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competitive market

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market in which the good can be bought and sold at the same price

2
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Law of One Price

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In competitive markets, securities with the same cash flows must have the same price.

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arbitrage

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The practice of buying and selling equivalent goods to take advantage of a price difference.

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arbitrage opportunity

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Any situation in which it is possible to make a profit without taking any risk or making any investment.

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time value of money

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The difference in value between money received today and money received in the future; also,the observation that two cash flows at two different points in time have different values.

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interest rate

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The rate at which money can be borrowed or lent over a given period

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interest rate factor

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One plus the interest rate,it is the rate of exchange between dollars today and dollars in the future.It has units of “$ in the future/$ today.”

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present value (PV)

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The value of a cost or benefit computed in terms of cash today.

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future value (FV)

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The value of a cash flow that is moved forward in time.

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discount factor

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The value today of a dollar received in the future.

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discount rate

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The appropriate rate to discount a cash flow to determine its value at an earlier time.

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timeline

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linear representation of the timing of (potential) cash flows.

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compounding

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Computing the return on an investment over a long horizon by multiplying the return factors associated with each intervening period.

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compound interest

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The effect of earning “interest on interest.”

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discounting

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Finding the equivalent value today of a future cash flow by multiplying by a discount factor, or equivalently, dividing by 1 plus the discount rate