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Wall Of Worry

What is 'Wall Of Worry' The financial markets' periodic tendency to surmount a host of negative factors and keep ascending. Wall of...

Index Fund

DefinitionAn index fund is a mutual fund or exchange-traded fund designed to follow certain preset rules so that the fund can a specified basket...

Commodity

DefinitionIn economics, a commodity is an economic good or service that has full or substantial fungibility: that is, the market treats instances of the...

David M. Cote

DefinitionDavid M. "Dave" Cote is an American businessman. Cote previously worked for General Electric and TRW Inc. before he was appointed chairman and chief...

De Minimis Tax Rule

What is the 'De Minimis Tax Rule' The De Minimis tax rule is a rule that states that capital gains tax must...

Target Cash Balance

What is 'Target Cash Balance' The ideal amount of cash that a company wishes to hold in reserve at any given point...

Values

What is 'Values' The worth of a nonforfeiture clause that specifies that an insured party would receive the equity from a life...

John Bates Clark

DefinitionJohn Bates Clark was an American neoclassical economist. He was one of the pioneers of the marginalist revolution and opponent to the Institutionalist school...

Index

An index is a statistical term that refers to changes in representative data points over a certain time period. The term can be applied...

Layered Fees

What is 'Layered Fees' Two sets of management fees that are paid by an investor for the same group of assets. This...

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