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VALUEATRISK (VAR)

The estimate of how much a portfolio will lose at market risk. It measures shortcomings and uncertainty. Refer to back testing, maximum loss, and profit and loss explain.

WAR CHEST

Cash held for the purpose of overtaking another company. Or funds held to prevent hostile takeover.

WHISPER NUMBERS

Releasing corporate earnings before a full public announcement. The US limits this by prohibiting selective disclosure.

ZERO COUPON BOND

A discounted bond that is traded and pays no coupon interest during its life. The difference between par value and discount value generates profit.

INDEXING

An investment strategy that tries to predict the future perfromance of an asset with minimum error. This is also called an active investment strategy or an index fund.

INTERLOCKING DIRECTORSHIP

When executives sit on eachothers boards. They are considered independant. Refer to filz and interlocking directorate.

INVESTING CASH FLOW

A cash flow chart showing now assets are affected. Refer to operating cash flow and financing cash flow.

JOBBING

Constantly buying assets to boost profits.

JUDICIAL BOND

To protect opposing judicial or governmental entities from loss out of delay or depravation from legal proceedings, a surety is deposited / posted by a party to a lawsuit . All bonds

JUNIOR CAPITAL POOL (JCP)

This practice, only regulated in Canada, is for a company issuing stock options instead of being an operational business structure.

JURY DIRECTION

The points of law associated with a case as a judge’s precise instructions to a jury. Evidence presented before the court is typically summarized.

KAIZEN BUDGETING

A budgeting approach that includes product improvement costs. With the objective of reducing actual costs below standard costs, projected costs of improvement are already incorporated in the budget . Also refer to

KEY EMPLOYEE

Essential, main employee stakeholder in corporate operations. May be an officer with voting rights able to influence the company. Any employee owning company assets 5% or more of the total and/or receives

KEYED ADVERTISEMENT

Print ad coded in an advertisement address to identify the source of the query or order. The words ‘Dept. DN’, for example, may indicate ad placements in a newspaper named ‘Daily News.’

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