The classification used by the IRS to indicate income that is not eligible for special tax treatment. Reported on a form 1040 or 1040EZ.

Imposed limitations on the activities of a firm in compliance with the requirements of a regulatory agency.

Benchmarks circulated by a regulatory agency that were created to enforce the provisions of a legislation.

US practice in securities trading whereby under particular circumstances a broker may use securities in his or her possession but owned by another person as collateral to raise a loan to cover

1. Marketing: Advertising intended to assure customers that they have made the right choice. 2. Psychology: Result of a behavior that increases the chance of the recurrence of the same behavior.

Effect of an action, change, or decision returned to amplify what caused it. Reinforcing feedback drives a system increasingly faster in the direction it is already going whether away from its goal

1. Finance: Surge of investors’ funds into bank deposits, from nonbanking investments such as real estate or stock market. 2. Internet: Reemergence of the traditional middleman the intermediary in new forms.

The use of dividends or capital gains to purchase additional shares of stock instead of receiving a cash payout.

This is a response to an invitation to bid and the proposal was not chosen for a variety of reasons.

Term used when rejecting a claim for insurance or if the risk for insurance is deemed to be too great.

A particular type of connection existing between people related to or having dealings with each other.

A situation in which a country, individual, company or region can produce a good at a lower opportunity cost than a competitor.

Relative density is the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a given reference material. If a substance’s relative density is less than one then it is less

A way of allocating a lump-sum or ‘basket’ purchase price to the individual assets acquired based on their respective market values.

It can be defined as, a type of humidity that considers the ratio of the actual vapor pressure of the air to the saturation vapor pressure. It is usually expressed in percentage.

Relative market share is comparing market share of a company with that of its next biggest competitor. Having a relative Market share of >1 means you are the market leader that outperforms

A relative price is the price of a commodity such as a good or service in terms of another; i.e., the ratio of two prices.

Relative purchasing power parity relates the change in two countries’ expected inflation rates to the change in their exchange rates. Inflation reduces the real purchasing power of a nation’s currency. If a

A url that is RELATIVE only shows a partial address – like images/me.jpg – and the success or failure of finding the file is contingent on certain conditions being met – which

A method of determining an asset’s value that takes into account the value of similar assets. In contrast, absolute value looks only at an asset’s intrinsic value and does not compare it