Tag: rates
Safety-First Rule
What is 'Safety-First Rule' Within the context of post-modern and modern portfolio theory, a safety-first rule involves creating a portfolio based on...
Sales Tax
What is sales tax and why do we have it
Sales tax is a tax levied on the sale of goods and services. The tax...
Saber Currency
What is 'Saber Currency' A proposed Brazilian currency that would be handed out by the Ministry of Education to 7-year-olds to be...
Macroeconomic Factor
What is a Macroeconomic Factor
A macroeconomic factor is a broad concept used in economics to describe anything that could affect the economy as a...
Savings Rate
What is a 'Savings Rate' A savings rate is the amount of money, expressed as a percentage or ratio, that a person...
Bad Credit
DefinitionBad Credit was a comedy hip hop duo based out of San Diego, California which lasted from 2002 to 2008, fronted by musicians and...
Baltic Dry Index
DefinitionThe Baltic Dry Index, is issued daily by the London-based Baltic Exchange. The BDI is a composite of the Capesize, Panamax and Supramax Timecharter...
Back Fee
What is 'Back Fee' A payment made to the writer of a compound option in the case that the call option is...
Basis Point
DefinitionA basis point is one hundredth of a percent or equivalently one ten thousandth. The related concept of a permyriad is literally one part...
Canada Premium Bond (CPB)
What is 'Canada Premium Bond - CPB' A debt instrument issued by the Bank of Canada that offers a higher interest rate...