Principal Orders
principal orders refers to hte activity by a broker or dealer who buys or sells for his or her own account and risk. |
Similar financial terms
Principal valueThe amount that the issuer of a bond agrees to repay the bondholder at the maturity date. The principal is also referred to redemption value, maturity value, par value or face value.
Principal
The par or face value of a debt instrument
Value additivity principal
Prevails when the value of a whole group of assets exactly equals the sum of the values of the individual assets that make up the group of assets. Stated differently, the principle that the net present value of a set of independent projects is just the sum of the net present values of the individual projects.
Remaining principal balance
The amount of principal dollars remaining to be paid under the mortgage as of a given point in time.
Principal only (PO)
A mortgage-backed security (MBS) in which the holder receives only principal cash flows on the underlying mortgage pool. The principal-only portion of a stripped MBS. For PO securities, all of the principal distribution due from the underlying collateral pool is paid to the registered holder of the stripped MBS based on the current face value of the underlying collateral pool.
Principal-agent relationship
A situation that can be modeled as one person, an agent, who acts on the behalf of another person, the principal.
Principal of diversification
Highly diversified portfolios will have negligible unsystematic risk. In other words, unsystematic risks disappear in portfolios, and only systematic risks survive.
Notional principal amount
In an interest rate swap, the predetermined dollar principal on which the exchanged interest payments are based.
Original principal balance
The total amount of principal owed on a mortgage before any payments are made.
