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Kiosk

What is 'Kiosk' A kiosk is a small, temporary, stand-alone booth used in high-traffic areas for marketing purposes. A kiosk is usually...

Heath-Jarrow-Morton Model (HJM Model)

What is 'Heath-Jarrow-Morton Model - HJM Model' A model that applies forward rates to an existing term structure of interest rates to determine...

Health Insurance

DefinitionHealth insurance is insurance that covers the whole or a part of the risk of a person incurring medical expenses, spreading the risk over...

Harry Markowitz

DefinitionHarry Max Markowitz is an American economist, and a recipient of the 1989 John von Neumann Theory Prize and the 1990 Nobel Memorial Prize...

Hard-Coded Stock

What is 'Hard-Coded Stock' This is a term that refers to a company's stock symbol or ticker symbol. Every security listed anywhere...

Yield Variance

What is 'Yield Variance' Yield variance is the difference between actual output and standard output of a production or manufacturing process, based...

Impaired Capital

What is 'Impaired Capital' 1. When a bank's actual assets are worth less than their stated value. When a bank has impaired...
Idiosyncratic risk

Idiosyncratic Risk

What is 'Idiosyncratic Risk' Idiosyncratic risk, also referred to as unsystematic risk, is the risk that is endemic to a particular asset such as a...

Oligopoly

DefinitionAn oligopoly is a market form wherein a market or industry is dominated by a small number of large sellers. Oligopolies can result from...

Natural Capital

DefinitionNatural capital is the world's stock of natural resources, which includes geology, soils, air, water and all living organisms. Some natural capital assets provide...

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