CURRENT DIVIDEND PREFERENCE
Safety feature of preferred shares in which holders of the shares are entitled to receive current dividend before common stakeholders. It means the preferred shareholders are the first priority or preference over common shareholders in distributing dividends.
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The first appointed Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of technology retailer RadioShack in July 2006. Day started his career with consulting fir ...
Index Divisor
Number used in the denominator of the ratio between the total index value and index divisor. Usually, the number has little mathematical factor beh ...
Tax Advisor
Financial expert knowledgeable and has advanced training on tax laws and strategies. These professionals are hired to reduce taxation while complyi ...
Liquidity Premium
The premium demanded by investors when any security cannot be easily converted into cash but converted at the fair market value. When the liquidity ...
Bucket Shop
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Gauging Inflation
In the United States, the inflation rate was 0.2% through the 12 months ended July. In the United Kingdom, inflation was 0.1% in July.
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| Time | Country | Indices | Period |
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| 06:30 | Industrial Production | Jul | |
| 08:30 | Producer & Import Prices | Aug | |
| 11:01 | New Yuan Loans | Aug | |
| 14:30 | Consumer Price Index | Aug | |
| 14:30 | Consumer Price Index Core | Aug | |
| 14:30 | Common Core CPI | Aug | |
| 14:30 | Trimmed Core CPI | Aug | |
| 14:30 | Median Core CPI | Aug | |
| 14:30 | Manufacturing Shipments | Jul |
