摘要: Market conditions preceding an actual market bubble where asset prices become detached from their underlying intrinsic values as demand for those assets drives their prices to unsustainable levels. Ma[阅读全文:]
摘要: People who keep up with fashion trends without spending a lot of money. Frugalistas stay fashionable by shopping through alternative outlets, such as online auctions, secondhand stores and classified [阅读全文:]
摘要: An unsuccessful fundraising event which actually loses money for the sponsoring organization. Since fundraising events often entail considerable work, a fund-drainer can be extremely demoralizing for [阅读全文:]
摘要: Unemployed individuals who decide to enjoy the free time that unemployment provides. The term was coined during the financial crisis of 2008-2009 to describe those who had recently lost their jobs and[阅读全文:]
摘要: The action of investors moving their capital away from riskier investments to the safest possible investment vehicles. This flight is usually caused by uncertainty in the financial or international ma[阅读全文:]
摘要: A term indicating the last-minute infusion of cash into a company about to go bankrupt. Airports foam runways prior to an imminent crash landing to help reduce friction and sparks. Just as foaming the[阅读全文:]
摘要: The notion that changes or policies designed to alter the course of the economy should be done slowly, rather than all at once. This phrase describes a scenario where a central bank, such as the Feder[阅读全文:]
摘要: A gold-colored mineral that is often mistaken for real gold. Also known as Iron Pyrite.
During historical periods of gold rushes, many less-than-knowledgeable miners would frequently bel[阅读全文:]
摘要: A slang term for the FTSE 100 index.
The Footsie consists of 100 blue chip stocks that trade on the London Stock Exchange.
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摘要: An annual ranking list of the top 500 U.S. companies. The list is determined by five different categories where U.S. companies are ranked based on the largest number of sales, profits, assets, employe[阅读全文:]