What is 'Safekeeping' Safekeeping is the storage of assets or other items of value in a protected area. Individuals may use self-directed methods of safekeeping or the services of a bank or brokerage firm. Financial...
What is a 'Sales Mix' Sales mix is a calculation that determines the proportion of each product a business sells, relative to total sales. Sales mix is important, because some products or services may be more profitable...
What is 'Savings Association Insurance Fund - SAIF' A government insurance fund for savings and loans and thrift institutions in the United States that protects depositors from losses due to institutional failure. The Savings Association Insurance Fund...
What is Small Cap? Small cap refers to companies with small market capitalization. The definition tends to change a lot, but it generally refers to companies that have a market capitalization between $300 million to $2 billion. One of...
What is 'SAMA Foreign Holdings (Saudi Arabia)' A Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund. The fund is controlled by the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority, a part of the central bank. According to the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute, SAMA...
What is 'Salary Freeze' The action of a company suspending salary increases for a period of time. By freezing salary increases for a given period, management is hoping that the company will be able to produce better...
What is 'Savings Club' A non-incorporated group that has opened some type of savings or other deposit account. The money in the account is the joint property of all club members. Explaining 'Savings Club'...
What is 'Sales Comparison Approach - SCA' A real estate appraisal method that compares a piece of property to other properties with similar characteristics that have been sold recently. The sales comparison approach takes into account the...
DefinitionIn finance, a short sale is the sale of an asset that the seller does not own. The seller effects such a sale by borrowing the asset in order to deliver it to the buyer. Subsequently, the resulting short...
What is 'Sales Per Share' Sales per share is a ratio that computes the total revenue earned per share over a 12-month period. It is calculated by dividing total revenue earned in a fiscal year by the...