Financial Puzzle

3. / Average weekly earnings.
4. / The value of an investment in a house or business
5. / temporary holding place for earnings of a private equity fund
6. / portfolio’s sensitivity to interest rate changes
8. / An item of a tangible or intangible nature that has value or benefit
11. / An arrangement with a financial institution for the debit and credit of funds
14. / Earnings Before Interest
15. / An accounting description of the writing-down of the book value of an asset over time or the systematic repayment of a debt.
17. / debt security issued by entities
18. / Failure to meet a debt obligation.

1. / measure of the price volatility of a security or portfolio
2. / The distribution of part of the earnings of a company to its shareholders.
6. / The process whereby funds are spread among classes of securities
7. / A form of life insurance which operates to provide retirement income
9. / provides a standard for measuring the individual fund manager’s investment performance
10. / Financial tool which enables investors to obtain returns
12. / Consumer Price Index
13. / The reduction in the percentage of equity owned by a company’s founders and existing shareholders
16. / Average weekly ordinary time earnings
19. / is to take a company public by issuing shares to investors outside the company