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Financial services

Related to any service provided by the finance industry, which encompasses a broad range of organisations that deal with the management of money.

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velocity

Financial services; General Finance

The number of times a dollar is spent, or turns over, in a specific period of time. Velocity affects the amount of economic activity generated by a given money supply.

venture capital

Financial services; General Finance

An investment in a start-up business that is perceived to have excellent growth prospects but does not have access to capital markets. Type of financing sought by early-stage ...

venture capital limited partnership

Financial services; General Finance

A partnership between a startup company and a brokerage firm or entrepreneurial company that provides capital for the new business in return for stock in the company and a share ...

vertical acquisition

Financial services; General Finance

Buying or taking over a firm in the same industry in which the acquired firm and the acquiring firm represent different steps in the production process.

vertical analysis

Financial services; General Finance

Dividing each expense item in the income statement of a given year by net sales to identify expense items that rise more quickly or more slowly than a change in sales.

vertical line charting

Financial services; General Finance

A form of technical charting that shows the high, low, and closing prices of a stock or a market on each day on one vertical line with the closing price indicated by a short ...