The Hollywood Stock Exchange is an online prediction market in which investors bet on the performance of various components of the entertainment industry. The bets are made using credits called Moviestocks, Starbonds, TVStocks, Movie Funds, Idol Warrants, and derivatives. Trades are made in Hollywood dollars, which players receive when they open an account, make successful trades and participate in the website’s quizzes. Each investment has a ticker-like symbol: For example, the symbol for Ironman 3 is IRNM3.
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The MSCI ACWI is a market capitalization weighted index designed to provide a broad measure of equity-market performance throughout the world. The MSCI ACWI is maintained by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) and is comprised of stocks from 23 developed countries and 24 emerging markets.
The Hollywood Stock Exchange is an online prediction market in which investors bet on the performance of various components of the entertainment industry. The bets are made using credits called Moviestocks, Starbonds, TVStocks, Movie Funds, Idol Warrants, and derivatives. Trades are made in Hollywood dollars, which players receive when they open an account, make successful trades and participate in the website’s quizzes. Each investment has a ticker-like symbol: For example, the symbol for Ironman 3 is IRNM3.
The MSCI ACWI is a market capitalization weighted index designed to provide a broad measure of equity-market performance throughout the world. The MSCI ACWI is maintained by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) and is comprised of stocks from 23 developed countries and 24 emerging markets.
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Withdrawal Benefits
Withdrawal benefits refer to the rights of employees with pension or other retirement plans to cash out any accumulated funds upon leaving an employer.
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Joseph Schumpeter
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Retention Ratio Definition
The retention ratio is the proportion of earnings kept back in the business as retained earnings. The retention ratio refers to the percentage of net income that is retained to grow the business, rather than being paid out as dividends. It is the opposite of the payout ratio, which measures the percentage of profit paid out to shareholders as dividends. The retention ratio is also called the plowback ratio.
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Key Ratio
Key ratios are the main mathematical ratios that illustrate and summarize the current financial condition of a company. Key ratios can be used to easily obtain an idea of a company’s financial status. Companies that are in good condition financially will have superior ratios to those that are performing poorly. Key ratios take data from the subject company’s financial statements such as the balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flows. Items on these statements are compared with other items to produce ratios that represent key aspects of the company’s financial picture such as liquidity, profitability, use of debt and earnings strength.
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Plunge Protection Team
The Plunge Protection Team (PPT) is a colloquial name given to the Working Group on Financial Markets. Created in 1988 to provide financial and economic recommendations to the U.S. President during turbulent market times, this group is headed by the Secretary of the Treasury; other members include the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the aides or officials they designate to represent them).