UTILITY
Utility has two definitions. First, it is an economic term that is attributed to the overall satisfaction experienced from the act of consuming goods or services. The second definition is that it is a company which engages in the generation, transmission, or distribution of utilities like gas, water, and electricity through company-owned facilities.
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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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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: 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: 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 ...
Retirement Planning: The Significance of Retirement
Previously, we went through the overview of retirement. In this article, we will now explore its significance, before discussing how to map out a s ...
Macroeconomics: Basic Concepts
The concepts involved in macroeconomics focus on three fields, including national output and income, unemployment, and inflation and deflation. The ...
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| Time | Country | Indices | Period |
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| 02:00 | MI Inflation Gauge | Mar | |
| 02:00 | ANZ Business Confidence | Mar | |
| 02:30 | Private Sector Credit | Feb | |
| 03:30 | PMI Manufacturing | Mar | |
| 03:30 | Non-Manufacturing PMI | Mar | |
| 07:00 | Housing Starts | Feb | |
| 08:00 | Retail Sales | Feb | |
| 08:00 | Import Price Index | Feb | |
| 10:30 | Mortgage Approvals | Feb |
