Tag: industries
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
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
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,...