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Straw Buyer

Individual making the purchase on behalf of another who cannot complete the transaction for various reasons. Straw buying is not necessarily illegal unless the transaction entails fraud or purchasing products for an individual ...

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Uptick

An Uptick is a transaction or a business deal for a financial instrument that surpasses the previous transaction in price. If the price of a stock ...

Lock In Profits

Realizing the profits of a position such as buying a stock by exiting at a gain. By doing so, the portion of that investment is no longer vulnerabl ...

Profit

Profit occurs when the amount of revenue gained from a business exceeds the expenses, costs, and tax needed to maintain the business activity. ...

Due Diligence Meeting

Meticulous probe conducted by an underwriter, ensuring all details has been revealed to prospective investors before issuing a new security.

Laffer Curve

The relationship between tax rates and tax revenue collected by the government. Formed by Arthur Laffer, the curve states there is an optimal tax i ...

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