Absolute Percentage Growth – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Finance, Personal Finance, and Valuation Principles

What is Absolute Percentage Growth?An Absolute percentage growth refers to the rate of increase in the value of an asset. It refers to the appreciation in value of an asset or stock displayed as a percentage. It is also called absolute return or absolute growth. This...

Absolute Performance Standard – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Operations, Project, & Supply Chain Management

What is an Absolute Performance Standard?An absolute performance standard refers to a gauge used in evaluating the performance of businesses and employees. It serves as a model standard and seeks to measure how well an organization is performing and how employees are...

Absolute Return Index – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets

What is an Absolute Return Index?An absolute return index refers to an indicator (index) in the stock market that is designed to measure absolute returns on investments. It is a statistical measure of absolute returns accrued by investments over a period of time. This...

Absorbed Account – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Managerial & Financial Accounting & Reporting

Update Table of Contents What is an Absorbed Account?How are Absorbed Accounts Used? Academics Research on Absorbed Account What is an Absorbed Account?When an account is merged or absorbed into another similar account, an absorbed account will be realized. An...

Academy of Accounting Historians – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Managerial & Financial Accounting & Reporting

What is the Academy of Accounting Historians?The Academy of Accounting Historians is an organization created for scholars who have devoted themselves to accounting history. The organization was established in 1973, it was birthed as a result of an initiative of Gary...

Abenomics – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Economic Analysis & Monetary Policy

What is Abenomics?Abenomics has its origin in Japan, it was advocated and enacted by Shinz Abe, a prime minister in Japan. Abenomics are economic policies used by Japan under the administration of Prime Minister Shinz Abe which pulled the nation out of the prevalent...

Abnormal Earnings Valuation Model – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Finance, Personal Finance, and Valuation Principles

What is the Abnormal Earnings Valuation Model?The abnormal earnings valuation model is also called the residual income model. This is an accounting model used in evaluating the financial status of a company. This valuation model determines the equity value that a...

Accelerated Return Note – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets

What is an Accelerated Return Note?An accelerated return note (ARN) refers to a debt instrument that offers a leverage return, that is a higher return to investors based on the performance of the market index. ARN is a type of debt instrument is unsecured, this is...

Accidental High Yielder – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets

What is an Accidental High Yielder?An accidental high yielder is a stock that yields a usual but high dividend for a company. The yield for this stock outweighs the normal yield of stocks, it is not what the company expects, it is therefore an accidental high yielder....

Accounting Series Releases – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Managerial & Financial Accounting & Reporting

What are Accounting Series Releases?Official accounting declarations or assertions released by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on financial reporting matters are referred to as Accounting Series Releases (ASRs). These releases by the SEC are intended to...