Glossary: Terms Starting with "P" (341)

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Pac-Man Defense

Paid-In Capital

Paid-Up Additional Insurance

Paid-Up Capital

Painting the Tape

Pakistani Rupee PKR

Par Yield Curve

Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) Indicator

Paradox of Thrift

Paraguayan Guarani PYG

Pareto Analysis

Pareto Efficiency

Pareto Improvement

Pareto Principle

Parsonage Allowance

Participating Policy

Participating Preferred Stock

Participation Rate

Participatory Note

Passive Activity Loss Rules

Passive Foreign Investment Company (PFIC)

Passive Investing

Path Dependency

Patrick T. Harker

Pattern Day Trader

Pattern Day Trading PDT

Pay Yourself First

Payable On Death (POD)

Payment for Order Flow (PFOF)

Payment-in-Kind (PIK)

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Economy

Peer-to-Peer Lending

Pending Home Sales Index

Penetration Pricing Definition, Examples, and How to Use It

Perceived Value

Percent Allocation Money Management (PAMM)

Percentage Change

Percentage of Completion Method

Perfect Competition

Performance Bonds

Performance Budget

Performance Management

Periodic Interest Rate

Permanent Income Hypothesis

Permanent Life Insurance

Permanent Open Market Operations POMO

Perpetual Inventory

Perseroan Terbatas (PT)

Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE)

Personal Consumption Expenditures PCE Price Index

Personal Finance

Personal Financial Specialist (PFS)

Personal Financial Statement

Personal Guarantee

Personal Identification Number (PIN)

Personal Income

Personal Income and Outlays

Personal Lines Insurance

Personal Property

Personal Service Corporation

Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

Peruvian Nuevo Sol PEN

Peter Principle

Petty Cash: What It Is, How It's Used and Accounted For, Examples

Phantom Stock Plan

Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index

Philadelphia Fed Survey

Philip Nathan Jefferson

Philippine Peso PHP

PHLX Semiconductor Sector Index (SOX)

Physical Capital

PIMCO (Pacific Investment Management Co.)

Pink sheet/penny stocks

Piotroski Score

Pivot Point Calculator

Planned Obsolescence

Plunge Protection Team (PPT)

Plunge Protection Team (PPT): Definition and How It Works

PMI Composite Final

PMI Composite Flash

PMI Manufacturing Final

PMI Manufacturing Index Flash

PMI Services Flash

PMI Services Index

Point of Control POC

Point of Purchase (POP)

Point of Sale (POS)

Point-and-Figure (P&F) Chart

Poisson Distribution

Polish Zloty PLN

Political Action Committee (Super PAC)

Political Economy

Polynomial Regression Channel (PRC) Bands

Population Statistics

Pork Barrel Politics

Porter's 5 Forces

Portfolio Investment

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Portfolio of Financial Assets

Portfolio Runoff

Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Variance

Position Trader

Positive Correlation

Positive Economics

Posterior Probability

Post-Money Valuation: Definition, Example, and Importance

Post-Trade Processing

Power Distance Index (PDI)

Power of Attorney

Predatory Pricing: Definition, Example, and Why It's Used

Preemptive Rights

Preference Shares

Preferred Dividend

Preferred Provider Organizations (PPO)

Preferred Stock

Pre-Foreclosure

Premium, Discount and Basis

Premium: Definition, Meanings in Finance, and Types

Prepaid Credit Card

Prepaid Expense

Prepayment Penalty

Prepayment Risk

Present Value Interest Factor (PVIF)

Present Value Interest Factor of Annuity (PVIFA)

Present Value of an Annuity

Preservation of Capital

Press Conference

Pretax Earnings

Pretax Profit Margin

Price Discovery

Price Discrimination

Price Elasticity of Demand

Price Index (PI)

Price Leadership

Price Rate of Change Indicator (ROC)

Price Sensitivity

Price Stickiness

Price to Free Cash Flow

Price to Tangible Book Value (PTBV)

Price Value of a Basis Point (PVBP)

Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) Ratio

Price-to-Book Ratio (P/B Ratio)

Price-to-Cash Flow Ratio

Price-to-Earnings Ratio (P/E Ratio)

Price-to-Rent Ratio

Price-to-Sales (P/S)

Price-to-Sales Ratio (P/S Ratio)

Price-Weighted Index

Primary Estoppel Explained, With Requirements & Example

Prime Brokerage

Principal, Interest, Taxes, Insurance (PITI)

Principal-Agent Problem

Principal-Agent Relationship: What It Is, How It Works

Prisoner's Dilemma

Private Banking

Private Company

Private Equity Real Estate: Definition in Investing and Returns

Private Finance Initiative

Private Investment Fund

Private Investment in Public Equity (PIPE)

Private Mortgage Insurance PMI

Private Placement

Privileged Communication

Pro Forma Invoice

Probability Density Function (PDF)

Probability Distribution

Producer Price Index (PPI)

Producer Price Index Final Demand PPI-FD

Producer Surplus

Product Differentiation

Product Life Cycles

Product Portfolio

Production Costs

Production Efficiency

Production Possibility Frontier (PPF)

Productivity and Costs

Profit and Loss Statement (P&L)

Profit Before Tax (PBT)

Profitability Index (PI): Definition, Components, and Formula

Profitability Ratios

Profits Interest

Profit-Sharing Plan

Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT)

Program Trading

Progress Billings

Progressive Tax

Project Finance

Project Management

Projected Benefit Obligation (PBO)

Promissory Note

Proof of Funds (POF): Definition, What Qualifies, and How to Get

Property Insurance

Property Management

Property Rights

Property Tax Deduction

Property, Plant, and Equipment (PP&E)

Proportional Tax

Proprietary Trading

ProShares Ultra S&P500 SSO ETF

ProShares UltraShort S&P500 SDS ETF

Prospect Theory: What It Is and How It Works, With Examples

Provident Fund: Definition, How It Works for Retirement

Provision for Credit Losses (PCL): Definition, Uses, Example

Proxy Statement

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)

Public Limited Company (PLC)

Public-Private Partnerships

Pullback: What It Means in Trading, With Examples

Pump-and-Dump Scheme

Purchase Annual Percentage Rate (APR)

Purchase Money Security Interest (PMSI)

Purchase Price In Finance: Effect on Capital Gains

Purchase-Money Mortgage

Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI)

Purchasing Power

Push Down Accounting

Put-Call Parity