Treasury Bond (T-Bond) – Explained

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

What is a Treasury Bond?A treasury bond is a US government debt instrument issued to finance government budget as an alternative to taxes. Treasury Bonds (T-bond) usually have the longest maturity at thirty years, with a coupon issued payment issued every six months....

Account Receivable Turnover (Accounting) – Explained

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

What is the Account Receivable Turnover?Turnover is a calculation of how fast a firm conducts its operations. It is generally used to determine how fast a firm sells off their inventory and take money from their account receivable. A company’s total revenue can...

Unpaid Dividend (Dividend Payable) – Explained

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

What is an Unpaid Dividend?An unpaid dividend, also known as a Dividend Payable, refers to the dividend that a company has announced but has not been paid to stockholders. Dividends are profits that a company distributes to its shareholders. Corporations distribute...

Treasury Receipt – Explained

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

What is a Treasury Receipt?A treasury receipt is a bond which doesn’t pay interest at intervals between the issuance date and the maturity date. A treasury receipt is issued at a discount to its face value but pays no interest. Profit is made when the debt...

Earnings Call – Explained

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

What is a Earnings Call?Earning call refers to a conference call that focuses on the financial accomplishments of the organization within a specific period of time, be it on a quarterly or annual basis. The participants of this call include managers of a public...

Uniform Distribution – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Research, Quantitative Analysis, & Decision Science

What is a Uniform Distribution?Uniform distribution is also called rectangular distribution, it is a term commonly used in statistics and probability theory to depict the equal probability of all outcomes in a family. Uniform Distribution refers to the equal...

Uniform Bill of Lading – Explained

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

What is a Uniform Bill of Lading?A uniform bill of lading refers to a contract or an agreement between two consenting parties which states how a property, goods, or cargo will be transported. The exporter and the carrier are the two parties involved in the contract....

World Economic Forum – Explained

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

What is the World Economic Forum?The World Economic Forum is an organization that conducts yearly meetings for discussing serious issues involving political, social, economical, and environmental areas associated with the world. Its headquarters are located in Geneva,...

Working Ratio – Explained

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

What is a Working Ratio?The working ration is an accounting ratio that determines if a company can recover operating expenses from its yearly revenue. If the working ratio is low, it signifies that the firm is financially sustainable. A lower value represents a small...

Without Recourse – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Banking, Lending, and Credit Industry

Update Table of Contents What is Without Recourse?Without Recourse Financing Sales Without RecourseWithout Recourse in the Banking IndustryWithout Recourse in Secondary Market for Loans What is Without Recourse?Without recourse doesn’t have one single meaning....