摘要: The amount by which inventory on hand is shorter than the amount of inventory recorded.
The missing inventory could be due to theft, damage, or book keeping errors.
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摘要: The idea that insiders have information not available to the market. Moves made by insiders can signal information to outsiders and change the stock price.
The thinking goes that if a hi[阅读全文:]
摘要: Nickname for the region in North California (around San Jose) that contains a huge concentration of computer and internet companies.
In case you were wondering, silicon is the semiconduc[阅读全文:]
摘要: Slang referring to young dotcom entrepreneurs in their 20s and 30s who found themselves suddenly rich due to stock options from their Silicon Valley Internet companies.
With the dotcom b[阅读全文:]
摘要: A firm specializing in the early detection of takeovers. The firm's primary business is usually the solicitation of proxies for client corporations.
A shark watcher monitors trading pat[阅读全文:]
摘要: A suitability doctrine first introduced by the Securities and Exchange Commission in the 1930s. The idea is that a broker who hangs out a shingle will represent his or her customers fairly and respons[阅读全文:]
摘要: A temporary restriction placed on the trading of index futures because of substantial intraday decreases in the underlying indexes.
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摘要: A slang term used to describe a small amount of money that is considered to be inadequate for its intended purpose. A shoestring can be used in a number of idioms, such as: "The company financed that[阅读全文:]
摘要: The hobby of collecting antique bonds, stocks and other financial instruments based on their esthetics and prominence in the financial world.
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