Tag: investment
Above-The-Line Costs
What is 'Above-The-Line Costs' Costs incurred during the production of an advertising commercial that are associated with the creative side of it....
Abandonment Option
What is 'Abandonment Option' A clause granting parties the option of withdrawing from the contract before the fulfillment or completion of all...
Active Management
DefinitionActive management refers to a portfolio management strategy where the manager makes specific investments with the goal of outperforming an investment benchmark index. In...
Accelerated Cost Recovery System (ACRS)
What is 'Accelerated Cost Recovery System - ACRS' A system of depreciation introduced by the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981. ACRS...
Abusive Tax Shelter
What is 'Abusive Tax Shelter' An investment scheme that claims to reduce income tax without changing the value of the user's income...
Absolute Return
What is 'Absolute Return'
Absolute return is the return that an asset achieves over a certain period of time. This measure looks at the appreciation...
Abandonment And Salvage
Abandonment and salvage are two ways to deal with property. Abandonment is the process of giving up a property, while salvage is the process...
Ralph Wanger
What is 'Ralph Wanger' The former chief portfolio manager for the Acorn Fund who founded Wanger Asset Management. Ralph Wanger also gained...
Return on Investment
DefinitionReturn on investment is the ratio between the net profit and cost of investment resulting from an investment of some resource. A high ROI...
Rate Level Risk
What is 'Rate Level Risk' A type of interest rate risk which asserts that the characteristics of interest rate fluctuation are variable...