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.
This is very similar to collecting coins or [阅读全文:]
摘要: Membership to the NYSE.
Owning a seat on the NYSE enables one to trade on the floor of the exchange, as an agent either for someone else (floor broker) or for one’s own personal account[阅读全文:]
摘要: A pooled group of financial assets that together create a new security, which is then marketed and sold to investors. The value and cash flows of the new security are based off of the underlying value[阅读全文:]
摘要: 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated.
2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly[阅读全文:]
摘要: One of the worst corporate scandals of its time. It occurred when Allied Crude Vegetable Oil Company discovered that banks would make loans secured by its salad oil inventory.
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摘要: An offsetting change in a margin account, made over the trading day, that results in no overall change in the value of the account. When a same-day substitution is made, a margin call is not generated[阅读全文:]
摘要: A stalling tactic used by management to deter a company that is showing interest in taking them over.
The company stalls in hopes that a more favorable company will take them over.
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摘要: The generation of middle-aged individuals who are pressured to support both aging parents and growing children.
Those of the sandwich generation are caught between the obligation to care[阅读全文:]
摘要: An anti-takeover strategy that a firm undertakes by liquidating its valuable and desired assets and assuming liabilities in an effort to make the proposed takeover unattractive to the acquiring firm.<[阅读全文:]