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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Klinger Oscillator
A technical indicator, created by and named after Stephen Klinger, which determines long-term trends of money flow based on volume and stays sensit ...
European Financial Stablisation Mechanism - EFSM
Permanent fund created to provide financial assistance to EU member states in times of financial difficulties. In essence, it generates money throu ...
Risk Lover
A type of investor who is willing to take on additional risk for an investment that has low expected return. This is the opposite of risk averse.
Corporate Ownership of Life Insurance - COLI
Insurance policies taken away by companies on their employees in which death benefits will be given to these firms instead to the insured individua ...
Pay/Collect
It refers to the payment/collection of funds between clearing members and their clearing houses.
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Digesting Financial Statements: Working Capital
Analysts and investors look at the working capital and its trends to measure a company’s financial performance. This metric determines a busi ...
An Introduction to Forex
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Ethical Investing: Socially Responsible Investing
Socially responsible investors look for socially responsible companies, especially their relations with outsiders.
First and foremost, th ...
Health Savings Account: Introduction
In essence, health savings account shoulders any health- and medical-related expenses that are not included in the high-deductible health plan. Pay ...
Digesting Financial Statements: Long-Lasting Liabilities
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ECONOMIC CALENDAR
| Time | Country | Indices | Period |
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| 02:01 | Rightmove House Prices | Jan | |
| 04:00 | Real GDP | 4 quarter | |
| 04:00 | Real GDP (YTD) | 4 quarter | |
| 04:00 | Fixed Asset Investment | Dec | |
| 04:00 | Industrial production | Dec | |
| 04:00 | Retail Sales | Dec | |
| 04:00 | Unemployment Rate | Dec | |
| 04:00 | NBS Press Conference | ||
| 06:30 | Tertiary Industry Index | Nov |
