摘要: A buzzword that refers to a benchmark used to evaluate a fund's performance. The benchmark is an index that reflects the investment scope of the funds investment. Comparing a fund's performance to a[阅读全文:]
摘要: To undertake an impossible task or project or to make a task or project unnecessarily difficult. Boiling the ocean generally means to go overboard.
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摘要: Storage space for obsolete items. The term boneyard derives its name from the fact that items stored here are generally stripped of any usable parts until only their “skeletons” remain.
摘要: An investing strategy that involves buying equities directly related to the spending behavior of baby boomers (people born between 1946 and 1964).
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摘要: A small but sharp increase in business activity, political activity or birth rates in a particular region over a certain period of time. Where a boom is considered a period of vigorous growth and pros[阅读全文:]
摘要: A general term that refers to a benefit or improvement for investors. This can include such things as increased dividends, a stock market rally and stock buybacks.
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摘要: The name given to the first formal recommendation report issued by an underwriter for an IPO. It is presented in the process of the public offering.
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摘要: An investor who looks for bargains among stocks whose prices have recently dropped dramatically. The investor believes that a price drop is temporary or is an overreaction to recent bad news and a rec[阅读全文:]
摘要: A situation where inflation pushes income into higher tax brackets. The result is an increase in income taxes but no increase in real purchasing power.
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