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The arithmetic average; that is, the sum of the observations divided by the number of observations.
Industry:Financial services
Evaluation of risky prospects based on the expected value and variance of possible outcomes.
Industry:Financial services
The selection of portfolios based on the means and variances of their returns. The choice of the higher expected return portfolio for a given level of variance or the lower variance portfolio for a given expected return.
Industry:Financial services
Related: Markowitz efficient portfolio
Industry:Financial services
Errors in measuring an explanatory variable in a regression, which leads to biases in estimated parameters.
Industry:Financial services
A program approved by the Securities Transfer Association that enables participating financial institutions to guarantee signatures. The Medallion programs ensure that the individual signing the certificate or stock,power is in fact the registered owner as it appears on the stock certificate or stock power. Any U.S. financial institution that belongs to a Medallion Stamp Program can provide Medallion guarantees. Such institutions include banks, savings and loans, credit unions and U.S. brokerages.
Industry:Financial services
The midpoint of market capitalization (market price multiplied by the number of shares outstanding) of the stocks in a portfolio. Half the stocks in the portfolio will have higher market capitalizations; half will have lower.
Industry:Financial services
