- Industry: Financial services
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Refers to the accounting method that recognizes revenues and expenses when cash is actually received or paid out.
Industry:Financial services
Method of purchasing securities by investing a fixed amount of money at set intervals. The investor buys more shares when the price is low and fewer shares when the price is high, thus reducing the overall cost.
Industry:Financial services
The value of assets that can be converted into cash immediately, as reported by a company. Usually includes bank accounts and marketable securities, such as government bonds and Banker's Acceptances. Cash equivalents on balance sheets include securities (e.g., notes) that mature within 90 days.
Industry:Financial services
Dollars of a base year used as a general measure of purchasing power.
Industry:Financial services
Stock that tends to rise quickly when the economy turns up and fall quickly when the economy turns down. Examples are housing, automobiles, and paper.
Industry:Financial services
A forecasted summary of a firm's expected cash inflows and cash outflows as well as its expected cash and loan balances.
Industry:Financial services
Also called the Gordon-Shapiro model, an application of the dividend discount model that assumes (1) a fixed growth rate for future dividends, and (2) a single discount rate.
Industry:Financial services
Unemployment caused by a low level of aggregate demand associated with recession in the business cycle.
Industry:Financial services
