DefinitionGeneric brands of consumer products are distinguished by the absence of a brand name. It is often inaccurate to describe these products as "lacking a brand name", as they usually are branded, although with either the brand of the...
What is the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI)?
The Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) is a metric that was developed in the 1990s as an alternative to GDP. While GDP measures the value of all goods and services produced within a country,...
What is 'General Examination' A regulatory measure set up to give a detailed examination of all aspects of a bank. The examination is conducted by the governing body of different levels of banks. For example, the state...
What is 'Gann Fans' A form of technical analysis based on the ideas that the market is geometric and cyclical in nature. A Gann fan consists of a series of diagonal lines called Gann angles, of which...
DefinitionGenerational accounting is a method of measuring the fiscal burdens facing today's and tomorrow's children. Laurence Kotlikoff's individual and co-authored work on the relativity of fiscal language demonstrates that conventional fiscal measures, including the government's deficit, are not well...
What is 'Generalized AutoRegressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (GARCH)' A statistical model used by financial institutions to estimate the volatility of stock returns. This information is used by banks to help determine what stocks will potentially provide higher returns,...
DefinitionThe Gann angles are named after W. D. Gann, a 20th-century market theorist. Gann described the use of the angles in the stock market in The Basis of My Forecasting Method, a 33-page course written in 1935. The legitimacy...
What is 'Gamma' Gamma is the rate of change in an option's delta per 1-point move in the underlying asset's price. Gamma is an important measure of the convexity of a derivative's value, in relation to the...
Becoming a general manager is no easy task. It takes years of experience and hard work to even be considered for the job. But it’s worth it, because general managers play a critical role in any organization. They are...
DefinitionA general ledger contains all the accounts for recording transactions relating to a company's assets, liabilities, owners' equity, revenue, and expenses. In modern accounting software or ERP, the general ledger works as a central repository for accounting data transferred...