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Capital Gains Treatment definition explanation

What is Capital Gains Treatment?
The specific taxes assessed on investment capital gains as determined by the U.S. Tax Code. When a stock is sold for a profit, the portion of the proceeds over and above the purchase value (or cost basis) is known as capital gains. Capital gains tax is broken down into two categories: short-term capital gains and long-term capital gains. Stocks held longer than one year are considered long term for the treatment of any capital gains, and are taxed a maximum of 15% depending on the investor’s tax bracket. Stocks held less than one year are subject to short-term capital gains at a maximum rate of 35% depending again on the investor’s tax bracket. Read more for examples and further explanation including related video clips and also comments
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Derivatives Time Bomb definition explanation

What is Derivatives Time Bomb?
A possibile situation where the financial markets plunge into chaos if the massive derivatives positions owned by hedge funds and the large banks were to move against those parties.

Institutional investors have increasingly used derivatives to either hedge their existing positions, or to speculate on given markets or commodities. The growing popularity of these instruments is both good and bad because although derivatives can be used to mitigate portfolio risk. Institutions that are highly leveraged can suffer huge losses if their positions move against them. Read more for examples and further explanation including related video clips and also comments
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Degree Of Relative Liquidity – DRL definition explanation

What is Degree Of Relative Liquidity – DRL?
A liquidity metric that looks at a company’s ability to support short-term expenditures. Degree of relative liquidity is determined by looking at the total percentage of cash that a company has available on hand. The cash must be earned through regular operations and be able to be spent on expenditures and short-term debt obligations through a specific period.

Companies that possess a higher degree of relative liquidity will probably have less difficulty in retrieving funds for payment purposes. Read more for examples and further explanation including related video clips and also comments
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Startup definition explanation

What is Startup?
A company that is in the first stage of its operations. These companies are often initially bank rolled by their entrepreneurial founders as they attempt to capitalize on developing a product or service for which they believe there is a demand. Due to limited revenue or high costs, most of these small scale operations are not sustainable in the long term without additional funding from venture capitalists. Read more for examples and further explanation including related video clips and also comments
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Capitalize definition explanation

What is Capitalize?
An accounting method used to delay the recognition of expenses by recording the expense as long-term assets.

In general, capitalizing expenses is beneficial as companies acquiring new assets with a long-term lifespan can spread out the cost over a specified period of time. Companies take expenses that they incur today and deduct them over the long term without an immediate negative affect against revenues. Read more for examples and further explanation including related video clips and also comments
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Style definition explanation

What is Style?
The investment approach or objective that a fund manager uses to make choices in the selection of securities for the fund’s portfolio. While there are a variety of styles, there are nine basic investing styles for both equity and fixed-income funds. For stock funds, company size and value/growth characteristics determine the style. For bonds, style is defined by maturities and credit quality. Read more for examples and further explanation including related video clips and also comments
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Haurlan Index definition explanation

What is Haurlan Index?
A technical analysis indicator, developed by P.N. Haurlan, that is used to detect market breadth. There are three components of the Haurlan index:

Short Term: a 3-day exponential moving average is taken of the net NYSE advances over declines.

Intermediate Term: same, using a 20-day exponential moving average.

Long Term:same, using a 200-day exponential moving average. Read more for examples and further explanation including related video clips and also comments
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