ILLEGAL DIVIDEND
Dividend declared for violating a firm’s charter and/or state laws. Should illegal dividend be declared, the creditors and shareholders can sue a corporation’s board of directors. The firm may also face prosecution.
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Mechanism Design Theory
An economic theory that attempts to identify the situations in which a certain strategy or mechanism will work effectively, as compared to situatio ...
Yield-Based Option
Yield-Based Option is an option with a value equivalent to the difference between the underlying debt instrument’s exercise price and yield. ...
Clive W.J. Granger
British econometrician who received the 2003 Nobel Prize in Economics, along with American economist Robert Engle, for analyzing economic time seri ...
Debt Restructuring
A method used by companies with outstanding debt obligations to alter the terms of the debt agreements in order to achieve some advantage. Companie ...
Cash Refund Annuity
Annuity contract which gives the funds back to the beneficiary should the annuitant die too early. It has a provision stipulating if the annuitant ...
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A Guide to Your Personal Income Tax: Avoid Awful Surprises
Who loves to be surprised by the Internal Revenue Services? No one (unless it is a tax refund). The federal agency has its way of shocking taxpayer ...
Introduction to Banking
Banking is an integral part of any financial system. In order to keep your money safe and start building wealth, you need a place where your funds ...
Retirement Planning: Maximizing the Power of Compounding
“The early bird catches the worm.” – William Camden
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 ...
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 ...
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| Time | Country | Indices | Period |
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| 02:00 | MI Inflation Gauge | Dec | |
| 09:00 | Wholesale Price Index | Dec | |
| 12:00 | Industrial Production | Nov | |
| 23:00 | NZIER Business Confidence | 4 quarter | |
| 23:45 | Food Price | Dec | |
| 01:50 | M2 Money Supply + CD | Dec | |
| 08:00 | Prelim Machine Tool Orders | Dec | |
| 09:45 | Consumer Price Index | Dec | |
| 09:45 | Gov Budget Balance | Nov |
