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What is 'Macaroni Defense' An approach taken by a company that does not want to be taken over. The company issues a...

What is 'Zacks Lifecycle Indexes' A series of indexes developed by Zacks Investment Research, Inc., to provide a benchmark for the lifecycle...

DefinitionIn American finance, the FDIC problem bank list is a confidential list created and maintained by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation which lists banks...

What is a 'Z-Test' A z-test is a statistical test used to determine whether two population means are different when the variances...

What is 'Mac Crawford' Former CEO, president and chairman of Nashville-based Caremark, a mail-order pharmaceutical and pharmacy benefits management company. In 1997,...

What is 'A-B Trust' A trust created by a married couple with the objective of minimizing estate taxes. An A-B trust is...

What is 'Game Theory' Game theory is the study of human conflict and cooperation within a competitive situation. In some respects, game...

What is 'U.S. Agency for International Development - USAID' An independent federal agency of the United States that provides aid to citizens...

What is 'Yard' A financial term meaning one billion. Yard is derived from the term "milliard" which is used in some European...

What is 'MAD' In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Moroccan Dirham. Explaining 'MAD' The currency market, also...