摘要: A commonly used metaphor for doing the simplest or easiest work first. In sales, it means a target that is easy to achieve or a problem that is easy to solve. It refers to the sale of consumer product[阅读全文:]
摘要: An approach taken by a company that does not want to be taken over. The company issues a large number of bonds with the condition they must be redeemed at a high price if the company is taken over.
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A popular business or businessperson to whom job candidates naturally gravitate. Magnet employers often have brand name recognition behind them, and they typically offer higher pay or better benefi[阅读全文:]
摘要: Shorthand for "the investing public"--in the same way that "Wall Street" is used to refer to investment professionals and brokers.
If you are investing in the market, you are conside[阅读全文:]
摘要: A very disappointing investment. Your expected return wasn't even close to being achieved.
Just like the used car that breaks down while driving out of the lot, these investments leave [阅读全文:]
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A corporate manager or an executive who, like the fabled Irish elf, is a mischievous and elusive creature said to possess buried treasures of money and gold.
Also spelled "Lepre-con [阅读全文:]
摘要: A saying often used in investing that acknowledges the tendency among investors to sell winning positions too early. Most traders tend to take gains off the table early out of fear that they will evap[阅读全文:]
摘要: A security that is not registered with the SEC, and so cannot be sold publicly in the marketplace.
The name comes from the SEC requirement for an "investment letter" from the purchaser[阅读全文:]
摘要: Assets whose fair value cannot be determined by using observable measures, such as market prices or models. Level 3 assets are typically very illiquid, and fair values can only be calculated using est[阅读全文:]
摘要: A rating system that ranks a mutual fund's success based on whether the fund has met certain goals. Mutual funds are ranked based on total return, consistent return, preservation, tax efficiency or e[阅读全文:]