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1. ''Financial markets.'' | |||
Interest is an amount charged for borrowing money, or earned from a fixed income investment or from a floating interest rate investment. | |||
In this context, interest rates are generally expressed at a percentage of the principal amount borrowed or invested. | |||
2. ''Financial markets.'' | |||
More generally, interest can be any difference between the terminal value and the present value of a borrowing or an investment, often expressed as a money amount (though it can also be expressed as a percentage). | |||
3. ''Law.'' | |||
An interest is also a right or expectation in relation to identified property, usually falling short of outright ownership. | |||
For example, a minority interest in a business, or a security interest such as a lien. | |||
4. ''Rights and expectations.'' | |||
Interest can also refer to a broader class of rights or expectations, not necessarily attached to any particular property. | |||
For example, the public interest. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Accrued interest]] | |||
* [[Annual interest]] | |||
* [[Assets]] | |||
* [[Capital]] | |||
* [[Compound interest]] | |||
* [[Conflict of interest]] | |||
* [[Conventional year]] | |||
* [[Cum interest]] | |||
* [[Default]] | |||
* [[Discount]] | |||
* [[Discount rate]] | |||
* [[Dual currency bond]] | * [[Dual currency bond]] | ||
* [[Earnings]] | |||
* [[Effective interest method]] | |||
* [[Effective interest rate]] | |||
* [[Equity]] | |||
* [[Ex interest]] | |||
* [[Financial asset]] | |||
* [[Financial liability]] | |||
* [[Floating rate]] | |||
* [[Fixed income]] | |||
* [[Fixed interest]] | |||
* [[Gross interest]] | * [[Gross interest]] | ||
* [[Implied rate of interest]] | |||
* [[Interest arbitrage]] | |||
* [[Interest cap]] | |||
* [[Interest cost]] | |||
* [[Interest cover]] | |||
* [[Interest gap]] | |||
* [[Interest period]] | |||
* [[Interest rate]] | * [[Interest rate]] | ||
* [[Interest rate cap]] | |||
* [[Interest rate collar]] | |||
* [[Interest rate derivative]] | |||
* [[Interest rate differential]] | * [[Interest rate differential]] | ||
* [[Interest rate exposure]] | |||
* [[Interest rate floor]] | |||
* [[Interest rate futures]] | |||
* [[Interest rate gap]] | |||
* [[Interest rate guarantee]] | |||
* [[Interest rate implicit in a lease]] | |||
* [[Interest rate index]] | |||
* [[Interest rate netting]] | |||
* [[Interest rate optimisation]] | |||
* [[Interest rate option]] | |||
* [[Interest rate parity]] | |||
* [[Interest rate risk]] | |||
* [[Interest rate shock]] | |||
* [[Interest rate swap]] | |||
* [[Interest rate tiering]] | |||
* [[Interest rate transformation]] | |||
* [[Interest yield]] | |||
* [[Lien]] | |||
* [[Minority interest]] | |||
* [[Mortgage]] | |||
* [[Net interest]] | |||
* [[NII]] | |||
* [[Non-performing loan]] | * [[Non-performing loan]] | ||
* [[Open interest]] | |||
* [[Participating interest]] | |||
* [[Paying agent]] | * [[Paying agent]] | ||
* [[Periodic interest]] | |||
* [[PIK notes]] | |||
* [[Present value]] | |||
* [[Principal]] | |||
* [[Public interest]] | |||
* [[Rate of return]] | |||
* [[Real interest rate]] | |||
* [[Return]] | |||
* [[Riba]] | |||
* [[Security]] | |||
* [[Self-financing loan]] | * [[Self-financing loan]] | ||
* [[Simple interest]] | * [[Simple interest]] | ||
* [[Statutory interest]] | |||
* [[Time value of money]] | * [[Time value of money]] | ||
* [[Yield]] | * [[Yield]] | ||
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]] | |||
Latest revision as of 17:10, 26 February 2025
1. Financial markets.
Interest is an amount charged for borrowing money, or earned from a fixed income investment or from a floating interest rate investment.
In this context, interest rates are generally expressed at a percentage of the principal amount borrowed or invested.
2. Financial markets.
More generally, interest can be any difference between the terminal value and the present value of a borrowing or an investment, often expressed as a money amount (though it can also be expressed as a percentage).
3. Law.
An interest is also a right or expectation in relation to identified property, usually falling short of outright ownership.
For example, a minority interest in a business, or a security interest such as a lien.
4. Rights and expectations.
Interest can also refer to a broader class of rights or expectations, not necessarily attached to any particular property.
For example, the public interest.
See also
- Accrued interest
- Annual interest
- Assets
- Capital
- Compound interest
- Conflict of interest
- Conventional year
- Cum interest
- Default
- Discount
- Discount rate
- Dual currency bond
- Earnings
- Effective interest method
- Effective interest rate
- Equity
- Ex interest
- Financial asset
- Financial liability
- Floating rate
- Fixed income
- Fixed interest
- Gross interest
- Implied rate of interest
- Interest arbitrage
- Interest cap
- Interest cost
- Interest cover
- Interest gap
- Interest period
- Interest rate
- Interest rate cap
- Interest rate collar
- Interest rate derivative
- Interest rate differential
- Interest rate exposure
- Interest rate floor
- Interest rate futures
- Interest rate gap
- Interest rate guarantee
- Interest rate implicit in a lease
- Interest rate index
- Interest rate netting
- Interest rate optimisation
- Interest rate option
- Interest rate parity
- Interest rate risk
- Interest rate shock
- Interest rate swap
- Interest rate tiering
- Interest rate transformation
- Interest yield
- Lien
- Minority interest
- Mortgage
- Net interest
- NII
- Non-performing loan
- Open interest
- Participating interest
- Paying agent
- Periodic interest
- PIK notes
- Present value
- Principal
- Public interest
- Rate of return
- Real interest rate
- Return
- Riba
- Security
- Self-financing loan
- Simple interest
- Statutory interest
- Time value of money
- Yield
