Financial terms that begin with letter P


payables	payee	payer
payment	plant	P & I
P & L	P & S	P coast
P/B	P/E	P/E effect
P/S	P2P	PAC
PAC Bond	PAD	Painting thetape
Paired off	Paired shares	Pairoff
Panicbuying or selling	Paper gain loss	Present Value Components Analysis
Present value factor	Present Value Index	Present value of growth opportunities
Private Export Funding Corporation	Private label pass throughs	Prudent manrule
Purchasing power of the dollar	PIN	people pill
PMV	poison pill	premium raid
Private Market Value	proxy contest	Pac Man strategy
Proxy Committee	Proxy Committee Ballot	Proxy Solicitor
Pink Sheets	Primary Dealer	prime broker
PSA	PPI	Producer Price Index
productivity	paper	paper dealer
par bond	par value	pickup
pickup bond	premium bond	prerefunding
Price Value of a Basis Point	prime paper	prior lien bond
put bond	PVBP	put provision
Prerefunded bond	Private purpose bond	Public housing authority bond
Pure discountbond	Pureyield pickup swap	pip
Par valueof currency	Point	physical commodity
P&L	Paid in capital	Paid in surplus
Parallel bonds	Prepackaged bankruptcy	Principal Finance
placement	pot	primary market
Public Securities Association	performance bond	policyholder
policy limit	PPO	Purchasingpower risk
parity	participating dividend	payout ratio
plow back	profit	profit margin
pro forma	Pretax rate of return	PRI
Price book ratio	Price compression	Price continuity
Price discovery process	Price effect	Price elasticities
Price give	Price immunization	Price impact costs
Price indexes	Price momentum	Price of admission
Price sales ratio	Price specie flow mechanism	Price takers
Principal Finance Officer	payment date	phone switching
prime rate fund	private placement	pure index fund
per stirpes	Power of Attorney	probate
Property rights	paid up	parallel loan
participation loan	pledging	policy loan
positive carry	prepaid interest	prepayment penalty
previous balance method	prime	prime rate
proceeds	promissory note	Paid up policy
Prepayments	Proceeds sale	Processing Delay
Product cycle	Product cycle theory	Product Differentiation
Product risk	Production	Production Cost Advantage
Production flow commitment	Production Loan	Production payment financing
Production possibilities schedule	Production rate	Project loans
Pureexpectations theory	Purpose credit	Purpose statement
Parallel shift in the yield curve	Parameter	Paris Bourse
ParisInterbank Offer Rate	Parity value	Parking violation
Part B prospectus	Partial	Partial compensation
Partial Vote	Participant	Participant risk
Participate but do not initiate	Participating buyer/seller	Participating convertible preferred stock
Participating fees	Participating preferred stock	Participatinglife insurance policies
Participation certificates	Partnership agreement	Party in interest
Pass the book	Pass through coupon rate	Pass through rate
Pass through securities	Passive	Passive Activity Loss
Passive bond	Passive Income Generator	Passive investing
Passive investment management	Passive investment strategy	Passive portfolio
Passive portfolio strategy	Path dependent option	Pay as you go basis
Pay down	Pay to play	Pay up
Payable through drafts	Payment float	Payment in kind PIK bond
Payments netting	Payments pattern	Payments System
Payoff profile	PC	Pecking order view of capital structure
PEFCO	Pegged exchange rate	Penalty clause
Penalty tax	Pension liabilities	Pension parachute
Pension sponsors	Penultimate profit prospect	Per annum
Per capita debt	PERC	Percent to double
Percentage financial statement	Percentage order	Percentage premium
Perfect forecast line	Perfect market assumptions	Perfect market view of capital structure
Perfect market view of dividend policy	Perfected first lien	Perfectly competitive financial markets
Performance attribution analysis	Performance evaluation	Performance fund
Performance index	Performance measurement	Performance shares
Performance stock	PerformanceAccelerated Restricted Stock Award Plans	Period certain annuity
Period of digestion	Periodic call auction	Periodic payments
Periodic purchase deferred contract	Periodic rate	PERLS
Permanent Current Assets	Permanent spontaneous current Liabilities	Permissiable nonbank activities
Perpetual bond	Perpetual warrants	Perquisites
Personal article floater	Personal tax view of capital structure	Personal trust
Phantom Stock Award	Phantom stock plan	Phase space
Philadelphia Stock Exchange	Phillips Curve	PHLX
Physical asset	Physical completion	PIBOR
Picture	Pie model of capital structure	Piece
Pier	Piggyback registration	Piggybacking
PIK	PIK Payment in kind securities	Pit committee
Pivot	PK	Place
Placement ratio	Plain vanilla	Plain vanilla swap
Plan agreement	Plan for reorganization	Plan participants
Plan sponsors	Planned amortization class	Planned financing program
Planning horizon	Player	Playing themarket
Plaza Accord	PLC	Plowback rate
Plug	Plus	Plus a match
Plus tick seller	PN	PO
Point Attractor	Points quote	Poison put
Policyasset allocation	Policyholder loan bonds	Political risk insurance
Poolingof interests	Porcupineprovision	Portfolio allocation by region
Portfolio asset allocation	Portfolio beta	Portfolio diversification
Portfolio expected return	Portfolio internal rate of return	Portfolio opportunity set
Portfolio R	Portfolio restructuring	Portfolio separation theorem
Portfolio transaction costs	Portfolio turnover rate	Portfolioinsurance
Position diagram	Position limits	Position self
Position sheet	Positive convexity	Positive covenant of a bond
Positive float	Positive obligation	Positiveyield curve
Possessions corporation	Post audit	Post dated check
Post Money Valuation	Post trade benchmarks	Postponementoption
Postponingincome	Pot is clean	Potential Default
PPP	Praecipium	Pre Carriage
Pre Money Valuation	Pre shipment Finance	Pre sold issue
Pre tax contribution	Pre trade benchmarks	Prearranged trading
Preauthorized checks	Preauthorized electronic debits	Preauthorized payment
Precautionary demand for money	Precautionary motive	Precompute
Preference	Preference share	Preference stock
Preferred dividend coverage	Preferred equity redemption stock	Preferred habitat theory
Preferred stock agreement	Preferred stock ratio	PREG
Preliminary estimate	Principal only	Program trades
Put to seller	Put up	package mortgage
participation	passive income	personal property
PITI	PMI	pool
pool factor	prepayment speed	principal
principal amount	Private Mortgage Insurance	projected maturity date
payoff diagram	perpendicular spread	pit
premium income	price spread	put
put option	put swaption	physical option
Put an option	participating GIC	payout period
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation	pension fund	pension plan
pension reversion	portability	portfolio manager
PBGC	par	payable date
paying agent	PEG ratio	penny stock
P/E ratio	permanent financing	point
preemptive right	preferred stock	premium
price/earnings ratio	price to book ratio	primary distribution
primary offering	principal shareholder	prior preferred stock
privatization	profit and loss statement	proportional representation
prospectus	proxy	public company
public float	public ownership	PIPE
Private Investment in Public Equity	preferred shares	PacificStock Exchange
Primitive security	Print	Priority
Publicoffering price	Purchasingpower	personal exemption
phantom income	premature distribution	private letter ruling
property tax	proprietorship	provision for income taxes
Pretax earnings or profits	Progressive tax system	Project contracts
Project Finance Loan Program	Project financing	Project link
Project loan certificate	Project loan securities	Project notes
Projected benefit obligation	pattern	pennant
point-and-figure chart	projection	parking
peak	pegging	perfect competition
plus tick	portfolio	position
post	price change	priced out
price gap	price persistence	price range
price-weighted index	purpose loan	PVI
pyramiding	proprietary trading	Presale order
Presidential election cycle theory	Price uncertainty	Prices of equity
Pricey	Pricing efficiency	Primary trend
Principal agent relationship	Private unrequited transfers	Pro forma capital structure analysis
Pro forma Earnings	Pro forma financial statements	Pro forma Invoice
Probability	Probability function	Profile buyer/seller
Profit forecast	Profit Graph	Profit Range
Profit sharing plan	Profit Table	Profit taking
Profitability ratios	Proration	Prospective Earnings Growth
Protected Strategy	Public Book of order	Puke
Purchase andsale	Purchase fee	Purchase fund
Purchase method	Purchase money mortgage	Purchaseagreement
Put call parity	Put call parity relationship	Put call ratio
Put guarantee letter	Put it on	Put on
Put price	Put ratiobackspread	PV
passive management	perfect capital market	perfect hedge
periodic payment plan	portfolio theory	pari passu
pipeline	private equity	private limited partnership
petrodollars	purchasing power parity	Principal Exchange Rated Linked Securities
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