Category: Finance Law
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How Bonds Work
How Bonds WorkA bond's principal, or face value, represents the amount of the original loan that is to be repaid on the bond's maturity date. The interest that the issuer agrees to pay each year is known as the coupon, a term derived from the obsolete practice of attaching coupons t…
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Corporate Bonds
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Bond Investing
Investing in BondsFrom an investor's perspective, stocks offer a higher potential return if profits rise, but bonds are generally a safer investment. Stock dividends are paid out of company profits, while bond interest payments are made even if the company is losing money. If a corporat…
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Bond Issuing
Issuing BondsBond issuers can sell bonds directly through an auction process or use investment banking services. The investment banker buys the bonds from the issuer and then sells them to the public.Corporate bonds are issued by private utilities, transportation companies, industri…
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Bond Types
Kinds of BondsA number of different kinds of bonds offer variations on this basic formula. Some types of bonds provide alternative interest structures. A zero-coupon bond does not make periodic interest payments. The bondholder realizes interest by buying the bond substantially below its fa…
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Bonds Market
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Interamerican Development Bank
Interamerican Development Bank Interamerican Development Bank as an U.S. State Statute Topic This term is one of the topics in some U.S. State Statutes. Other topics of the World Encyclopedia of Law which are topics of some State Statures are: Licensed Public Accountants (Topic) Guardians Ad Litem (Topic) Biological Warfare Bioterrorism Birth Control Birth Defects…
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Warranted Free
In marine insurance policies, an exclusion of coverage for the named peril. For example, "warranted free of capture and seizure" means the underwriter will assume no responsibility for such losses….
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Wire Fate Item
A bill of exchange (read this legal term for further details) or other collection item sent with instructions to the collecting bank to wire acknowledgment of acceptance/collection or dishonor of the instrument….
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Wire Fate Item
A bill of exchange (read this legal term for further details) or other collection item sent with instructions to the collecting bank to wire acknowledgment of acceptance/collection or dishonor of the instrument….
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Warehouse To Warehouse
A provision that can be included in marine insurance policies for coverage on merchandise from initial point of shipment until final delivery at a specified destination….
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United States Value
A basis for assessing duties predicated upon the wholesale price of the imported product (or a like domestic product if the value of the imported product cannot be ascertained), less normal markups, transportation costs, insurance, and duties. This method of valuation has been supplanted by the cust…
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Valuta
A word of Italian origin, meaning literally "foreign currency," but used in international banking as a synonym for division, or short-term foreign bills….
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Uniform Customs And Practices
Generally known as the UCP, a body of rules governing and guiding banking practices relative to letters of credit. The first version of the UCP was promulgated by a congress of the International Chamber of Commerce in Amsterdam in 1933 but was rejected by the banking communities of the United States…
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Unbundling Expenses
The act of breaking out the component costs of a contract of insurance. In addition to pure protection against risk, an insurer must provide for costs of administration, claims processing, actuarial work, et cetera. These and other cost elements are indistinguishable in the policy rate. By unbundlin…