Finance

The retention ratio, also known as the net income retention ratio or the plowback ratio, is the percentage of earnings that are held in the…

A dividend is a payment made by a publicly traded corporation to its stockholders for each share they own. The entire amount of dividends allocated…

A distribution-in-kind, also known as a distribution-in-specie, is a kind of payment that is a non-cash payout. It can occur in a variety of circumstances, including the…

The financial ratio that gauges the amount of cash dividends paid out to shareholders in relation to the market value per share is known as…

Budgeting describes how the plan will be carried out from month to month and includes information such as revenue, expenses, potential cash flow, and debt…

The term “probable maximum loss” (PML) is used in both the insurance and commercial real estate industries. It is most commonly linked with property insurance…

The term “maximum foreseeable loss” (MFL) refers to the worst-case situation in which the claim for damages and loss is the largest. MFL is a…

The capital gains tax (CGT) is a tax levied on capital gains, or earnings made from the sale of assets. Stocks, bonds, precious metals, real…

The growth in the price of a security, such as common stock, over a certain period of time is referred to as a capital gains…

A bearer instrument is a type of fixed-income security in which no ownership information is recorded and the security is delivered to the purchaser in…

Profit is the primary indicator of a company’s success. Profits do not usually happen by themselves. Profits are controlled. As a result, the firm’s profitability…

Distributed ledgers (also known as shared ledgers or distributed ledger technology, or DLT) are databases that are shared throughout a network and dispersed across several…