Financial Theory Terms

  1. Isoquant Curve

  2. Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma

  3. iTraxx LevX Indexes

  4. J-Curve Effect

  5. January Barometer

  6. Jarrow Turnbull Model

  7. Jean-Baptiste Say

  8. Jensen's Measure

  9. Jerry A. Hausman

  10. Jingle Mail

  11. Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey - JOLTS

  12. John B. Taylor

  13. John Bogle

  14. K-Percent Rule

  15. K-Ratio

  16. Kaizen

  17. Kappa

  18. Karl Marx

  19. Kiasu

  20. Kondratieff Wave

  21. Kondratiev Wave

  22. Kurtosis

  23. Labor Intensive

  24. Labor Theory Of Value

  25. Laissez Faire

  26. Lanchester Strategy

  27. Lattice-Based Model

  28. Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns

  29. Law Of Diminishing Marginal Utility

  30. Law Of Large Numbers

  31. Law Of One Price

  32. Leadership Grid

  33. Least Preferred Coworker Scale

  34. Least Squares Method

  35. Lemons Problem

  36. Level 1 Assets

  37. Leverage Build Up

  38. Leveraged Floater

  39. Leveraged Loan Index - LLI

  40. Levered Free Cash Flow

  41. Liability Driven Investment - LDI

  42. Liability Matching

  43. Licensed International Financial Analyst - LIFA

  44. Life-Cycle Hypothesis (LCH)

  45. Limited Liability

  46. Lindahl Equilibrium

  47. Linear Relationship

  48. Linked Exchange Rate System

  49. Lintner's Model

  50. Liquefied Natural Gas

  51. Liquidity Event

  52. Liquidity Path

  53. Liquidity Premium

  54. Liquidity Ratios

  55. Liquidity Squeeze

  56. Loan Commitment

  57. Log-Normal Distribution

  58. Long Inverse Floating Exempt Receipt - LIFER

  59. Long Run

  60. Long Tail

  61. Longevity Derivatives

  62. Longitudinal Data

  63. Look-Ahead Bias

  64. Loophole

  65. Loose Credit

  66. Lorenz Curve

  67. Loss Psychology

  68. Lucrative

  69. Lump-Sum Payment

  70. Make To Order - MTO

  71. Marginal Rate of Substitution

  72. Marginal Rate Of Transformation

  73. Marginal Social Cost - MSC

  74. Marginalism

  75. Market Cycles

  76. Market Discipline

  77. Market Economy

  78. Market Efficiency

  79. Market Letter

  80. Market Power

  81. Market Proxy

  82. Market Psychology

  83. Market Risk

  84. Market Segment

  85. Market Segmentation

  86. Market Segmentation Theory

  87. Market Share

  88. Market Value Added - MVA

  89. Marketing Mix

  90. Markowitz Efficient Set

  91. Martingale System

  92. Marxian Economics

  93. Marxism

  94. Mathematical Economics

  95. McGinley Dynamic Indicator

  96. Mean Reversion

  97. Mechanism Design

  98. Media Effect

  99. Median

  100. Mental Accounting

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