Tag: capital
Safe Haven
What is a 'Safe Haven' A safe haven is an investment that is expected to retain its value or even increase its...
Salomon Brothers World Equity Index (SBWEI)
What is 'Salomon Brothers World Equity Index - SBWEI' An index that measures the performance of fixed-income and equity securities from domestic...
Safety-First Rule
What is 'Safety-First Rule' Within the context of post-modern and modern portfolio theory, a safety-first rule involves creating a portfolio based on...
Salomon Brothers
DefinitionSalomon Brothers was an investment bank founded in 1910 by three Jewish-American brothers along with a clerk named Ben Levy, it remained a partnership...
Sacred Cow
What is 'Sacred Cow' A firmly held mainstream belief that is considered to be true without independent verification. In finance, and in...
Short Selling
DefinitionIn finance, a short sale is the sale of an asset that the seller does not own. The seller effects such a sale by...
Savings Club
What is 'Savings Club' A non-incorporated group that has opened some type of savings or other deposit account. The money in the...
Salvage Value
What is a 'Salvage Value'
Salvage value is the estimated value that the owner is paid when the item is sold at the end of...
Sandwich Lease
What is 'Sandwich Lease' A lease in which a party rents property from the property owner and then subsequently leases it out...
Samurai Bond
DefinitionA samurai bond is a yen-denominated bond issued in Tokyo by non-Japanese companies, and is subject to Japanese regulations. These bonds provide the issuer...