Business / Finance Glossary

Raw Material: Materials a manufacturer converts into a finished product.

Raw Material Supply Agreement: As used in connection with project financing, an agreement to furnish a specified amount per period of a specified raw material.

Raw Materials: Another term for materials.

Reachback: The ability of a tax shelter or limited partnership to deduct certain costs and expenses at the end of the year that were incurred throughout the entire year.

Reaction: A decline in prices following an advance. Opposite of rally.

Reading The Tape: Judging the performance of stocks by monitoring changes in price as they are displayed on the ticker tape.

Real: Used in the context of general equities. (1) natural, (2) not dividend roll-or program trading-related; (3) not tax-related. 'Real' indications have three major repercussions: a) pricing wil . . . View Full Definition

Real Assets: Identifiable assets, such as land and buildings, equipment, patents, and trademarks, as distinguished from a financial investment.

Real Capital: Wealth that can be represented in financial terms, such as savings account balances, financial securities, and real estate.

Real Cash Flow: Income expressed in current purchasing power terms.

Real Estate: A piece of land and whatever physical property is on it.

Real Estate Appraisal: An estimate of the value of property using various methods.

Real Estate Broker: An intermediary who receives a commission for arranging and facilitating the sale of a property for a buyer or a seller.

Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT): REITs invest in real estate or loans secured by real estate and issue shares in such investments. A REIT is similar to a closed-end mutual fund.

Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC): A pass-through tax entity that can hold mortgages secured by any type of real property and can issue multiple classes of ownership interests to investors in the form of pass-through certific . . . View Full Definition

Real Exchange Rates: Exchange rates that have been adjusted for the inflation differential between two countries.

Real Gain Or Loss: A gain or loss adjusted for increasing prices by an inflation index such as the CPI.

Real Income: The income of an individual, group, or country adjusted for inflation.

Real Interest Rate: The rate of interest excluding the effect of expected inflation; that is, the rate that is earned in terms of constant-purchasing-power dollars. Interest rate expressed in terms of real good . . . View Full Definition

Real Market: The bid and offer prices at which a dealer could execute the desired quantity of shares. Quotes in the brokers market.

Real Property: Land plus all other property that is in some way attached to the land.

Real Rate Of Return: The percentage return on some investments that has been adjusted for inflation.

Real Time: A real-time stock or bond quote is one that states a security's most recent offer to sell or bid (buy). Different from a delayed quote, which shows the same bid and ask prices 15 minutes and . . . View Full Definition

Realistic On Price: In trading, and indication that the size under consideration requires price give, especially with illiquid stocks. See: Takes price.

Realized Compound Yield: Yield assuming that coupon payments are invested at the going market interest rate at the time of their receipt and held thus until the bond matures.

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