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IBRD The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
IMF International Monetary Fund.
Implied Volatility A measurement based on the premiums of market traded options of the expected price range of the underlying commodity.
Income Beneficiary An individual designated to receive distributions of trust income.
Income Statement A financial statement that shows revenue, expenses and profit during a given accounting period.
Index A benchmark against which financial or economic performance is measured. For example, the S & P 500 or CPI.
Index Fund A mutual fund that seeks to passively match the performance of some market index, such as S & P 500.
Index Investing Index investing aims to earn a rate of return that is identical to the return a benchmark index earns. By constructing a portfolio that is identical to the index, an index fund manager matches its rate of return. The portfolio manager only needs to change the composition of the portfolio when the index changes. Index investing has lower fees than those investing approaches that rely on frequent buying and selling of securities.
Indicator A statistics which indicates current economic growth rates and trends such as retail sales and employment.
Indirect Quotation States the number of units of foreign currency per unit of local or domestic currency. For example, GBP/USD.
Inflation An economic condition whereby prices for consumer goods rise, eroding purchasing power.
Initial Balance The first or first two half-hour trading periods in the CBOT Market Profile during which prices tend to converge; the initial auction of the trading day.
Initial Margin The required initial deposit of collateral to enter into a position as a guarantee on future performance.
Inside information Material information about a company which is known by the company's board of directors, management, and/or employees but not by the public.
Interbank Rates The interest rate that the banks charge each other for loans. This rate is applicable to the short-term international interbank market, and applies to very large loans borrowed for anywhere from one day to five years.
Interest The fee charged by a lender to a borrower for the use of borrowed money, usually expressed as an annual percentage of the principal.
Interest Rate Interest per year divided by principal amount, expressed as a percentage.
Interest Rate Swaps An exchange of interest payments on a specific principal amount. This is a counterparty agreement, and so can be standardized to the requirements of the parties involved. Often, an interest rate swap involves exchanging a fixed amount per payment period for a payment that is not fixed. In an interest rate swap, the principal amount is never exchanged, it is just a notional principal amount.
Intermarket Spread Swap A swap transaction meant to capitalize on a yield discrepancy between bond market sectors.
Intraday During a single trading day.
Inverse Head and Shoulder The inverse head and shoulders is a mirror image of the head and shoulders.
Investment Company Firm that invests the pooled funds of retail investors for a fee. By aggregating the funds of a large number of small investors into a specific investments (in line with the objectives of the investors), an investment company gives individual investors access to a wider range of securities than the investors themselves would have been able to access.

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