ASSET-BACKED SECURITY - ABS
A financial security protected by a lease, receivables or a loan against asset other than mortgage-backed securities and real estate. In the context of investors, the asset-backed securities are substitutes to investing in corporate debt.
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MSCI BRIC Index
An index which measures the equity market performance of the emerging market indexes of Brazil, China, India, and Russia. One of MSCI's Regiona ...
Stock Market Crash
Rapid and precipitous decline in stock prices or economic conditions, which can be the result of collapse of long-term speculative bubble, economic ...
Overhead Ratio
A comparison of operating expenses and total income that is not directly related to the production of a good or service. A firm's operating exp ...
European Financial Stablisation Mechanism - EFSM
Permanent fund created to provide financial assistance to EU member states in times of financial difficulties. In essence, it generates money throu ...
Alston D. Correll
CEO and chairman of Georgia Pacific, an ATlanta based paper and building material manufacturers. He joined the company in 1988 and become the COO a ...
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Retirement Planning: Maximizing the Power of Compounding
“The early bird catches the worm.” – William Camden
Principles of Trading: Leverage and Margin
All novice and seasoned traders need to befriend these two great tools to achieve success in trading: leverage and margin.
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Digesting Financial Statements: System
A financial statement serves as an avenue for assimilating the overall health of a business. Let’s illustrate the four key steps in a cash-ba ...
Macroeconomics: Basic Concepts
The concepts involved in macroeconomics focus on three fields, including national output and income, unemployment, and inflation and deflation. The ...
Student Loans: Federal Loans
Most of the students mull over the idea of maximizing the federal loan availability first before borrowing for college through a private loan. Norm ...
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