Financial Planning Definitions

Financial Planning Definitions Page

“Macro”

Financial Planning
Macroeconomics is the study of large scale economic factors, their aggregates, and…
Read Full Article

AAA

Financial Planning
AAA is the highest rating a lender can achieve. The rating is…
Read Full Article

Accumulation fund

Financial Planning
This form of superannuation fund is active when the benefits received come…
Read Full Article

All Ordinaries Accumulation Index

Financial Planning
The movements of all major shares listed on the Australian Stock Exchange…
Read Full Article

All ordinaries index

Financial Planning
This measures the movements of 250 Australian companies. It is run by…
Read Full Article

Amortisation

Financial Planning
The technical accounting term for paying off a debt over time or…
Read Full Article

Angel investor

Financial Planning
Any wealthy individual who puts a good amount of their own funds…
Read Full Article

Annuity

Financial Planning
An annuity is a fixed sum paid annually. This is also the…
Read Full Article

Approved deposit fund (ADF)

Financial Planning
When someone’s eligible termination payment (ETP) is “rolled over” into a new…
Read Full Article

Asset allocation

Financial Planning
Spreading your investment total between a number of different asset types such…
Read Full Article

Asset class/ sector

Financial Planning
An asset class is a group of investment opportunities that fall into…
Read Full Article

Asset mix

Financial Planning
The asset mix is the percentage held in each different asset across…
Read Full Article

Average IRR

Financial Planning
The average IRR is the average of the internal rates of return,…
Read Full Article

AWE

Financial Planning
AWE stands for average weekly earnings. This term may be used by…
Read Full Article

AWOTE

Financial Planning
AWOTE is a measure of average wages and stands for Average weekly…
Read Full Article

Balanced fund

Financial Planning
A balanced fund is any fund that invests broadly across all asset…
Read Full Article

Basis point

Financial Planning
A basis point is the common measure for financial percentages such as…
Read Full Article

Bear market

Financial Planning
Bear market is the term used when the market is experiencing consistent…
Read Full Article

Benchmark

Financial Planning
A benchmark is usually set by the broad market and broad market…
Read Full Article

Beta

Financial Planning
When compared to the market as a whole, the measure of the…
Read Full Article