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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...

Target Return

What is a 'Target Return' A target return is a pricing model that prices a business based on what an investor would...

Tangible Personal Property

What is 'Tangible Personal Property' Tangible personal property is a tax term describing personal property that can be physically relocated, such as...

Portfolio

The grouping together of financial assets like cash equivalents, bonds, stocks and their counterparts whether they are closed fund or exchange related is known...

Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns

DefinitionIn economics, diminishing returns is the decrease in the marginal output of a production process as the amount of a single factor of production...
law of diminishing marginal utility

Law Of Diminishing Marginal Utility

What is the law of diminishing marginal utility The law of diminishing marginal utility is the principle that as a person consumes more of a...

Lambda

What is 'Lambda' The ratio of the percentage change in an option contract's price to the percentage change in the option's underlying price. Lambda is...
easement in gross

Easement In Gross

What does 'Easement In Gross' mean An easement in gross is an easement that attaches a particular right to an individual or entity rather than...

Economic Derivative

What is an 'Economic Derivative' An economic derivative is a relatively new form of derivative contract (the first ones were traded in...

X-Efficiency

What is 'X-Efficiency' X-efficiency is the degree of efficiency maintained by individuals and firms under conditions of imperfect competition. According to the...

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