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Economic Life

What is Economic Life? Economic life refers to the length of time an asset is expected to be useful to the owner. It is also called useful life or depreciable life. The measure of an asset’s usefulness is how profitable it is to keep – in other words, how long an asset generates more income…

Emerging Industry

What is an Emerging Industry? An emerging industry is an industry that is in the early stages of development. The product, service or technology that the emerging industry is formed around may not be widely known by many people, and therefore may not have an operating ecosystem or a strong customer base. Industry Life Cycle…

Dow 30

What is the Dow 30? The Dow 30, or Dow Jones Industrial Average, is a stock index that tracks the performance of the 30 biggest companies listed on the stock indices in the United States. Despite being used by analysts to track the markets, the Dow 30 doesn’t provide an accurate image of the U.S….

Distribution-in-Kind

What is a Distribution-in-Kind? Distribution-in-kind, also known as a distribution-in-specie, is a payment that is not made in cash. Instead, it is a payment that can be made in the form of physical goods or any other financial instrument that is not cash. For example, payment can be made using securities, such as stocks, dividends,…

Efficient Frontier

What is an Efficient Frontier? An efficient frontier is a set of investment portfolios that are expected to provide the highest returns at a given level of risk. A portfolio is said to be efficient if there is no other portfolio that offers higher returns for a lower or equal amount of risk. Where portfolios…

Direct Market Access (DMA)

What is Direct Market Access? Direct market access (DMA) refers to a method of electronic trading where investors can execute trades by directly interacting with an electronic order book. An order book is a list of orders that records the orders that buyers and sellers place in the stock exchange. The orders remain in the…

Deed of Reconveyance

What is a Deed of Reconveyance? A deed of reconveyance refers to a document that transfers the title of a property to the trustor from the trustee once a mortgage is paid off. The trustor is the borrower of debt for the purchase of the property. The trustee may be a bank or mortgage holder….

Downtrend

What is a Downtrend? A downtrend describes the movement of a stock towards a lower price from its previous state. It will exist as long as there is a continuation of lower highs and lower lows in the stock chart. The downtrend is reversed once the conditions are no longer met. For example, after a…

Debt Service

What is Debt Service? Debt service refers to the total cash required by a company or individual to pay back all debt obligations. To service debt, the interest and principal on loans and bonds must be paid on time. Businesses may need to repay bonds, term loans, or working capital loans. In some cases, lenders…

Economic Growth

What is Economic Growth? Economic growth is a broad term that describes the process of increasing a country’s real gross domestic product (GDP). The growth can be measured as an expansion of real GDP or gross national product (GNP) over a given period. With an increase in GDP or otherwise, the value of goods and…

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