- Industry: Financial services
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The percentage of tax paid for different levels of income.
Industry:Financial services
A source of competitive advantage that depends on differences in the tax rates imposed in different locations.
Industry:Financial services
Firms that prepare tax returns for a fee.
Industry:Financial services
Legislation aimed at tightening provisions relating to taxation, including changes in the capital gains tax laws.
Industry:Financial services
Legislation enacted as part of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 to reduce the federal budget deficit. Among its provisions are a decrease in the minimum holding period for assets to qualify for long-term capital gains treatment from one year to six months.
Industry:Financial services
A measure of the excess return per unit of risk, where excess return is defined as the difference between the portfolio's return and the risk-free rate of return over the same evaluation period and where the unit of risk is the portfolio's beta. Named after Jack Treynor.
Industry:Financial services
Striking offsetting deals among three markets simultaneously to obtain an arbitrage profit.
Industry:Financial services
A form of international reserve assets, created by the IMF in 1967, whose value is based on a portfolio of widely used currencies.
Industry:Financial services
Refers to a meeting of shareholders outside the usual annual general meeting. In the context of corporate governance, some limitations either increase the level of shareholder support required to call a special meeting beyond that specified by state law or eliminate the ability to call one entirely. Such provisions add an extra time delay to many proxy fights, since bidders must wait until the regularly scheduled annual meeting to replace board members or dismantle takeover defenses
Industry:Financial services
