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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...
GDP Price Deflator
What is the 'GDP Price Deflator' GDP price deflator is an economic metric that accounts for inflation by converting output measured at...
Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs)
What is 'Daily Average Revenue Trades - DARTs' A common metric used in the investment brokerage industry that represents the number of...
S&P Core Earnings
What is 'S&P Core Earnings' The Standard and Poor's revised version of the measurement of core earnings, which excludes any gains related...
EAFE Index
What is the 'EAFE Index' The EAFE Index is an index created by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) that serves as a...
Valuation Mortality Table
What is 'Valuation Mortality Table' A statistical chart that is used by insurance companies to calculate the statutory reserve and cash surrender...
XD
What is 'XD' A symbol used to signify that a security is trading ex-dividend. XD is an alphabetic qualifier that acts as...
Macro-Hedge
What is 'Macro-Hedge' An investment technique used to eliminate the risk of a portfolio of assets. In most cases, this would mean...
X-Mark Signature
What is 'X-Mark Signature' An X-mark made by a person in lieu of a signature. Due to illiteracy or disability, a person...
Obligation
What is an 'Obligation' An obligation in finance is the responsibility to meet the terms of a contract. If an obligation is...