BOOK VALUE
It is the value at which an asset is carried on a balance sheet. To calculate, take the cost of an asset minus the accumulated depreciation. Also it is the initial outlay for an investment. This number may be net or gross of expenses such as trading costs, sales taxes, service charges and so on.
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Robert C. Merton
American economist who won the 1997 Nobel Memorial prize in Economic Sciences, along with Myron Scholes, for developing the Black-Sholes model, whi ...
Buy Stops Above
Recommendation to purchase a given security once a security’s price surpasses a particular resistance level by putting a buy stop order at th ...
Admitted Company
An insurance company admitted and allowed by an another state to transact insurance business despite having a domiciled status on an another state. ...
Black Box Model
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Form 3903
A form issued by the IRS and used by taxpayers to deduct moving expenses related to taking a new job.
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