is now followed by analysts at a particular securities house; (2) Indication to cover short position by purchasing the underlying stock (this cancels out the short position).
Inland Bill of Lading
A document used as a receipt from the carrier to shipper that covers the transport of goods overland. It also acts as a contract of carriage.
In-line
Used in the context of general equities. (1) An order or market in a specific security within the inside market ; 2) any announcement (earnings) that adheres closely to Wall Street analysts' expectations.
Input-output tables
Tables that indicate how much each industry requires of the production of each other industry in order to produce each dollar of its own output.
Inquiry
Used in the context of general equities. In-line expression of interest in a particular stock, usually asking the firm to bid for or offer stock.
INR
The ISO 4217 currency code for the Indian Rupee.
In-service withdrawal
A participant-initiated withdrawal from an employer-sponsored retirement plan while the participant is still employed by the company.
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