What is the Financial Modelers’ Manifesto? The Financial Modelers’ Manifesto is a proposal calling for greater fiscal and risk-management responsibilities in the wake of the housing market collapse and the subsequent financial crisis of 2008-2009. It was created by two financial engineers – Paul Wilmott and Emanuel Derman. In the past, both Derman and Wilmott…
What is Equity Crowdfunding? Equity crowdfunding (also known as crowd-investing or investment crowdfunding) is a method of raising capital used by startups and early-stage companies. Essentially, equity crowdfunding offers the company’s securities to a number of potential investors in exchange for financing. Each investor is entitled to a stake in the company proportional to their…
What is Asymmetric Information? Asymmetric information is, just as the term suggests, unequal, disproportionate, or lopsided information. It is typically used in reference to some type of business deal or financial arrangement where one party possesses more, or more detailed, information than the other. The issue with asymmetric information starts before any transaction takes place….
What is Liquidity? In financial markets, liquidity refers to how quickly an investment can be sold without negatively impacting its price. The more liquid an investment is, the more quickly it can be sold (and vice versa), and the easier it is to sell it for fair value or current market value. All else being…
What is Equity? In finance, equity is the market value of the assets owned by shareholders after all debts have been paid off. In accounting, equity refers to the book value of stockholders’ equity on the balance sheet, which is equal to assets minus liabilities. The term, “equity”, in finance and accounting comes with the…
What is a Discount Rate? In corporate finance, a discount rate is the rate of return used to discount future cash flows back to their present value. This rate is often a company’s Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC), required rate of return, or the hurdle rate that investors expect to earn relative to the…
What is Accrued Interest vs Regular Interest? When investing in stocks and bonds, investors are paid either an accrued interest vs regular interest at an agreed period. The interest payments are not paid immediately, and security issuers will owe investors some money at any particular time, depending on the time that has elapsed since the…
What is Risk Shifting? Risk shifting is a risk strategy that involves transferring the responsibility for risk or liability to another party. The risk can be transferred in full or partially, and it ensures that the third party will deal with the risk as and when it materializes. Risk shifting is a popular…
What is Interest Income? Interest income is the amount paid to an entity for lending its money or letting another entity use its funds. On a larger scale, interest income is the amount earned by an investor’s money that he places in an investment or project. A very simple and basic way of computing it…
What is Acquisition Premium? Acquisition premium is the difference between the price paid for a target company in a merger or acquisition and the target’s assessed market value. It represents the excess amount over the fair value of all identifiable assets paid by an acquiring company. The acquisition premium is also known as goodwill and…
