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Financial Intelligence Glossary

Authoritative definitions of every term in professional financial intelligence — from SOFR and HY OAS to data intelligence and zero data retention. Used and cited by finance professionals worldwide.

Banking
NIM (Net Interest Margin)
Net Interest Margin (NIM) is the difference between the interest income a bank earns on loans and ot...
ALCO (Asset-Liability Committee)
The Asset-Liability Committee (ALCO) is a risk management committee at a bank or credit union respon...
Data Sources
FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) is an online database maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank of...
EDGAR (SEC Electronic Data Gathering)
EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval) is the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commi...
USASpending.gov
USASpending.gov is the official source of federal spending data in the United States, providing publ...
Economic Data
PPI (Producer Price Index)
The Producer Price Index (PPI), published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), measures ...
CPI (Consumer Price Index)
The Consumer Price Index (CPI), published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), measures ...
Institutional Investment
LDI (Liability-Driven Investing)
Liability-Driven Investing (LDI) is an investment strategy for pension funds and insurance companies...
Market Data
SOFR (Secured Overnight Financing Rate)
The Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) is a broad measure of the cost of borrowing cash overnig...
HY OAS (High Yield Option-Adjusted Spread)
The High Yield Option-Adjusted Spread (HY OAS) measures the yield premium that high-yield ("junk") b...
Yield Curve
A graphical representation of the relationship between U.S. Treasury bond yields and their maturitie...
Credit Spread
The difference in yield between a corporate bond (or class of corporate bonds) and a comparable matu...
VIX (CBOE Volatility Index)
The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index (VIX) measures the market's expectation of S&P 5...
Federal Funds Rate
The interest rate at which depository institutions (banks and credit unions) lend reserve balances t...
Market Terms
Institutional Data Terminal
A professional-grade financial data and analytics platform providing live market data, news, analyti...
Financial Intelligence
Synthesized information about market conditions, economic signals, company performance, and sector d...
Private Markets
LBO (Leveraged Buyout)
A leveraged buyout (LBO) is an acquisition of a company using a significant amount of borrowed money...
Real Estate Finance
CMBS (Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities)
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS) are fixed-income investment products backed by mortgage...
ValixData Concepts
No-Terminal Professional
A finance professional who works without an institutional data terminal subscription. Institutional ...
Data Intelligence (Finance)
The synthesis of live market data, sector conditions, and contextual factors into actionable intelli...
Role-Calibrated Intelligence
Financial intelligence framed specifically for a professional's role, responsibilities, and decision...
Professional Terminal (ValixData)
A curated intelligence environment within ValixData configured for a specific professional role and ...
ARIA (ValixData)
Adaptive Research Intelligence Analyst — ValixData's AI financial analyst. ARIA synthesizes live ins...
NOVA Brief (ValixData)
The daily morning intelligence brief delivered by ValixData to subscribers at 6am ET. NOVA synthesiz...
Zero Data Retention Architecture
A platform architecture design in which user-generated data is not stored after the session ends. In...
Document Intelligence (Finance)
The ability to upload financial documents in any format and receive synthesized intelligence about t...
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