What is a 'Dealer' A dealer is a person or firm in the business of buying and selling securities for their own...
What is ‘Tangible Cost'
A quantitative expense that can be traced back to a specific source or item. Tangible costs are expenditures incurred as a...
DefinitionIn finance, a short sale is the sale of an asset that the seller does not own. The seller effects such a sale by...
What is a 'Lagging Indicator' A lagging indicator is a measurable economic factor that changes only after the economy has begun to...
What is 'Backing Away' Failure by a market maker in a security to honor the quoted bid and ask prices for a...
DefinitionA pass-through certificates is an instrument that evidences the ownership of two or more equipment trust certificates. In other words, equipment trust certificates may...
Qualifying Domestic Trust (QDOT) What is 'Qualifying Domestic Trust - QDOT' A type of trust that allows taxpayers who are not...
What is 'Oman Rial - OMR' The currency of Oman. The Omani rial is broken into smaller units, called baisa, and is...
What is 'Underlying Mortality Assumption' Projections of expected death rates used by actuaries to estimate insurance premiums and pension obligations. Underlying mortality...
Understanding the concept of marketing Marketing is a process through which companies communicate, promote, exchange and deliver offerings which have value for its target...