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| Term | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|
| Acquisition | 收购 | Shōugòu |
| After-tax profits | 税后溢利 / 税后盈利/税后利润 | Shuì hòu yì lì / Shuì hòu yínglì/ shuì hòu lìrùn |
| Amortisation | 摊销 | Tān xiāo |
| Annual report | 年报 | Niánbào |
| Asset | 资产 | Zīchǎn |
| Balance sheet | 资产负债表 | Zichǎn fùzhài biǎo |
| Blue chip stock | 蓝筹股 | Lánchóugǔ |
| Bond | 债券 | Zhàiquàn |
| Book value | 账面值 | Zhàngmiàn zhí |
| Bull market | 牛市 | Niúshì |
| Capital gains | 资本增值 | Zīběn zēngzhí |
| Capital markets | 资本市场 | Zīběn shìchǎng |
| Cash flow | 现金流 | Xiànjīn liú |
| Commercial paper | 商业票据 | Shāngyè piàojù |
| Credit | 信贷 | Xìndài |
| Debenture | 债券 | Zhàiquàn |
| Depreciation | 折旧 | Zhéjiù |
| Discounted cash flow | 现金流量折现 | Xiànjīn liúliàng zhé xiàn |
| Discount rate | 折现率 | Zhé xiàn lǜ |
| Distressed debt | 不良债务 | Bùliáng zhàiwù |
| Dividend | 股息 | Gǔxí |
| Earnings per share | 每股盈利 | Měi gǔ yínglì |
| EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation/amortization) | 稅息折舊及攤銷前利潤 | Shuì xī zhéjiù jí tān xiāo qián lìrùn |
| Fair market value | 公平市值 | Gōngpíng shìzhí |
| Financial instrument | 金融工具 | Jīnróng gōngjù |
| Fixed rate | 定息 | Dìngxī |
| Floating rate | 浮息 | Fú xī |
| Gross Domestic Product (GDP) | 国内生产总值 | Guónèi shēngchǎn zǒng zhí |
| Hedge fund | 对冲基金 | Duìchōng jījīn |
| Indicative term sheet | 发行资料摘要 | Fāxíng zīliào zhāiyào |
| Information memorandum | 资料备忘录 | Zīliào bèiwànglù |
| Initial public offerings (IPO) | 首次公开发行 | Shǒucì gōngkāi fāxíng |
| Insolvency | 资不抵债 | Zī bù dǐzhài |
| Institutional investor | 机构投资者 | Jīgòu tóuzī zhě |
| Intangible asset | 无形资产 | Wúxíng zīchǎn |
| Intrinsic value | 内在值 | Nèizài zhí |
| Leveraged buyout | 杠杆收购 | Gànggǎn shōugòu |
| Leverage ratio | 杠杆比率 | Gànggǎn bǐlǜ |
| Liquid assets | 流动资产 | Liúdòng zīchǎn |
| Liquidity | 流动性 | Liúdòng xìng |
| Loan capital | 借贷资本 | Jièdài zīběn |
| Loan syndicate | 贷款银团 | Dàikuǎn yíntuán |
| Margin financing | 保证金融资 | Bǎozhèngjīn róngzī |
| Market capitalization | 市场总值 | Shìchǎng zǒng zhí |
| Market volatility | 市场波幅 | Shìchǎng bōfú |
| Mortgage backed securities | 按揭证券 | Ànjiē zhèngquàn |
| Net asset value | 资产净值 | Zīchǎn jìngzhí |
| Net present value | 现金收益净值 | Xiànjīn shōuyì jìngzhí |
| Offer price | 卖价 | Mài jià |
| Operating lease | 营业租赁 | Yíngyè zūlìn |
| Option contract | 期权合约 | Qíquán héyuē |
| Ordinary share | 普通股 | Pǔtōng gǔ |
| Price-to-earnings ratio | 市盈率 | Shìyínglǜ |
| Price-to-book ratio | 市账率 | Shì zhàng lǜ |
| Private equity fund | 私募股权基金 | Sīmù gǔquán jījīn |
| Profit | 盈利/溢利/利润 | Yínglì/yì lì/lìrùn |
| Pro-forma statement | 备考报表 | Bèikǎo bàobiǎo |
| Prospectus | 招股说明书 | Zhāogǔ shuōmíngshū |
| Required rate of return | 所需回报率 | Suǒ xū huíbào lǜ |
| Retained earnings | 留存盈利 | Liúcún yínglì |
| Risk-free interest rate | 无风险利率 | Wú fēngxiǎn lìlǜ |
| Securitization | 证券化 | Zhèngquàn huà |
| Shareholder loan | 股东贷款 | Gǔdōng dàikuǎn |
| Share buybacks | 购回股份 | Gòu huí gǔfèn |
| Sharpe ratio | 夏普比率 | Xiàpǔ bǐlǜ |
| Special purpose vehicle (SPV) | 特定目的投资机构 | Tèdìng mùdì tóuzī jīgòu |
| Subordinated loan | 附属贷款 | Fùshǔ dàikuǎn |
| Term sheet | 投资条款清单 | Tóuzī tiáokuǎn qīngdān |
| Terminal growth rate | 永久增长率 | Yǒngjiǔ zēngzhǎng lǜ |
| Unsecured loan | 无抵押贷款 | Wú dǐyā dàikuǎn |
| Variable interest entity | 协议控制 | Xiéyì kòngzhì |
| Venture capital | 创投基金 | Chuàng tóu jījīn |
| Volatility | 波动性 | Bōdòng xìng |
| Working capital | 营运资金 | Yíngyùn zījīn |
| Yield | 收益率 | Shōuyì lǜ |
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