LIQUIDITY RATIOS
A financial metrics method that is used to figure out the company’s ability to pay off short-term debts and obligations. Generally speaking, the higher the value of the ratio, the greater the margin of safety that the firm has to cover up its short-term debts.
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Non-competitive secret agreement taking place between two or more entities. They seek to disrupt the market’s equilibrium by changing the pri ...
Trade Credit
Agreement in which a client can defer the payment for products and/or services acquired from a supplier. Upon the delivery of the goods, the trade ...
Secondary Stock
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Maturity Date
Date on which the principal amount of a acceptance bond, draft, note, or other debt instrument is due for settlement and to be repaid to the invest ...
Group of 30 - G30
Consultative group comprised of academics and financiers that aims to facilitate understanding of financial and economic matters in private and pub ...
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| 08:30 | Producer & Import Prices | Mar | |
| 11:00 | Industrial Production | Feb | |
| 14:30 | Manufacturing Shipments | Feb | |
| 14:30 | Wholesale Sales | Feb | |
| 14:30 | Retail Sales | Mar | |
| 14:30 | NY Fed Empire State manufacturing index | Apr | |
| 16:00 | Business Inventories | Feb | |
| 16:00 | NAHB Housing Market Index | Apr | |
| 04:00 | Real GDP | 1 quarter |
