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Keidanren

What is 'Keidanren' A Japanese abbreviation for the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations. The Keidanren was created in 1946 to address the...

Healthcare Sector

What is the 'Healthcare Sector' The healthcare sector is the category of stocks relating to medical and healthcare goods or services. The...
Heavy Industry

Heavy Industry

What is Heavy Industry Heavy industry is a category of manufacturing that involves the production of large, bulky products such as cars, trains, ships, and...

Import Substitution Industrialization – ISI

DefinitionImport substitution industrialization is a trade and economic policy which advocates replacing foreign imports with domestic production. ISI is based on the premise that...

Old Lady

What is 'Old Lady' An eighteenth century nickname for the Bank of England. The full name is the Old Lady of Threadneedle...

Manufacturing Production

What is 'Manufacturing Production' Manufacturing production is the creation and assembly of components and finished products for sale. Three common types of...
rain check

Rain Check

What is a rain check and how can it be used A rain check is a document that allows the bearer to purchase an item...

Gaming Industry ETF

What is 'Gaming Industry ETF' A sector exchange-traded fund that invests solely in gaming companies, so as to generate investment returns that...

Heavy

What is 'Heavy' A market that is demonstrating difficulty in advancing and is displaying a tendency to decline. A heavy market may...

Layoff

DefinitionA layoff is the temporary suspension or permanent termination of employment of an employee or, more commonly, a group of employees for business reasons,...

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