TRADING BOOK
Accounting book which records all of the financial instruments held by a bank or brokerage. These instruments are either purchased or sold to process trading for the institution’s clients, to generate profit from spreads between bid and ask prices, or hedge against several trading risks. Trading books differ in size based on the amount of instruments an institution holds. Most institutions, especially larger ones, use complex risk metrics in regulating and mitigating risks.
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Multinational Corporation - MNC
A corporation that operates in different countries. These companies have offices and/or factories in several nations and have a centralized head of ...
Hard Sell
Sales practice denoted by forceful language. Hard sell is considered to be a high-pressure method, as it is designed to get a consumer purchase a g ...
Usury Laws
Usury laws are laws that regulate the amount of interest that may be imposed on a loaned fund or asset. The purpose of usury laws are to do away wi ...
Capital Saturation
An economic status in which actual income is big and is assumed to continue to bolster, causing the general public, huge companies and even public ...
60-Plus Delinquencies
Mortgage loan that is over 60 days past due on their debt payments. These are expressed as a percentage of a group of loans within a given time per ...
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Principles of Trading: Introduction
Trading is an active participation in the financial markets. Those who partake in buy-and-hold investing are called traders. Also called market pla ...
A Guide to Income Tax: Overlooked Credits and Cuts
The US tax code changes from time to time, and majority of taxpayers cannot name at least three of the most common deductible expenditures. On that ...
Ethical Investing: Socially Responsible Investing
Socially responsible investors look for socially responsible companies, especially their relations with outsiders.
First and foremost, th ...
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 ...
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 ...
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