TIME VALUE OF MONEY
The theory that the money owned now will be worth more in the future.
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The theory that the money owned now will be worth more in the future.
A US treasury note or bond whose profits are linked to inflation. They are sold in small amounts to make them available to retail investors.They pay coupons on a cycle with principal
Latin for in utmost good faith. It implies that the insured will disclose all relevant information to the insurer. The insured must also fulfill all obligations of the contract
When personal assets are used to absorb business failure. Refer to piercing the corporate veil.
When reinsurers assume different layers of risk. Some reinsurers will have no loss. The higher the layer the less exposed to risk. Refer to excess layer and horizontal layering.
A security announced but not priced. It is informal but legally binding. When settled it trades like any seasoned security. Refer to to be announced and when issued treasury.
A strategy used to increase core returns. This is intended to be a low risk move. Refer to arbitrage speculation and hedging.
A firm offering a start up seed as venture capital. Also called accelerator
The proportionate change between variables. Also called elastic or elasticity.
The way a company sees how it can manage its debt. This is also referred to as debt service coverage.
When an underlying asset is worth more. Refer to atthemoney, moneyness, or out of the money.
Single-price for varying products as a retail display. Also known as a clearance table or bin.
Illegal strike in an organization over a particular group of employees in dispute about the right to represent a existing trade union.
K Desktop Environment. KDE was a project begun by Matthias Ettrich in 1996. It was developed mainly by European volunteers. It is a Linux-based non-proprietary graphical user interface (GUI). It works with
Deposit on a leased property paid by the lessee.
A bribe for routing a job, contract, or order. Typically comes out of the income generated by the job, contract, or order. Demanded by an official.
Something assembled from whatever was available to ‘make do’, but not built according to design or plan.
Data analysts, product developers, planners, programmers, and researchers capturing data to analyze and manipulate into information as a product or service. US management guru Peter Drucker, born in Austria in 1909 popularized
Conceptual relationship between marginal tax rates and total tax collections in a graphical representation named after US economics professor Arthur Laffer. He proposed that lower taxes encourage greater output and supply, increasing
Concealing theft of cash as a fraudulent practice. A cashier, clerk, or teller takes cash illegally from one customer’s payment to cover up taking cash from a previous customer’s payment, over and
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