Financial and Investment Glossary
Financial Dictionary
Valuation Date
The date the values of the policy were calculated.
Value
The number representing the calculation of the particular index.
The number representing the total value of securities listed, calculated as: the Last Price/NAV times Quantity.
Value Change
The difference between the current market value and the previous business day closing value.
Variance ($)
The difference between actual and model.
Vesting
For participants in employee stock option plans:
The period of time over which your grant becomes partially or wholly exercisable as defined by the terms of your company's plan.
Vesting Age
The age when a custodian is required to turn assets, subject to a custodianship, over to the former minor.
Vesting Date
For participants in employee stock option plans: The date your grant becomes partially or wholly exercisable as defined by the terms of your company's plan.
Vesting Period
For participants in employee stock option plans:
The period of time over which your employee stock option becomes partially or wholly exercisable as defined by the terms of your company's plan provisions.
Volatility
A measure of the fluctuation in the market price of the underlying security. Mathematically, volatility is the annualized standard deviation of returns.
Volume
The number of shares traded from the current day's market opening until the reported trade time. When the market is closed, this number indicates the volume for the whole of the most recent trading session.
The date the values of the policy were calculated.
Value
The number representing the calculation of the particular index.
The number representing the total value of securities listed, calculated as: the Last Price/NAV times Quantity.
Value Change
The difference between the current market value and the previous business day closing value.
Variance ($)
The difference between actual and model.
Vesting
For participants in employee stock option plans:
The period of time over which your grant becomes partially or wholly exercisable as defined by the terms of your company's plan.
Vesting Age
The age when a custodian is required to turn assets, subject to a custodianship, over to the former minor.
Vesting Date
For participants in employee stock option plans: The date your grant becomes partially or wholly exercisable as defined by the terms of your company's plan.
Vesting Period
For participants in employee stock option plans:
The period of time over which your employee stock option becomes partially or wholly exercisable as defined by the terms of your company's plan provisions.
Volatility
A measure of the fluctuation in the market price of the underlying security. Mathematically, volatility is the annualized standard deviation of returns.
Volume
The number of shares traded from the current day's market opening until the reported trade time. When the market is closed, this number indicates the volume for the whole of the most recent trading session.