by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets
What is the Brochure Rule?The brochure rule states that investment advisers and brokers registered under the federal or state authority must provide a written disclosure statement to their client before transacting with them. This statement contains the basic...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets
What is an Advance Block?The advance block is a candlestick pattern that reflects a bearish reversal signal. An advance block can be seen on candlestick charts, it is a three-candle bearish reversal pattern in which the first is a large candlestick followed by two...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Strategy, Entrepreneurship, & Innovation
What is the Industry Life Cycle Analysis?Industry life cycle analysis is a tool for assessing industries and companies based on the stages of development at a particular period.Four stages have been identified in the lifecycle of a business or industry, they are;...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Economic Analysis & Monetary Policy
What is Core Inflation?Core inflation is a measure of inflation that captures changes in the price of goods and services, excluding food and energy. Core inflation measures long-run inflation and excludes items such as food and energy because their prices change...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What is the Hawthorne Effect?The Hawthorne effect is a term that describes the tendency of individuals to alter or change their behavior if they are aware that they are being observed. This tendency changes in the result of the research or experiment parameters. More...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Operations, Project, & Supply Chain Management
What is a Hub and Spoke Structure?Hub and spoke structure is an operational structure. The primary business center is the central hub. The spokes are lines of business or operations that extend out from the central hub. For example, an airline might center its...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Economic Analysis & Monetary Policy
What is Numismatics?Numismatics is the collection of currency such as coins, banknotes (paper money), tokens and other related objects. It is also the study of various means of payment; currency, this study is often applied to the production and embodiment of coins...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Banking, Lending, and Credit Industry
Update Table of Contents What is a Systemically Important Financial Institution?How Does a Systemically Important Financial Institution Work?Criticisms of SIFIs What is a Systemically Important Financial Institution?A Systemically Important Financial Institution...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Finance, Personal Finance, and Valuation Principles
What is an Unquoted Public Company?An unquoted public company is a public company that is not listed on any exchange. Such a company might have previously traded on an exchange but demoted to an unquoted public company due to financial distress. An unquoted public...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets
What is an Automated Confirmation Transaction Service?An Automated Confirmation Transaction Service (ACTA) is a system for reporting all securities transactions done in the over-the-counter (OTC) and NASDAQ securities markets. ACT is an electronic system that makes...
