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- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- U.S. House Financial Services Committee
- U.S. League of Savings Institutions
- U.S. Savings Bond
- Umberto Agnelli
- Unbanked
- Unchanged
- Uncle Sam
- Uncollected Funds
- Unconditional Probability
- Unconventional Oil
- Uncovered Option
- Underbanked
- Underemployment
- Underlying Asset
- Underlying Security
- Underperform
- Underpricing
- Undersubscribed
- Undervalued
- Underwater
- Underwater Mortgage
- Underwriter
- Underwriting
- Unemployment
- Unemployment Rate
- Unencumbered
- Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (UGMA)
- Unit Cost
- Unit Investment Trust
- Unitholder
- Universal Banking
- Universal Life Insurance
- Unqualified Opinion
- Unrealized Gain
- Unrealized Loss
- Unrelated Business Taxable Income (UBTI)
- Unsecured
- Unsecured Creditor
- Unsecured Debt
- Unsecured Loan
- Unsecured Note
- Unsponsored American Depository Receipt
- Unsubordinated Debt
- Unsubscribed
- Upside
- Upside Reward
- Upthrusts
- Uptick
- Uptick Rule
- Uptick Volume
- Useful Life
- Utilization Ratio
Undervalued describes a security for which the market price is considered too low for its fundamentals. Some metrics used to evaluate whether a security is undervalued are P/E ratio, growth potential, balance sheet health, etc. It is the opposite of overvalued.
