Terms Beginning With 'P'

P-Test P-Value Pac-Man Defense Paga Paid-In Capital Paid-Up Additional Insurance Paid-Up Capital Painting the Tape Paper Money Paper Trade Par Par Value Par Yield Curve Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) Indicator Paradox of Thrift Parent Company Pareto Analysis Pareto Efficiency Pareto Improvement Pareto Principle Pari-passu Parity Parity Price Parsonage Allowance Participating Policy Participating Preferred Stock Participation Rate Participatory Note Partnership Passive Activity Loss Rules Passive Foreign Investment Company (PFIC) Passive Income Passive Investing What It Means to Be Past Due on a Loan, Plus Consequences Patent PATH Act Path Dependency Patriot Act Pattern Day Trader Pay Yourself First Payable On Death (POD) Payback Period Payday Loan Payee Payment Payment-in-Kind (PIK) Payout Payout Ratio PayPal Payroll Payroll Tax P/E 10 Ratio Peer Group Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Economy Peer-to-Peer Lending Pegging Pell Grant Penetration Pricing Definition, Examples, and How to Use It Pennant Penny Stock Pension Plan Per Capita Per Capita GDP Per Stirpes Perceived Value Percentage Change Percentage of Completion Method Perfect Competition Performance Bonds Performance Budget Performance Management Periodic Interest Rate Permanent Income Hypothesis Permanent Life Insurance Perpetual Bond Perpetual Inventory Perpetuity Perseroan Terbatas (PT) Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Personal Finance Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) Personal Financial Statement Personal Guarantee Personal Identification Number (PIN) Personal Income Personal Lines Insurance Personal Property Personal Service Corporation Personally Identifiable Information (PII) What Is PEST Analysis? Its Applications and Uses in Business Peter Principle Petrodollars What Is Petroleum? Why It's Important and How To Invest in It Petty Cash: What It Is, How It's Used and Accounted For, Examples Phantom Stock Plan Philanthropy Phillips Curve Physical Capital Pigovian Tax PIIGS PIMCO (Pacific Investment Management Co.) Pink Sheets Piotroski Score Pip Pitchbook Pivot Point Plain Vanilla Planned Obsolescence Platinum Platykurtic Pledged Asset Plowback Ratio Plunge Protection Team (PPT): Definition and How It Works Point-and-Figure (P&F) Chart Point of Purchase (POP) Point of Sale (POS) Poison Pill Poisson Distribution Political Action Committee (Super PAC) Political Economy Political Risk Ponzi Scheme Pooled Funds Population Statistics Pork Barrel Politics Porter Diamond Porter's 5 Forces Portfolio Investment Portfolio Management Portfolio Manager Portfolio of Financial Assets Portfolio Runoff Portfolio Turnover Portfolio Variance Position Trader Positive Correlation Positive Economics Positive Pay Post-Money Valuation: Definition, Example, and Importance Post-Trade Processing Posterior Probability What Is Poverty? Meaning, Causes, and How To Measure Poverty Trap Power Distance Index (PDI) Power of Attorney Pre-Foreclosure Pre-IPO Pre-Market Predatory Pricing: Definition, Example, and Why It's Used Preemptive Rights Preference Shares Preferred Dividend Preferred Provider Organizations (PPO) Preferred Stock Premium: Definition, Meanings in Finance, and Types Premium Bond Prepaid Credit Card Prepaid Expense Prepayment Prepayment Penalty Prepayment Risk Present Value Present Value Interest Factor (PVIF) Present Value Interest Factor of Annuity (PVIFA) Present Value of an Annuity Preservation of Capital Press Conference Pretax Earnings Pretax Profit Margin Price Action Price Ceiling Price Controls Price Discovery Price Discrimination Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) Ratio Price Elasticity of Demand Price Fixing Price Leadership Price Level Price Rate of Change Indicator (ROC) Price Sensitivity Price Skimming Price Stickiness Price-Taker Price Target Price-to-Book Ratio (P/B Ratio) Price-to-Cash Flow Ratio Price-to-Earnings Ratio (P/E Ratio) Price to Free Cash Flow Price-to-Rent Ratio Price-to-Sales (P/S) Price to Tangible Book Value (PTBV) Price Value of a Basis Point (PVBP) Price-Weighted Index Prima Facie Primary Market Prime Brokerage Prime Cost Prime Rate Principal Principal-Agent Problem Principal-Agent Relationship: What It Is, How It Works, and New Developments Principal, Interest, Taxes, Insurance (PITI) Prisoner's Dilemma Private Banking Private Company Private Equity Private Equity Real Estate: Definition in Investing and Returns Private Finance Initiative Private Good Private Investment Fund Private Investment in Public Equity (PIPE) Private Placement Private Sector Privatization Privileged Communication Pro Forma Pro Forma Invoice Pro Rata Probability Density Function (PDF) Probability Distribution Probate Probate Court Procurement Procyclic Producer Price Index (PPI) Producer Surplus Product Differentiation Product Life Cycles Product Line Product Portfolio Production Costs Production Efficiency Production Possibility Frontier (PPF) Productivity Profit Profit and Loss Statement (P&L) Profit Before Tax (PBT) Profit Centers Profit Margin Profit-Sharing Plan Profits Interest What Is the Profitability Index (PI)? Profitability Ratios Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT) Progress Billings Progressive Tax Project Finance Project Management Projected Benefit Obligation (PBO) Promissory Estoppel Explained, With Requirements & Example Promissory Note Promoter Promotion Proof of Funds (POF): Definition, What Qualifies, and How to Get What Does Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Mean in Crypto? What Is Proof of Work (PoW) in Blockchain? Property Property Insurance Property Management Property, Plant, and Equipment (PP&E) Property Rights Property Tax Property Tax Deduction Proportional Tax Proprietary Trading Proration Prospect Theory: What It Is and How It Works, With Examples Prospectus Protectionism Protective Put Provident Fund: Definition, How It Works for Retirement Provision Provision for Credit Losses (PCL): Definition, Uses, Example Proxy Proxy Fight Proxy Statement Proxy Vote Public Company Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Public Good Public Limited Company (PLC) Public-Private Partnerships Pullback: What It Means in Trading, With Examples Pump-and-Dump Scheme Pump Priming Purchase Annual Percentage Rate (APR) Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) Purchase Money Security Interest (PMSI) Purchase-Money Mortgage Purchase Price In Finance: Effect on Capital Gains Purchasing Power Pure Play Pure Risk Push Down Accounting Put Put-Call Parity Put-Call Ratio Put Option Pyramid Scheme