CORPORATE CREDIT RATING
Opinion of an independent agency about the possibility a company will comply with its financial obligations on or before the due date. The rating indicates its capacity to pay its creditors and gives investors an idea if the firm’s securities will perform well or poorly.
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McDonough Ratio
A ratio developed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision during Basel II conference. This ratio stemmed out from the Cookie ratio that was p ...
Excess Returns
Portion of return from a security or portfolio not explained by the overall market’s return rate. It measures the value added by the investme ...
M0
Measuring money supply that sums up all the physical currency (notes and coins) that is circulating in the economy and the bank reserves held with ...
Manufactured Housing - MH
A prefabricated housing unit, which is assembled in factories, prior to being moved to sites of use. The cost of construction per square foot is ty ...
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 ...
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A Guide to Your Personal Income Tax: Steps to Take before April 15
Taxpayers, remember these two dates when filing your tax return: December 31 and April 15. We have previously discussed what to do before the year ...
An Introduction to Insurance
Most people in the world own insurance. Insurance take a lot of forms such as medical insurance, automobile insurance, and the most common of them ...
Digesting Financial Statements: Working Capital
Analysts and investors look at the working capital and its trends to measure a company’s financial performance. This metric determines a busi ...
A Guide to Your Personal Income Tax: Essentials
In the United States, the progressive tax system is one of the most important yet misunderstood concepts of tax planning. Whenever people are asked ...
Ethical Investing: Environmentally-Conscious Investing
Environmentalist or not, as an investor, you care so much about your surroundings. Hence, you invest in companies that can reduce their negative im ...
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