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Corporation comprised of several unrelated businesses. In this structure, one firm owns a controlling stake in numerous smaller ones that conduct business separately. Each of its subsidiary operates independently of the other business divisions, but they report to senior management at their parent firm. It allows diversification of business perils.
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Tax-Equivalent Yield
Pre-tax yield a bonds needs to hold for its yield to match the yield of a tax-free municipal bond. The measure is used to compare the yield of taxa ...
Per Capita
This is Latin term which means “by head” when translated to English. It basically means “average per person.” Per capita is ...
Fat Man Strategy
A defense tactic against takeover. Using this tactic, a target company captures a business or assets. The strategy supposes that the bulked-up comp ...
Panic Selling
Panic selling is the rapid increase of investment sale, resulting to a severe price decline. Mostly, investors get involved in panic selling when t ...
Private Investment Fund
A financial investment company which meets either of these criteria:
it has less than 100 investors, or
its member inv ...
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