General accounting

General accounting

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arbitrage

Accounting; General accounting

A technique employed to take advantage of differences in price.

averages

Accounting; General accounting

Various ways of measuring the trend of securities prices, one of the most popular of which is the Dow Jones Industrial Average of 30 industrial stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The ...

financial statement

Accounting; General accounting

Summary report that shows how a firm has used the funds entrusted to it by its stockholders (shareholders) and lenders, and what is its current financial position. The three basic financial ...

asset

Accounting; General accounting

A resource controlled by an entity, which has resulted from past events

goodwill

Accounting; General accounting

An intangible asset of a business that is created from favorable fators such as location, product quality, reputation, and managerial skill, as verified from a merger transaction.

net earnings per share

Accounting; General accounting

The portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock. Earnings per share serves as an indicator of a company's profitability.