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Face Amount
The minimum death benefit while the policy remains in force.
Face Value
The nominal dollar amount assigned to a security by the issuer. For a debt security, the amount repaid to the investor when the bond matures (usually, corporate bonds have a face value of $1000, municipal bonds $5000, and federal bonds $10,000); Also called par value or par.
Fair Market Value (FMV)
For participants in employee stock option plans: The price per share used by your company, as determined in your plan document, to set the Exercise Price and calculate the gain on an exercise for tax purposes.
Federal Tax Withholding
Amount of Federal tax withholding requested.
Fees
Any transaction costs incurred by you (e.g. commissions, trade processing fees, and SEC fees).
Filing Date
The date a company submits a registration statement to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Fill or Kill
FOK. An order given to a broker that must immediately be filled in its entirety, or if not possible, it is completely cancelled.
Financial Institution
Financial institution includes any bank, thrift institution, insurance company, or investment advisory firm.
Financial Services Funds
Fund invests 65% of the portfolio in equity securities of companies engaged in providing financial services, including but not limited to banks, finance companies, insurance companies, and securities/brokerage firms.
Financial Strength
An indication of the company's leverage. Expressed as Long Term Debt to Capitalization (includes long term debt as well as equity) or Long Term Debt to Equity. A company with a high Long Term Debt to Capitalization or Equity is considered to be highly leveraged.
Fixed Income
Represents a loan from an investor to a corporation or government. The borrowers promise to repay the loan by a certain date and to pay a specified interest rate regularly to the investors until that date.
Fixed Rate
Related to Fixed Income: A bond in which the coupon is fixed to maturity.
Flexible Portfolio Funds
Fund that allocates investments across various asset classes, including domestic common stocks, bonds, and money market instruments with a focus on total return.
Floating Rate
A bond with an interest rate that is adjusted to the interest rate of other financial instruments. (Libor or CMT)
Full Coupon Bond
A debt instrument with a coupon rate higher than the market's current interest rate.
Fund
The owner may allocate account value to a variety of investment funds within the contract.
Fund Assets ($ Millions)
Total value of a fund in millions of U.S. Dollars.
Fund Before Tax
Standardized (include sales loads) returns which do not reflect the taxable impact on shareholders of taxable distributions, or taxable gains or losses realized by a shareholder upon sale off mutual fund investments.
Fund Family
Mutual fund company offering funds with many investment objectives. A fund family may offer several types of stock, bond, and money market funds and offer benefits to exchanging among their funds.
Fund Type
The action causing the money to come into the account.
Fund Value
The value of the investment in the fund, or Units * Unit Price.
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