FULLY VESTED
The point at which an employee has rights to the full amount of benefits available through a company-sponsored plan such as stock options, or retiring benefits. Benefits accrue annually to a point in which the person is considered fully vested.
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Maximum Loan-to-Value Ratio
Maximum allowable ratio of a loan’s size to the property’s value that is securing the loan. Lenders measure the risk using loan-to-valu ...
Cash Return on Assets Ratio
Ratio used to differentiate a business’ performance against other industry members. The company’s analysts may use the ratio internally ...
Retention Bonus
A reward given to an employee that serves as an incentive to keep that key employee on the job during a significant business cycle, like a merger o ...
Infrastructure
Basic physical systems of a business or country such as roads, utilities, transportation, communication, sewage, and water and electric systems, am ...
Cost Control
Act of managing and/or reducing business expenditures done by determining the costs and evaluating if such expenses are affordable and reasonable. ...
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Digesting Financial Statements: Long-Lasting Liabilities
Long-lived liabilities refer to obligations which are due more than a year. Some examples of long-term debt include convertible bond and capital le ...
Introduction to Inflation
I asked my grandparents about the cost of living during World War II. They told me people during that period could buy a house for $5,000, a car fo ...
Renovate or Move?
You have a well-furnished home with a garden full of flowers and plants. Imagine sharing your beautiful abode, which has four bedrooms, a kitchen, ...
Student Loans: Repaying Debts Faster
Student loans may not be paid overnight, but we want to pay it off in a fastest way possible. Is it possible?
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| 14:30 | Industrial Product Price Index | Mar | |
| 14:30 | New Housing Price Index | Mar | |
| 14:30 | Raw Materials Price Index | Mar | |
| 16:00 | Consumer Confidence | Apr | |
| 02:30 | PMI Manufacturing | Apr | |
| 02:30 | Tertiary Industry Index | Apr | |
| 02:30 | PMI Composite | Apr | |
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