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WIDE ECONOMIC MOAT

Company’s advantage over its competition able to be exploited for profit over time.

WIDE MARKET

Market showing wide spread or substantial profit margins.

WI-FI

Wireless fidelity. Name for wireless LANs.

WIKI

Website of collaboration allowing users to edit, and upload web page content.

WILDCARD

Symbol or character replacing characters in search commands.

WILDCAT STRIKE

Unannounced or illegal industrial action where employees have not followed procedure.

WILL COST

Price of contracts based on doing a job in a set period of time. Based on historical data that may have been an inefficient use of time so analysis is needed.

WILLFUL DEFAULT

Intentional failure by contract parties to do what has been ordered to be done.

WILLIE SUTTON RULE

Should focus on high yield activities and not waste time focusing on lower yield ones.

WILSHIRE 5000

Index that represents every listed company in the US and is the largest measure of stock market performance.

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