Tag: definition

Zaraba method

What is ‘Zaraba method' Zaraba method is a method of matching orders that involves using an auction-like process to trade securities. The orders are organized...

Qualification Ratio

What is 'Qualification Ratio' Ratio of debt to income and housing expense to income that is used by mortgage lenders to determine...

A. Michael Spence

DefinitionAndrew Michael Spence is an American economist and recipient of the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, along with George Akerlof and Joseph...

EBITDA – Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization

What is 'EBITDA - Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization' EBITDA stands for earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. EBITDA is one indicator...

Paid In Capital

DefinitionPaid in capital refers to capital contributed to a corporation by investors through purchase of stock from the corporation. It includes share capital as...

Valuable Papers Insurance

What is 'Valuable Papers Insurance' A special type of property-casualty insurance. Valuable papers insurance will reimburse the policyholder for the monetary value...

Occupational Labor Mobility

What is 'Occupational Labor Mobility' Refers to the ease with which workers can switch career fields to find gainful employment or meet...

A Priori Probability

What is 'A Priori Probability' A priori probability is a probability calculated by logically examining existing information. A priori probability can most...

Face Value

What is 'Face Value' Face value is the nominal value or dollar value of a security stated by the issuer. For stocks,...

P-Test

What is a 'P-Test' A statistical method used to test one or more hypotheses within a population or a proportion within a...