COLLECTION AGENCY
Firm tapped by lenders to collect default accounts or recover overdue funds. The lending company itself may also have a division or subsidiary serving as the collection agency. Such agencies are hired if a given company fails to collect its receivables after multiple attempts.
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Piotroski Score
A discrete score between 0-9 which reflects nine criteria used to determine the strength of a firm's financial position. The Piotroski score is ...
Jitney
An illegal scheme where two brokers trade a stock back and forth in order to raise the trading volume and rack up commissions
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Hedge
A strategy used to protect an investment against loss. A hedge often consists of taking an offsetting position in a related security, such as a fut ...
Preference Shares
These are company stocks with dividends that are paid to the shareholders before common stock dividends are paid out. In case the company goes bank ...
Channel Check
Independent stock analysis on a firm based on the information given to third parties. These are most frequently conducted through conversations or ...
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Ethical Investing: Corporate Governance
It is important for ethical investors to determine how companies manage themselves and their relations with investors and stakeholders.
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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 ...
An Introduction to Forex
The foreign exchange market or forex is the largest financial market in the world. It is where the monetary currencies of countries are traded. Thi ...
Income Sources for Creating Retirement Fund
We have already tackled the overview of retirement, its significance, and allocating money for it, the next we are about to discuss is looking for ...
Ethical Investing: Socially Responsible Investing
Socially responsible investors look for socially responsible companies, especially their relations with outsiders.
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| 10:00 | SECO Consumer Confidence | Nov | |
| 11:30 | Sentix Investor Confidence | Dec | |
| 01:50 | M2 Money Supply + CD | Nov | |
| 02:01 | BRC Retail Sales Monitor | Nov | |
| 02:30 | NAB Business Confidence | Nov | |
| 05:30 | RBA Interest Rate Decision | Dec |
