Author: todorm

A ratio that depicts how much of a portfolio has been replaced in a year.

An agreement in a bond contract made between a bond issuer and a trustee that represents the interest of the bondholder.

A marketable U.S. government debt security that has a fixed interest rate and a maturity between 2 and 10 years.

A website run by the Bureau of the Fiscal Service under the U.S. Department of the Treasury that allows US investors to purchase securities such as Treasury Bills directly from the government

A treasury bond is a marketable, fixed-interest U.S. government debt security with a maturity of more than 10 years that pays periodic interest payments.

A short-term debt obligation issued by the United States Treasury that is backed by the U.S. government with a maturity of less than one year.

Debt obligations issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

An individual who agent keeps records of who owns a publicly traded company’s stocks and bonds. Transfer agents ensure that investors receive their dividends on time.

Transfer is the movement of assets, monetary funds or ownership rights from one account to another.

Trailing price-to-earnings is calculated by taking the current stock price and dividing it by the trailing earnings per share for the last 12 months.