HARPEX SHIPPING INDEX
The container ship index of ship brokers Harper Petersen & Co. This index tracks weekly container shipping rate changes in the time charter market for eight classes of all-container ships. The index was compiled in 2004, but by using a database of 10,000 records, may be calculated retrospectively back to 1986.
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BWP - Botswana Pula
Currency abbreviation for the Botswana Pula, the official currency of the Republic of Botswana. Presented with the symbol P, the currency is subdiv ...
Usury Rate
Usury Rate is the rate of interest that typically is unreasonably higher than the current market rates. Usury rate are most likely to be found in t ...
Hypermarket
Hypermarket is a combination of a department store and a grocery supermarket. A hypermarket offers various products like clothing, groceries, and a ...
Intermarket Trading System - ITS
An electronic computer system that connects the trading floors of all the main equity US exchanged. Essentially, the system allows any broker or ma ...
Global Industry Classification Standard - GICS
Standardized classification system for equities developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) and Standard & Poor's. The industr ...
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