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Straight Value: Term life insurance policy providing a fixed-amount death benefit over a certain number of years.

Standardized Value: A normal distribution with a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.

Stated Value: For the CMO tranche, the date the last payment would occur at zero CPR.

Standard and Poors-BARRA Growth And Value Indexes: Some investors favor growth stocks while others favor value stocks. Since 1992, results of those investment styles, which tend to produce different returns over time, have been tracked separ . . . View Full Definition

Straight: Purchase or sale of an equal number of puts and calls with the same terms at the same time. Related: Spread.

Soil Loss Tolerance (T Value): For a specific soil, the maximum average annual soil loss expressed as tons per acre per year that will permit current production levels to be maintained economically and indefinitely. T val . . . View Full Definition

Salvage Or Residual Value: Estimated value or actual price of an asset at the conclusion of its useful life, net of disposal costs.

Salvage Value: The scrap value of an asset. Acquisition cost minus salvage value yields the total amount that an asset is depreciated over its useful life.

Straight (Term) Loan: A loan in which only interest is paid during the term of the loan, with the entire principal amount due with the final interest payment.

Straight Life: A straight life insurance policy is a type of permanent insurance that provides a guaranteed death benefit and has fixed premiums. This traditional life insurance is sometimes also known as . . . View Full Definition