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What is an 'Impaired Asset' An impaired asset is a company's asset that has a market price less than the value listed...

DefinitionIdentity theft is the deliberate use of someone else's identity, usually as a method to gain a financial advantage or obtain credit and other...

What is 'Imbalance of Orders' A situation when too many orders of a particular type - either buy, sell or limit -...

DefinitionA natural monopoly is a monopoly in an industry in which high infrastructural costs and other barriers to entry relative to the size of...

DefinitionOver-the-counter or off-exchange trading is done directly between two parties, without the supervision of an exchange. It is contrasted with exchange trading, which occurs...

What is 'Absolute Frequency' A statistical term describing the total number of trials or observations within a given interval or frequency bin....

What is a 'Real Estate Short Sale' A real estate short sale is any sale of real estate that generates proceeds that...

DefinitionA short squeeze is a rapid increase in the price of a stock that occurs when there is a lack of supply and an...

What is 'Sacred Cow' A firmly held mainstream belief that is considered to be true without independent verification. In finance, and in...

What is 'Backflip Takeover' An uncommon type of takeover in which the acquirer becomes a subsidiary of the acquired or targeted company,...