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Profitability ratios are useful analytical tools to evaluate a company’s ability to generate profits relative to all costs and expenses.
A company that has high profitability ratios relative to competitors/peers, or a company that has demonstrated to improve their profitability ratios over time, is generally viewed as a healthy and attractive company from an ownership perspective. Some examples of profitability ratios are profit margin, return on assets, and return on equity.
To be “listed” means a stock has been registered and approved for trading on an exchange
A penny Stock is a term for equity shares valued below $5, many of which are not registered with the SEC and trade OTC
A ‘Time Spread,’ also called a Calendar Spread, involves the use of multiple options of the same type, and strike price
Contributions for Money Purchase & Profit Sharing plans come entirely from the employer, and must be before the deadline
A bond ladder is a portfolio of bonds that have different maturities, that may range from months to years in difference
Earnings are the revenues of the company minus the cost of good sold, expenses, and investment losses
In a lesser-known context, dividend adjustment means a payment of accrued but yet-unpaid dividend amounts to the...
The home market effect (HME) is a theoretical term used in trade theory economics, describing the concentration of an...
The Broadening Bottom pattern forms when a stock price makes higher highs and lower lows following two widening trends
Blockchain technology is a decentralized network structure used to obtain consensus on changes to a shared ledger