Write-off
Investorline The term write-off describes a reduction in recognized value. In accounting terminology, it refers to recognition of the reduced or zero value of an asset. In income tax statements, it…
Introduction to Mutual Funds
A mutual fund is a professionally managed type of collective investment scheme that pools money from many investors and invests it in stocks,bonds, short-term money market instruments and other securities.…
National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. (NSE)
The National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. (NSE), set up in the year 1993, is today the largest stock exchange in India and a preferred exchange for trading in equity,…
P/E ratio
The P/E ratio (price-to-earnings ratio) of a stock (also called its "P/E", or simply "multiple") is a measure of the price paid for ashare relative to the annual net income…
Present value
Present value, also known as present discounted value, is the value on a given date of a future payment or series of future payments, discounted to reflect the time value…
Overhead (business)
In business, overhead or overhead expense refers to an ongoing expense of operating a business (also known as Operating Expenses – rent, gas/electricity, wages etc.). The term overhead is usually…
Opportunity cost
Opportunity cost is the cost of any activity measured in terms of the value of the best alternative that is not chosen (that is foregone). It is the sacrifice related…
Net worth
In business, net worth (sometimes called net assets) is the total assets minus total outside liabilities of an individual or a company. For a company, this is called shareholders’ preference…
Expense
In common usage, an expense or expenditure is an outflow of money to another person or group to pay for an item or service, or for a category of costs.…
Pareto principle
The Pareto principle (also known as the 80-20 rule, the law of the vital few, and the principle of factor sparsity) states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the…