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01 May 2008 Averaging down is buying more of a security an investor has already bought at a higher price. Because of the unit cos..- 544
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Agreed Takeover Bid
25 Apr 2008 An agreed takeover bid, as opposed to a hostile one, is a bid that is recommended to the shareholders by the directors o..- 566
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Creative Accounting
25 Apr 2008 Creative accounting, also called aggressive accounting, is the manipulation of financial numbers, usually within the let..- 504
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Agency Theory
25 Apr 2008 Agency theory is the branch of financial economics that looks at conflicts of interest between people with different int..- 543
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Agency Cross
25 Apr 2008 A transaction in a security is an agency cross if a broker matches orders between two of its clients directly, rather th..- 550
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AIM (Alternative Investment Market)
25 Apr 2008 AIM (alternative investment market) is a market run by the London Stock Exchange for trading in companies too small to l..- 603
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Angel Investor
25 Apr 2008 Many start-up companies cannot raise venture capital investment. This is usually because they are simply too small to in..- 443
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Amortisation
25 Apr 2008 Amortisation is the equivalent of depreciation for intangible assets. As this is essentially an accounting adjustment..- 531
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Alpha Fund
25 Apr 2008 The term alpha fund is misleading because although it implies maximising alpha, it in fact usually simply means actively..- 504
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Alpha
25 Apr 2008 The α (alpha) of a security or fund is its outperformance over the return adjusted for risk, with risk measured by ..- 616
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Allotment
25 Apr 2008 Allotment is the allocation of securities to applicants for a new issue. The allotment process is trivially simple if..- 534
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Aicardi Syndrome
25 Apr 2008 Aicardi syndrome, a neurological disorder, was identified more than 30 years ago. Yet since then not much knowledge has ..- 751
