ACCOUNTING CUSHION
It is the overstatement of a company’s expense provision to create a cushion for future results. Its is used to understate income in a current period by overstating liability or allowance accounts. This can be achieved by increasing allowances for bad debts in the current period, without any indication that bad debts will actually rise.
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A term which refers to an instance in which a company gets damaged materially or put out of business as a result of heat-to-head competition with M ...
Omega
Omega is the change in an option’s worth with respect to the percentage adjustment in the underlying price. It gives option investors an idea ...
Irrelevance Proposition Theorem
A theorem on capital structure that assume financial leverage has no effect on the company’s value if income tax and distress costs are absen ...
Master-Feeder Fund
A common and efficient structure used by hedge funds to pool investment capital raised by dometic and foreign investors into one centralized vehicl ...
Balance Sheet Reserves
The amount provided as a liability on the balance sheets of an insurance company for the benefits owed to the policy owners. The balance sheet rese ...
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Starting Your Own Small Business: Choosing What You Want to Sell
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