Private Equity
DefinitionPrivate equity typically refers to investment funds organized as limited partnerships that are not publicly traded and whose investors are typically large institutional investors,...
Patent
What is a 'Patent' A patent is a government license that gives the holder exclusive rights to a process, design or new...
Participation Rate
DefinitionThe workforce or labour force is the labour pool in employment. It is generally used to describe those working for a single company or...
Paradigm Shift
What is a 'Paradigm Shift' A paradigm shift is a major change in how some process is accomplished. A paradigm shift can...
Parity Product
Definition
Product categories or groups of categories in which the numerous brands within that category have functionally comparable features are referred to be parity products....
Passive Activity Loss Rules
What is 'Passive Activity Loss Rules' A set of rules that prohibits using passive losses to offset earned or ordinary income. Passive...
Parity
What is 'Parity' Parity refers to two things being equal to each other. The term "par value" for a bond is similar...
Parasitic Advertising
What is 'Parasitic Advertising' A type of marketing that promotes one product at the cost of lost sales for another product. Parasitic...
Price Earnings to Growth
Price/Earnings to Growth also known as the PEG, is a type of financial ratio that is used to determine the value of a stock...
Panic Selling
DefinitionPanic selling is a wide-scale selling of an investment which causes a sharp decline in prices. Specifically, an investor wants to get out of...