ABSOLUTE BENEFICIARY
A beneficiary's designation that is not subject to change without a written consent from the beneficiary. Also known as an "irrevocable beneficiary", absolute beneficiaries can also indicate a trust; the benefit of an employee such as a pension; or any other contract or instrument with a beneficiary clause.
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Lease Rate
The interest rate; payment made in a certain period indicated in the lease contract for renting an asset like a property or an automobile. The leas ...
Bandwagon Effect
A psychological phenomenon in which people do something mainly because others are doing it, regardless of their personal beliefs, which they may ov ...
Harvest Strategy
A strategy in which investment in a particular line of business is reduced or eliminated because the revenue brought in by additional investment wo ...
Discount House
A firm that buys, sells, discounts and/or negotiates bills of exchange or promissory notes. It is mainly operating in the U.K.
Economic Growth Rate
Gauge of economic growth from one period to another, expressed in percentage. The measure does not adjust for inflation, it is expressed in nominal ...
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An Introduction to the Basics of Economics
Economics, as defined by the dictionary, is the science that is concerned with the process or system by which goods and services are produced, sold ...
Buying a Home: Getting Pre-Approved for a Mortgage
You have determined the amount needed to buy the home of your dreams. Now, figure out the amount a bank can lend you. The rationale behind this is ...
An Introduction to Insurance
Most people in the world own insurance. Insurance take a lot of forms such as medical insurance, automobile insurance, and the most common of them ...
Connection of Inflation and Interest Rates
We cannot simply ignore the connectivity of inflation and interest rates. Both items are interrelated. So, whenever there is a news item about a co ...
Buying a Home: Choosing the Best Location
The first consideration when buying a new house is choosing the place where you want to live, regardless if this will serve as an investment or upg ...
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02:00 | MI Inflation Gauge | Jan | |
02:30 | Retail Sales | Dec | |
09:00 | Factory Orders | Dec | |
11:30 | Construction PMI | Jan | |
11:30 | Sentix Investor Confidence | Feb | |
12:00 | Retail Sales | Dec | |
17:00 | Ivey Purchasing Managers Index | Jan | |
21:00 | Loan Officer Survey | ||
01:30 | Average Cash Earnings | Dec |