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31Diffusion (business) — Diffusion is the process by which a new idea or new product is accepted by the market. The rate of diffusion is the speed that the new idea spreads from one consumer to the next. Adoption is similar to diffusion except that it deals with the… …
32Subscription business model — Subscription redirects here. For the subscription process for shares etc., see Subscription (finance). The subscription business model is a business model where a customer must pay a subscription price to have access to the product/service. The… …
33Credit default swap — If the reference bond performs without default, the protection buyer pays quarterly payments to the seller until maturity …
34Dow Theory — is a heterodox theory on stock price movements that is used as the basis for technical analysis. The theory was derived from 255 Wall Street Journal editorials written by Charles H. Dow (1851 ndash;1902), journalist, founder and first editor of… …
35Valuation (finance) — Accountancy Key concepts Accountant · Accounting period · Bookkeeping · Cash and accrual basis · Cash flow management · Chart of accounts  …
36Haircut (finance) — In finance, a haircut is a percentage that is subtracted from the par value of the assets that are being used as collateral. The size of the haircut reflects the perceived risk associated with holding the assets.For example, Treasury bills (which …
37Risk-neutral measure — In mathematical finance, a risk neutral measure, is a prototypical case of an equivalent martingale measure. It is heavily used in the pricing of financial derivatives due to the fundamental theorem of asset pricing, which implies that in a… …
38Modern portfolio theory — Portfolio analysis redirects here. For theorems about the mean variance efficient frontier, see Mutual fund separation theorem. For non mean variance portfolio analysis, see Marginal conditional stochastic dominance. Modern portfolio theory (MPT) …
39William H. Donaldson — Infobox Person name = William H. Donaldson caption = birth date = June 2, 1931 birth place = Buffalo, New York death date = death place = alma mater = Yale (also Harvard) occupation = former SEC chairman (retired) known for = founded DLJ, founded …
40Jensen's alpha — In finance, Jensen s alpha (or Jensen s Performance Index, ex post alpha) is used to determine the excess return of a security or portfolio of securities over the security s theoretical expected return. The security could be any asset, such as… …
