A plastic payment card, issued by a bank or other financial institution, which enables the holder to.

(FDIC) In the US, the federal agency that acts as guarantor for funds deposited in member.

An independent financial adviser whose income is derived from fees charged to customers rather than.

A mortgage which guarantees the interest rate charged will remain sandwiched between two specified.

Call or put options on an index such as the Standard and Poor's 500 Index or the FTSE 100.

The generic term for models which aim to price assets, usually shares or baskets of them, in.

In the stock market, an index is a device that measures changes in the prices of a basket of.

A disparaging term used to describe executives who earn high salaries and bonuses.

In the US, an expense allowed by the Internal Revenue Service which is deducted from adjusted.

See 'personal equity.

In the US, the period between the time a policyholder makes an insurance claim and the time it is.

The Cadbury Code is the unofficial name for the first Code of Best Practice on corporate.

The shares of companies that are well-positioned to withstand recession, usually because the goods.

An endowment plan which carries an option at maturity for the proceeds to be paid in the form of a.

The theoretical price at which a futures contract should trade to be equivalent to the purchase.

A company's expenditure to acquire capital.

An organisation established in 1989 to improve the image of Independent Financial Advisers (IFAs).

A demand by a company to shareholders to pay a further instalment on partly paid.

A formal notification to the writer of an option from a clearing house that an option has been.

A situation where the exercise price of a call/put option approximates to the current market price.