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#24 What ESG - Environmental, Social, and Governance Criteria Set of standards used by a company's investors to evaluate future investme...

#23 I came across this concept when working on a supply chain problem, where one of the requirements was to 'ring-fence the inventory so...

#22 What? Contracts in the form of substantial benefits given to key executives who have been laid off after a takeover Form of poison pill ...

#21 What? Collapse of Lehman Brothers, a financial services firm, in the 2008 financial crisis Related Concepts Subprime mortgage crisis Mor...

#20 What? Counter to Greenmail Defense strategy used by a target firm to prevent a hostile takeover by another company via diluting its shar...

#19 What? Blackmail + Greenbacks (US Dollars) Refers to when a raiding company holding a large chunk of stock forces the target company to b...

#18 Who? American economist Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006 Career and Personality Came to the Federal Reserve Board from ...

 #17 Overview Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund closed 6 of its debt schemes in India: Franklin India Low Duration Fund (62.8% of assets invest...

#16 This post compares the risk between equity funds and debt funds. Risk:  volatility aka fluctuation in price Equity Equity funds are risk...

#15 While you’ll find my latest book summary on the key takeaways from the book Freakonomics  here , which I’ve also recommended as a good b...

#14 What? Formed when a trader invests in long- and short-duration bonds, but not in intermediate-duration bonds Focuses on the maturities o...

#13 What is a bond? Not James or covalent, but fixed-income instruments! It’s like a certificate of deposit or IOU Issued by the borrower to...

#12 Who? Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 2003-2006 RBI Governor from 2013-2016 ‘James Bond’ of the Indian econ...

#11 Concepts Rupee cost averaging Approach wherein you invest a fixed amount of money at regular intervals Ensures that you buy more shares ...

#10 Let's look at the types of plans commonly offered. What they do and don't cover should help you determine which one is suitable....

#9 Topic: Financial statements - consolidated reports of thousands of individual transactions Function: They summarize a company's Opera...

#8 What? Origin of the Ponzi Scheme Who? Charles Ponzi (1882–1949) - an Italian immigrant living in Boston. When? It happened in 1919. Crime...

#7 Fact Under Indian tax laws, savers have a complete range of tax-saving instruments like Public Provident Fund (PPF), Tax-saving fixed dep...

#6 This post attempts to help you remember the 10 principles of accounting. 1. Separate Legal Entity Assumption Accountant keeps all of the ...

#5 Let's close our knowledge gap by knowing about GAAP! WHAT GAAP - "generally accepted accounting principles" Three types of ...