Financial economics: related pages
Arbitrage
Making a gain through trading securities without committing or risking money.
Dominant trading strategy
A portfolio that costs the same as another one, but which is always guaranteed to out-perform the other.
Modern/Markowitz portfolio theory
The theory concerning the value and riskiness of portfolios as opposed to individual securities.
Utility
The satisfaction that individuals gain from buying goods or services. A key economic concept.
Utility curve
A graph of the relationship between utility an individuals consumption of something.
Capital structure irrelevance
The proposition that the proportion of debt to equity does not affect the total value (debt + equity) of a company.
Dividend irrelevance
The theory that divided payments are irrelevant when valuing a company.
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