A HEDGE technique used primarily to manage or neutralize the effects of NEGATIVE GAMMA, which can create large losses if markets move sharply and quickly before DELTA HEDGES can be rebalanced. Creating

A bar chart showing duration. Typically used for scheduled and completed work over a period. Invented in 1917 by US engineer-scientific management pioneer, Henry L. Gantt (1861-1919). The chart’s horizontal axis maps

Unfilled difference. In project planning and scheduling, resources needed unmet by resources available cause a gap.

The action taken to identify one or more gaps. Helps in replanning and taking needed steps achieve the wanted, successful project completion. Known also as need gap analysis, needs analysis, and needs

Control applied over the mitigation of identified gaps. Assets and liabilities are weighed and compared before commitment. Investment gain prediction is essential to balance added investment or added interest of borrowed funds.

Duration for calculating total earnings on excess deferral distributions from Roth IRA and relevant 401(k) plans. Typically occurs between a distribution date and a calendar segment end date, quarterly or yearly.

Calculated as the worth of a company’s short-term investments against short-term expenses. Measures recognized profit at investment due-date.

The process of deliberately mismatching ASSETS and LIABILITIES in order to take advantage of an anticipated change in INTEREST RATES. Although gapping has the potential of generating greater returns, it can also

Auto repair shops, dealerships, or garages, any business’s commercial coverage for multiple automobiles on their premises.

Like bailee’s insurance as it covers damages and liability on vehicles in the care or custody of a garage owner.

Computer industry phrase. Denotes that a program working on inaccurate data yields only misleading results. Promotes the attitude of assuring high quality of source information for a computerized system to better assure

Foreign exchange’s European call option value estimating formula. Risk-free interest rate paid on foreign currency is a continuous dividend yield in this formula. Borrowing and lending takes place at the same interest

Legal action requiring a company to record an involved employee’s wages even if the employee received no wages.

Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago, Russia, Qatar, Nigeria, Libya, Iran, Equatorial Guinea, Egypt, Bolivia and Algeria formed a group in 2001 that controlled 70% of the world’s gas production.

Tax on vehicle total purchase price if fuel efficiency is less than 22.5 miles per gallon. Typically paid by the automobile manufacturer or importing dealership. Likely passed on to the buyer somehow.

Producing coalescence with one or more gas flames, usually oxygen and acetylene in a process to join metal at the piece’s ends, with or without the use of a filler metal.

Where gas wells are drilled, in an onshore or offshore geographical area.

Mixture of nine parts of unleaded gasoline by volume with one part of ethanol, ethyl alcohol. Ethanol source is fermented agricultural produce, typically corn. ‘Gasohol’ is a registered trademark of the Nebraska

A petroleum product derived from crude oil. Internal combustion engine fuel. A highly flammable liquid that evaporates during engine use. Auto-manufactures now build vehicles to use less gasoline, and mixtures. Increased demand

Inflammation of the stomach and the intestines. General symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhea, fever, headache, nausea, and vomiting. Typical cause is varied. Also caused by lactose intolerance. Some common causes are bacteria