TRANSPARENCY
In finance and economics, extent to which investors can fully access any necessary financial details about a firm including price levels, financial reports, and market depth. Transparency is one of the prerequisites in attaining a free and efficient market. Full disclosure refers to information flow from the company to investors.
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Classification of borrowers with limited credit history or low credit rating. Lenders use a credit scoring system to find out the loans a borrower ...
GARCH
Economic term for a technique to evaluate volatility in financial markets. There are many forms of GARCH modeling. The procedure is frequently pres ...
Trailing
Most recently completed time period which is frequently used in describing the time of a particular set of data. It can be used to describe a previ ...
500 Investor Rule
SEC rule stating a company who has more than 500 individual investors and more than $10 million in assets must file its financial information with ...
Infant-Industry Theory
A theory stating the emerging domestic industries must be protected against foreign competition until they become established and mature. In econom ...
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Introduction to Ethical Investing
Since time immemorial, investors look after better profits and income paying stocks. While many consider themselves as ethical investors, the commo ...
Student Loans: Repayment in Times of Financial Difficulty
One day, you are in the middle of a financial hardship. Unfortunately, you still have student loans to pay. What will you do? In times like these, ...
Starting Your Own Small Business: Financing a Business
After choosing the business you want to go into, regardless of the line of business, you need a startup capital in order to keep the business going ...
Retirement Planning: Creating a Nest Egg
Last time, we discuss the different income sources for building a retirement fund. We shall now tackle the ways to create a retirement nest egg.
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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| 08:00 | PPI | Aug | |
| 12:00 | Bundesbank Monthly Report | ||
| 16:00 | NAHB Housing Market Index | Sep | |
| 23:00 | Westpac Consumer Confidence | 3 quarter | |
| 23:00 | Westpac Consumer Confidence | 3 quarter | |
| 03:30 | Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes | ||
| 05:00 | Credit Card Spending | Aug | |
| 08:00 | Trade Balance | Aug | |
| 08:00 | Public Sector Net Borrowing | Aug |
