Tag: economic
In The Penalty Box
What is 'In The Penalty Box' A phrase referring to a company whose stock has plummeted with no rebound in sight. A...
Idle Time
What is 'Idle Time' Idle time is unproductive time on the part of employees or machines as a result of factors beyond...
Imbalance of Orders
What is 'Imbalance of Orders' A situation when too many orders of a particular type - either buy, sell or limit -...
Immediate Family
What is an 'Immediate Family' Immediate family members usually include a person’s parents, spouse, children and siblings. A person’s grandparents, grandchildren, in-laws...
Ifo Business Climate Survey
What is 'Ifo Business Climate Survey' A key monthly survey that measures the business climate in Germany. It is widely followed as...
In-House Financing
What is 'In-House Financing' In-house financing is a type of seller financing in which a firm extends customers a loan, allowing them...
Import Substitution Industrialization – ISI
DefinitionImport substitution industrialization is a trade and economic policy which advocates replacing foreign imports with domestic production. ISI is based on the premise that...
Investment Banks
There are few careers as lucrative and prestigious as investment banking. But what exactly is investment banking, and how do you go about getting...
IRR – Internal Rate of Return
In order to build shareholder equity, firms carefully evaluate projects to decide which projects they should fund and which they shouldn’t. The project management...
Impulse Wave Pattern
What is 'Impulse Wave Pattern' A term used in the Elliott wave theory to describe the strong move in a stock's price...