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Educational Tip of the Day (SOURCE: NASDAQ.com):Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: An amendment to the Securities Exchange Act created to prohibit bribery of foreign officials by publicly held US companies.
Beta equation (security): The market beta of a security is determined as follows: Regress excess returns of stock y on excess returns of the market. The slope coefficient is beta. Define n as number of observation numbers.
- Beta=
- [(n) (sum of [xy]) ]-[ (sum of x) (sum of y)]/
- [(n) (sum of [xx]) ]-[ (sum of x) (sum of x)]
- where: n = # of observations (usually 36 to 60 months)
- x = rate of return for the S&P 500 index
- y = rate of return for the security.
High-grade bond: A bond with Triple-A or Double-A rating in Standard & Poor’s, or Moody’s rating system.Import Quota: Puts limits on the quantity of certain products that can be legally imported into a particular country during a particular time frame. There is a Fixed quota, which is a maximum quantity not to be exceeded, and tariff rate surcharge, which permits additional quantities but at much higher duty.Leverage ratios: Measures of the relative value of stockholders, capitalization, and creditors obligations, and of the firm’s ability to pay financing charges. Value of firm’s debt to the total value of the firm (debt plus stockholder capitalization).Married Put and Stock: The simultaneous purchase of stock and the corresponding number of put options. This is a limited risk strategy during the life of the puts because the stock can be sold at the strike price of the puts.
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