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Keefe Bank Index

What is 'Keefe Bank Index' An index of regional bank and money centers. The Keefe Bank Index is compiled by Keefe, Keefe,...

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 And Export Prices

What is 'Import And Export Prices' Two indexes that monitor the prices of imports and exports in the United States. The import...

Incentive Trust

DefinitionIn American estate planning parlance, an incentive trust is a trust designed to encourage or discourage certain behaviors by using distributions of trust income...
Idiosyncratic risk

Idiosyncratic Risk

What is 'Idiosyncratic Risk' Idiosyncratic risk, also referred to as unsystematic risk, is the risk that is endemic to a particular asset such as a...

In-House Financing

What is 'In-House Financing' In-house financing is a type of seller financing in which a firm extends customers a loan, allowing them...

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...

National Market System Plan (NMSP)

What is 'National Market System Plan - NMSP' A nationwide system used in the United States for the selection and reservation of...

National Pensions Reserve Fund

What is 'National Pensions Reserve Fund' The National Pensions Reserve Fund is a public pension fund established by the Republic of Ireland....

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