Green tech refers to a type of technology that is considered environmentally friendly based on its production process or its supply chain. Green tech–which is an abbreviation of green technology–can also refer to clean energy production; clean energy production is the use of alternative fuels and technologies that are less harmful to the environment than fossil fuels.
A supply chain is a network between a company and its suppliers to produce and distribute a specific product to the final buyer. This network includes different activities, people, entities, information, and resources. The supply chain also represents the steps it takes to get the product or service from its original state to the customer.
The Double Exponential Moving Average is a technical indicator introduced by Patrick Mulloy in his January 1994 article Smoothing Data With Faster Moving Averages in Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities magazine.
A chief executive officer (CEO) is the highest-ranking executive in a company, whose primary responsibilities include making major corporate decisions, managing the overall operations and resources of a company, acting as the main point of communication between the board of directors (the board) and corporate operations and being the public face of the company. A CEO is elected by the board and its shareholders.
Asset management is the direction of all or part of a client’s portfolio by a financial services institution, usually an investment bank, or an individual. Institutions offer investment services along with a wide range of traditional and alternative product offerings that might not be available to the average investor.
The dark web refers to encrypted online content that is not indexed by conventional search engines. Sometimes, the dark web is also called the dark net. The dark web is a component of the deep web that describes the wider breadth of content that does not appear through regular Internet browsing activities. Most deep web content consists of private files hosted on Dropbox and its competitors or subscriber-only databases rather than anything illegal.
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is a nongovernmental organization designed to enhance marketplace trust. The BBB, established in 1912, is a private nonprofit organization that has independently incorporated organizations in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Organizations receive consumer complaints and rate the performance and reliability of businesses based on specific criteria. The BBB accredits approximately 400,000 firms.
An investor is dubbed a qualified institutional buyer (QIB) if they are thought to require less regulatory protection than unsophisticated investors. QIB’s can be a corporation that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Rule 501 of Regulation D classifies as an accredited investor, banks, trust funds, pension plans or any entity comprised of sophisticated investors.
The Merton model is an analysis model used to assess the credit risk of a company’s debt. Analysts and investors utilize the Merton model to understand how capable a company is at meeting financial obligations, servicing its debt, and weighing the general possibility that it will go into credit default.
An investor is dubbed a qualified institutional buyer (QIB) if they are thought to require less regulatory protection than unsophisticated investors. QIB’s can be a corporation that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Rule 501 of Regulation D classifies as an accredited investor, banks, trust funds, pension plans or any entity comprised of sophisticated investors.