PRINCIPAL-AGENT PROBLEM
Conflicts of interest and moral hazard issues that arise when a principal hires an agent to perform specific duties that are in the best interest of the principal but may be costly, or not in the best interests of the agent. The principal-agent problem develops when a principal creates an environment in which an agent has incentives to align its interests with those of the principal, typically through incentives. Principals create incentives for the agent to act as the principal wants because the principal faces information asymmetry and risk with regards to whether the agent has effectively completed a contract.
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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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Introduction to Inflation
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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 ...
Gauging Inflation
In the United States, the inflation rate was 0.2% through the 12 months ended July. In the United Kingdom, inflation was 0.1% in July.
Principles of Trading: Charting
Where can you see market movements? Charts. Thanks to technology, traders can view as many market information as they can in one go. But not all ch ...
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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 |
