Tag: investment
Wall Street
What is 'Wall Street' Wall Street is a street in lower Manhattan that is the original home of the New York Stock...
Wash Trading
What is Wash Trading
Wash trading is the illegal practice of buying and selling assets in order to artificially inflate the price. This is often...
Wasting Asset
What is 'Wasting Asset' An item that irreversibly declines in value, as a function of time. Wasting assets include vehicles, machinery and...
Wasting Trust
What is 'Wasting Trust' A trust that holds plan assets when a qualified plan is frozen. A "wasting trust" derives its name...
Waterfall Concept
What is 'Waterfall Concept' A life insurance plan that provides a tax benefit in regards to intergenerational transfers of wealth. The concept...
Wash-Sale Rule
DefinitionA wash sale is a sale of a security at a loss and repurchase of the same or substantially identical security shortly before or...
Watered Stock
DefinitionWatered stock is an asset with an artificially-inflated value. The term is most commonly used to refer to a form of securities fraud common...
Wall Of Worry
What is 'Wall Of Worry' The financial markets' periodic tendency to surmount a host of negative factors and keep ascending. Wall of...
Wash Sale
DefinitionA wash sale is a sale of a security at a loss and repurchase of the same or substantially identical security shortly before or...
What is Working Capital?
DefinitionWorking capital is a financial metric which represents operating liquidity available to a business, organisation or other entity, including governmental entities. Along with working...