Systematic risk
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- Unsystematic risk. // Essential Investment;2003, p201
A definition of the business term "unsystematic risk" is presented. Unsystematic risk refers to the investment risks that can be largely eliminated by holding a diversified portfolio of investments. In the stock market investment, unsystematic risk has covered three factors including business...
- Bonus issue. // Essential Investment;2003, p38
A definition of the business term "bonus issue" is presented, which refers to a misleading euphemism for a capitalization issue.
- Capitalise. // Essential Investment;2003, p47
A definition of the business term "capitalise" is presented. Capitalise is something that companies do to costs to the benefit of immediate profits but often to the detriment of the state of the balance sheet. To capitalise is to treat a cost incurred as part of the future capital value of an asset.
- Cash flow. // Essential Investment;2003, p47
A definition of the business term "cash flow" is presented. It has bee noted that cash flow must be about the cash that a company brings in, from selling its goods and services. In the British and American company accounts, cash flow is more about reconciling the profits or losses shown in the...
- Cum-dividend. // Essential Investment;2003, p59
A definition of the business term "cum-dividend" is presented, which means anyone buying particular shares is entitled to receive the next dividend that the issuer declares on those shares.
- Dividend. // Essential Investment;2003, p67
A definition of the business term "dividend" is presented, which refers to the periodic cash sum paid on a company security.
- Initial public offering. // Essential Investment;2003, p115
A definition of the business term "initial public offering" is presented. It refers to a process when shares in a company are offered to outside investors for the first time and simultaneously the company arranges to have its shares listed for trading on a recognized stock exchange. Normally, in...
- Last in, first out. // Essential Investment;2003, p123
A definition of the business term "last in, first out" is presented. It refers to the process a company accounts for its stocks that has a big effect on the profits it declares and the taxes it pays. The U.S. is unusual because its tax authorities are among the few that allow companies to...
- Statement of total recognised gains and losses. // Essential Investment;2003, p185
A definition of the business term "statement of total recognized gains and losses" is presented. Statement of total recognized gains and losses refers to the primary statement of a company's performance which ranks equally with the profit and loss account. This term aims to take items which...
