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Trend Ratio Analysis

Financial services; General Finance

The comparison of the successive values of each ratio for a single firm over a number of years.

Tax Reform Act of 1976

Financial services; General Finance

Legislation aimed at tightening provisions relating to taxation, including changes in the capital gains tax laws.

trendline

Financial services; General Finance

A technical chart line that depicts the past movement of a security and that is used in an attempt to help predict future price movements.

Tax Reform Act of 1984

Financial services; General Finance

Legislation enacted as part of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 to reduce the federal budget deficit. Among its provisions are a decrease in the minimum holding period for assets to qualify for ...

A measure of the excess return per unit of risk, where excess return is defined as the difference between the portfolio's return and the risk-free rate of return over the same evaluation period and ...

terms of sale

Financial services; General Finance

Conditions under which a firm proposes to sell its goods or services for cash or credit.

set up

Financial services; General Finance

Applies mainly to convertible securities. Arbitrage involving going long the convertible and short a certain percentage of the underlying common. Antithesis of Chinese hedge.