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and finance terms are listed alphabetically.
- 1929
Wall Street Crash - Refers to the
dates in late October of 1929 during
which the American stock market crashed,
causing widespread panic through the
population and ultimately solidifying
the beginning of The Great Depression.
- Bear
Market - Is a declining stock market,
in which consumer confidence and financial
expectations are on a decline and the
market continues to lose value.
- Billionaire
- Refers to an individual whose net
wealth equals or exceeds one billion
dollars or pounds. If the individual
has wealth in a currency other than
dollars or pounds, the value of wealth
is assessed according to general exchange
rates.
- Black
Monday 1987 - Is the Monday on October
19, 1987 when the Dow Jones Industrial
Average lost 22.6% and similar stock
markets around the world dropped enormous
percentages.
- Bull
Market - Refers to the state of
a market, usually a stock market, or
trading group (bonds, commodities, etc.)
where financial confidence and expectations
are high and the market itself is rising
in value.
- Capitalism
- Capitalism refers to a type of social
government in which most or all means
of production and distribution of goods
and services is privately held by either
individuals or corporations. The economic
system of capitalism is based on the
idea of a free market in which goods
and services are traded openly and where
prices and value find balance according
to supply and demand rather than set
costs.
- Deadline
- A Deadline is a specific date or due
date by a which time a project must
be completed or debt paid. The term
also refers to a time limit or specific
length of time by the end of which the
project or debt must be finished. Failure
to meet a deadline usually results in
negative consequences.
- Deflation
- Deflation is a negative inflation
rate and refers to a decrease in the
overall price or cost of goods and services.
While inflation reduces the actual value
of money, deflation increases the value
of each unit of currency but is usually
seen as a negative result of a poor
economy where there has been a decrease
in the money supply and less credit
lending.
- Depression
- A depression is a long downturn of
a country's economy, usually marked
by a long economic recession, decline
in economic growth, increase in job
cuts, significant increases in unemployment,
and a significant downturn in stock
markets.
- Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurship refers to an individual
or group of individuals who start a
new business or organization or revitalize
an existing business or organization.
These include businesses or projects
for profit as well as non-profit organizations.
- Low
Doc Loans - Are mortgages that require
much less documentation or proof of
income than a regular mortgage. Low
doc loans in Australia are similar in
nature to Subprime loans in the United
States.
- Marxism
- Developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich
Engels in the 19th century, Marxism
refers to the idea that all evolving
economies ultimately take the same course:
Feudalism to capitalism and eventually
ending up as a socialist or communist
environment where economic and social
classes no longer exist.
- Millionaire
- Is an individual whose net worth is
equivalent to or greater than one million
dollars or one million British pounds.
Individuals who quantify their worth
in other currencies qualify as millionaires
based on the exchange rate and their
estimated value in dollars or pounds.
- Mitigation
of Global Warming - Mitigation of
Global Warming refers to the actions
taken by individuals or corporations
to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions
in order to minimize their effects on
global climate change.
- Mortgage
Loans - Is a loan used to purchase
property, often referred to as a mortgage
or a home loan.
- Personal
Finance - Personal Finance refers
to financial planning relative to the
individual. In general, the term relates
to analyzing an individual's current
financial status, budgeting, and planning
for the future.
- Philanthropy
- Usually refers to the act of generosity
associated with giving money, time,
or effort to a charitable cause or institution
under the intention of improving the
well-being of humanity.
- Ponzi
Scheme - Ponzi scheme or Ponzi scam
is the name of a fraudulent operation
designed to take money from new "investors"
and give it to previous "investors"
instead of using it to create an actual
profit. Ponzi schemes are usually cloaked
by seemingly legitimate investment operations
with high returns for those who buy
into the program. Named after Charles
Ponzi.
- Recession
- A recession refers to a period of
economic decline in a country's Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) for more than
two consecutive quarters.
- Social
Responsibility - The Term Social
Responsibility refers to the idea that
companies and corporations should contribute
wealth or resources solely dedicated
to the improvement of society as a whole.
The principal of social responsibility
dictates that these entities should
contribute at least a small amount of
resources to the general well being
of humanity.
- Sociology
- Sociology refers to the study of human
behavior and society as a whole. Sociology
usually incorporates the history and
evolution of human behavior, the institutions,
structure, development, and organization
of human society.
- Stagflation
- Stagflation results when a recession,
or economic stagnation, is combined
with inflation (decrease in value of
the currency).
- Subprime
Crisis - Is a 2007 financial crisis
that started in the United States of
America from the high number of defaulting
borrowers with subprime mortgages.
- Subprime
Lending - Is a type of lending commonly
used in the United States of America
by borrowers that would not usually
qualify for a regular loan.
- Time
Management - Time management refers
to the ability to properly plan and
use time in order to promote efficiency
and productivity. Instead of actually
managing time itself, the term refers
to the management of activities and
processes that occur during a general
or specified period of time.
- Wall
Street Crash 1929 - Refers to the
dates in late October of 1929 during
which the American stock market crashed,
causing widespread panic through the
population and ultimately solidifying
the beginning of The Great Depression.
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