HIERARCHY OF GAAP
An outline for determining the most appropriate sources for obtaining guidance on U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The applicable hierarchy of GAAP that applies to nongovernmental entities is laid out by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Statement 162, issued in May 2008.
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Commercial Trader
Classification from Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) referring to traders who use the futures market to hedge their business activities. ...
Index Amortizing Swap - IAS
Interest rate swap in which the notional principal amount changes based on the movement of the underlying interest rate. Basically, it is an over-t ...
Capital Allocation
A method of how companies split their monetary resources and other sources of funds to different procedures, projects and people. Overall, it is ma ...
Fixed-Income Security
An investment that provides a return in the form of fixed periodic payments and the eventual return of principal at maturity. Unlike a variable-inc ...
Form 5
A document that must be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by an insider who has conducted insider transactions during the yea ...
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| Time | Country | Indices | Period |
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| 03:30 | CPI | Apr | |
| 03:30 | PPI | Apr | |
| 16:00 | Existing Home Sales | Apr | |
| 01:01 | BRC Retail Sales Monitor | Apr | |
| 01:30 | Household Spending | Mar | |
| 01:50 | Summary of Opinions | ||
| 03:30 | NAB Business Confidence | Apr | |
| 05:35 | 10-Year JGB Auction | May | |
| 07:00 | Leading Indicators | Mar |
