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Real option
An option involving real (as opposed to financial) assets where. Real assets include land. plant, and machinery.

After-tax real rate of return
Money after-tax rate of return minus the inflation rate.

REMIC (real estate mortgage investment conduit)
A pass-through tax entity that can hold mortgages secured by any type of real property and issue multiple classes of ownership interests to investors in the form of pass-through certificates, bonds, or other legal forms. A financing vehicle created under the Tax Reform Act of 1986.

REIT (real estate investment trust)
Real estate investment trust, which is similar to a closed-end mutual fund. REITs invest in real estate or loans secured by real estate and issue shares in such investments.

Realized return
The return that is actually earned over a given time period.

Realized compound yield
Yield assuming that coupon payments are invested at the going market interest rate at the time of their receipt and rolled over until the bond matures.

Real market
The bid and offer prices at which a dealer could do "size." Quotes in the brokers market may reflect not the real market, but pictures painted by dealers playing trading games.

Real interest rate
The rate of interest excluding the effect of inflation; that is, the rate that is earned in terms of constant-purchasing-power dollars. Interest rate expressed in terms of real goods, i.e. nominal interest rate adjusted for inflation.

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

Real cash flow
A cash flow is expressed in real terms if the current, or date 0, purchasing power of the cash flow is given.

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

Real assets
Identifiable assets, such as buildings, equipment, patents, and trademarks, as distinguished from a financial obligation.

Foreign Investor in Real Property Tax Act of 1980
Under FIRPTA (Foreign Investor in Real Property Tax Act of 1980), and the Economic Recovery Act of 1981, unless an exemption is granted by the IRS, upon the sale of real property owned by offshore (foreign) persons, the agency, attorney or escrow officer handling the transaction is required to withhold capital gains taxes at the closing of the sale transaction. Unless withheld and submitted to the IRS, the party handling the sale transaction is personally liable for the taxes.

Montreal Stock Exchange (MSE)
One of the four major stock exchanges in Canada.

Turnaround time
Time available or needed to effect a turnaround.

Times-interest-earned ratio
Earnings before interest and tax, divided by interest payments.

Time value of money
The idea that a dollar today is worth more than a dollar in the future, because the dollar received today can earn interest up until the time the future dollar is received.

Time value of an option
The portion of an option's premium that is based on the amount of time remaining until the expiration date of the option contract, and that the underlying components that determine the value of the option may change during that time. Time value is generally equal to the difference between the premium and the intrinsic value.

Time to maturity
The time remaining until a financial contract expires. Also called time until expiration.

Time until expiration
The time remaining until a financial contract expires. Also called time to maturity.

Time premium
Also called time value, the amount by which the option price exceeds its intrinsic value. The value of an option beyond its current exercise value representing the optionholder's control until expiration, the risk of the underlying asset, and the riskless return.

Time draft
Demand for payment at a stated future date.

Time deposit
Interest-bearing deposit at a savings institution that has a specific maturity.

Market timer
A money manager who assumes he or she can forecast when the stock market will go up and down.

Cash flow time-line
Line depicting the operating activities and cash flows for a firm over a particular period.

Just-in-time
Just-in-time production is a system in which materials, parts and finished products are delivered at the precise time they are needed. This encourages lower stock holdings, shorter lead times, quicker supply chains, better customer contact and relations, greater efficiency and a more profit-focused organisation.