Tag: finance

Dealer Financing

What is 'Dealer Financing' Loans that are originated by a retailer to its customers and are then sold to a bank or...

Deadweight Loss Of Taxation

DefinitionIn economics, the excess burden of taxation, also known as the deadweight cost or deadweight loss of taxation, is one of the economic losses...

Day Cycle

What is 'Day Cycle' The time period alloted for the delivery of Automated Clearing House debits and credits from an originator to...
Data smoothing

Data Smoothing

What is data smoothing and why do we need it Data smoothing is a technique used to reduce the noise or random fluctuations in data....

Date Certain

DefinitionDate certain is a legal term for the date on or by which the actions of a contract can be reasonably completed, and is...

Days To Cover

What is 'Days To Cover' Days to cover is a measurement of a company's issued shares that are currently shorted, expressed as...

Dead Presidents

What is 'Dead Presidents' Slang referring to U.S. paper currency. Dead presidents can refer to any unit of currency, but most often...

Debt to Equity Ratio

DefinitionThe debt-to-equity ratio is a financial ratio indicating the relative proportion of shareholders' equity and debt used to finance a company's assets. Closely related...

Dollar Cost Averaging

DefinitionDollar cost averaging is an investment strategy with the goal of reducing the impact of volatility on large purchases of financial assets such as...

Dead Money

What is 'Dead Money' A slang term for money invested in a security with minor hopes of appreciation or earning a return....