HARRY MARKOWITZ
A Nobel Memorial Prize winner who devised the modern portfolio theory in 1952. His theories emphasized the importance of portfolio, risk, the correlations between securities and diversification.
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Tax Preference Item
Income of a taxpayer subject to alternative minimum tax, usually tax-free. Items include excess intangible drilling expenses for oil and gas, priva ...
Registration Right
A contractual right that gives investors who hold restricted stock the capability to demand that the issuing company register the shares to the SEC ...
Deep In The Money
An option with an exercise price, or strike price, significantly below or above the market price of the underlying asset. Significantly, below/abov ...
Association of Latino Professionals In Finance and Accounting ALPFA
A non profit organization made to enhance the opportunities for Latino individuals in the accounting, financial and other related fields. ALPFA ass ...
Call Ratio Backspread
A very powerful investment plan that mixed options to make a spread with mixed profit potential and limited loss potential. It is usually made by m ...
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Digesting Financial Statements: Revenue
When it comes to reporting revenue, companies should pinpoint the perilous revenues, match reported revenues to the money at hand, and analyze and ...
An Introduction to Stocks
Imagine this: you are a company owner, you get income but you don’t go to work, you just do what you want and the money keeps coming in. This ...
Digesting Financial Statements: Long-Lasting Assets
Long-lived assets, also known as non-current assets, is any asset a company expects to keep for at least one year. Such assets are expected to boos ...
The Types of Stock
Now that you’ve learned the basics of stocks, what it is, and how it works, we can now learn more about them. The next thing you need to know ...
Principles of Trading: Introduction
Trading is an active participation in the financial markets. Those who partake in buy-and-hold investing are called traders. Also called market pla ...
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