OVERDRAFT PROTECTION
A line of credit that banks offer to their customers to cover their overdrafts. It occurs when a customer writes a check for more than the amount in their account.
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Cost-Benefit Analysis
Technique of analyzing business decisions. It summarizes the benefits of a given situation or business-related action, and deducts the expenses att ...
Credit Criteria
Several financial standards set by a lender to evaluate a potential borrower’s creditworthiness. Lenders look at the individual’s asset ...
Portable Alpha
A strategy in which portfolio managers separate alpha from beta by investing in securities that differ from the market index from which their beta ...
Globally Floored Contract
Guarantee seen in structured investment instruments giving a minimum payoff at maturity. It guards the investors or minimize his loss if the invest ...
Publicly Traded Partnership - PTP
A business that is owned by 2 or more co-owners. It is regularly traded on an established securities market.
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Buying a Home: Choosing the Best Location
The first consideration when buying a new house is choosing the place where you want to live, regardless if this will serve as an investment or upg ...
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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A Guide to Becoming a Finance Expert
Wouldn’t it be nice not having to rely on another person when managing your funds? Aside from the added convenience it brings, being able to ...
Digesting Financial Statements: Long-Lasting Assets
Long-lived assets, also known as non-current assets, is any asset a company expects to keep for at least one year. Such assets are expected to boos ...
Digesting Financial Statements: Long-Lasting Liabilities
Long-lived liabilities refer to obligations which are due more than a year. Some examples of long-term debt include convertible bond and capital le ...
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| Time | Country | Indices | Period |
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| 02:30 | PMI Manufacturing | Dec | |
| 10:00 | KOF Economic Barometer | Dec | |
| 10:00 | CPI | Dec | |
| 16:45 | Chicago Purchasing Managers Index | Dec | |
| 17:00 | Pending Home Sales | Nov | |
| 03:30 | PMI Manufacturing | Dec | |
| 03:30 | Non-Manufacturing PMI | Dec | |
| 16:00 | House Price Index | Oct | |
| 03:45 | Markit Final Manufacturing PMI | Dec |
