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Liquidity risk is financial risk due to uncertain liquidity. An institution might lose liquidity if its credit rating falls, it experiences sudden unexpected cash outflows, ...

 


liquidity
ability of an organization to meet its current financial obligations.

liquidity ratio
Definition
Total dollar value of cash and marketable securities divided by current liabilities. For a bank this is the cash held by the bank as a proportion of deposits in the bank.

liquidity risk appears in the definitions of the following terms: risk and treasuries
liquidity risk appears in these other term: securities liquidity risk
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liquidity ratios
Financial ratios such as current ratio, quick ratio, receivables turnover ratio, and inventory turnover ratio. To learn more, see Explanation of Financial Ratios
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Liquidity Risk
The risk stemming from the lack of marketability of an investment that cannot be bought or sold quickly enough to prevent or minimize a loss.
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Usually reflected in a wide bid-ask spread or large price movements.

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Liquidity theory of the term structure
A biased expectations theory that asserts that the implied forward rates will not be a pure estimate of the market's expectations of future interest rates because they embody a liquidity premium.

Liquidity, in the context of a firm, is the ability of the firm to meet its financial obligations as they become due.

* Increase Yields while maintaining liquidity: In any changing rate environment, savings vehicles such as Certificates of Deposits (CDs) provide the security of FDIC insurance along with higher rates than traditional money market accounts.

LIQUIDITY: The ease of converting an asset into money (either checking accounts or currency) in a timely fashion with little or no loss in value. Money is the standard for liquidity because it is, well, money and no conversion is needed.

Liquidity
Depth of market to absorb buy and sell interest of even large orders at prices appropriate to supply and demand. The market must also adapt quickly to new information and incorporate that information into the stock's price.

Liquidity Risk: When there is no active trading market for specific types of securities, it can become more difficult to sell the securities at or near their perceived value.

liquidity ratio or profitability ratio
Inventory turnover and accounts receivable turnover are examples of:
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Liquidity
Investors have immediate access to their money by selling shares at the fund's net asset value, which is determined at the end of each trading day.

Liquidity
The liquidity of a stock is the ease with which the market can absorb volume buying or selling without dramatic fluctuation in price.
Listed stock
A stock traded on an exchange.

liquidity
(1) The ability of a bank or business to meet its current obligations; (2) the quality that makes an asset quickly and readily convertible into cash.

Liquidity - In credit union terms, that portion of total assets not held in fixed assets and not loaned to members. These are the funds for which the credit union must make investment decisions.

LIQUIDITY The ease with which an investment can be converted into cash.

Liquidity
The ability to turn an asset into cash. A highly liquid asset is easy to sell because an active market exists that sets prices which are continuously adjusted for supply and demand. An example is a listed stock or mutual fund.

Liquidity. With many mutual funds, it's a snap to buy or sell because they issue new shares and redeem existing shares on demand. These are called "open-end" funds, and you can buy or sell their shares on any business day.

Liquidity: The ease with which an asset can be sold and converted to the most liquid of assets - cash - without a substantial change in price. It is one of the most important characteristics of a good market.

Liquidity
How easily an ASSET can be spent, if so desired. Cash is wholly liquid. The liquidity of other assets is usually less; how much less may be measured by the ease with which they can be exchanged for cash (that is, liquidated).

Liquidity: The ability of a business to meet its financial responsibilities. The degree of readiness with which assets can be converted into cash without loss.

Liquidity risk is the risk that you might not be able to buy or sell investments quickly for a price that is close to the true underlying value of the asset. Sometimes you may not be able to sell the investment at all if there are no buyers for it.

Liquidity
The ease with which an asset can be converted to cash in the marketplace. A large number of buyers and sellers and a high volume of trading activity provide high liquidity.

Liquidity
The ability of an asset to quickly be converted into cash. Generally, the greater the number of buyers and sellers of a particular asset, the more liquid it is considered to be.
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Liquidity
The capacity to convert assets to cash quickly, without suffering significant losses.

Liquidity
a) The ability of an investment to be easily converted into cash with little or no loss of capital and minimum delay.

Liquidity
Ease with which a security can be traded on the market.
Listed Company
A company whose securities have been admitted to the main market.

Liquidity:
The capability of ready conversion of an asset or investment to cash.
Margin:
The amount added to a reference index that is used to determine interest rate changes on an adjustable-rate mortgage.

Liquidity
The ability of a stock to absorb a large amount of buying or selling without substantial price movement.

Liquidity
If you can convert an investment easily and quickly to cash, with little or no loss of value, you have liquidity. For example, you can typically redeem shares in a money market mutual fund at $1 a share.

Liquidity Event. This is the way in which an investor plans to close out an investment. Liquidity event is also known as exit strategy.

Liquidity
1. The availability of liquid funds in an economy.
2. The status or condition of a person or business in terms of its ability to convert its assets into cash and to meet its obligations.
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Liquidity - Is a characteristic of a market where size and speed of executions are sufficient to absorb many orders with little disturbance in price and in a timely manner.

Liquidity:
A liquid asset is one that can be converted easily and rapidly into cash without a substantial loss of value.

liquidity ratio: a measure of the ratio between current assets and current liabilities.
market capitalisation: the stock market's assessment of a company's value. Calculated by multiplying the number of shares on issue by the individual share price.

liquidity contingency risk
The risk that future events may require a materially larger amount of liquidity than the financial institution currently requires.

Liquidity: The ease with which an asset can be turned into cash. It is a central objective of money market funds.
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Market Value: The current price of an asset, as indicated by the most recent price at which the asset was traded on the open market.

Liquidity. How easily your assets can be converted into cash. For example, money in an account that can't be withdrawn for ten years is not very liquid.

Liquidity - the percentage of an enterprise's assets that can be quickly converted into cash.

Liquidity
The characteristic of a market that enables investors to buy and sell securities easily.
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Liquidity
Liquidity refers to the ease with which investments can be converted to cash at their present market value. Additionally, liquidity is a condition of an investment that shows how greatly the investment price is affected by trading.

liquidity statement / Liquiditätsausweis / état de liquidité / stato di liquidità
Statement showing the relationship between the disposable means and the easily marketable assets on the one hand and the short-term liabilities on the other.

Liquidity. The ability of a market to absorb a reasonable amount of buying or selling at reasonable price changes. Liquidity is one of the most important characteristics of a good market.

Liquidity Adequacy:
This indicates whether the institution has met pre-set liquidity standards and ratios for that particular sector of activity. Liquid assets are graded according to their marketability and liquidity risk.

Liquidity ratios
Ratios that measure a firm's ability to meet its short-term financial obligations on time, such as the ratio of current assets to current liabilities.
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Liquidity preference hypothesis
The argument that greater liquidity is valuable, all else equal. Also, the theory that the forward rate exceeds expected future interest rates.
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Liquidity Management
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Liquidity
If you can convert an asset to cash easily and quickly, with little or no loss of value, the asset has liquidity. For example, you can typically redeem shares in a money market mutual fund at $1 a share.

Liquidity
A high level of trading activity, allowing buying and selling with minimum price disturbance. Also, a market characterized by the ability to buy and sell with relative ease. Antithesis of illiquidity.
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Liquidity - The degree of ease and certainty of value that a security or other asset can be converted to cash at a reasonable price.

Liquidity
The degree to which an asset or security can be bought or sold in the market without affecting the asset's price.

Liquidity
An asset is said to be "liquid" or "have liquidity" when it may be converted into cash quickly with no reduction in price.

Liquidity
The degree to which there is a large amount of cash or assets that are readily converted into cash.
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Liquidity
Ability to buy or sell an asset quickly and in large volume without substantially affecting the asset's price.
Management Buyout
Purchase of all of a company's publicly held shares by the existing management, which takes the company private.

Liquidity - The ability of an asset to be converted into cash quickly and without significant loss of value.
Load - A sales charge on the purchase of certain mutual funds.

Liquidity
1. The capacity of a market for a particular security to absorb normal levels of buying and selling without wide fluctuations in price.
2. A corporation's cash flow position.
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Liquidity: Liquidity is the ability to convert an investment to cash or its equivalent.
Loan Value: Loan value is the value determined by a financial institution as the value of the real property for loan purposes. It is not the fair market value.

See also: Liquid, Market, Invest, Trade, Money