Mark to Market – Explained

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

What is Mark To Market?Mark to market (MTM) is an accounting method that is based on measuring the value of assets based on their current price. It is also called a fair value accounting that measures the value of assets or liabilities whose value can change over...

Logistics – Explained

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

What is Logistics?Logistics is described as the entire process that entails how goods are procured from an initial point, stored (if need be), and then transported to their final destination. Logistics may also refer to how a company manages and structurally organizes...

Labor Theory of Value – Explained

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

What is the Labor Theory Of Value?The Labor theory of value (LTV) was first conceived by Adam Smith, the founder of modern capitalism, before it was built upon by other economists. Using LTV, economists tried to provide an explanation for why commodities are exchanged...

Keynesian Economic Theory – Explained

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

What is Keynesian Economic Theory?Keynesian economics was developed in the 1930s by John Maynard Keynes in the period of the Great Depression. It is an economics model that maintains that an economic output is greatly influenced by the total demand in the economy....

J Curve (Economics) – Explained

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

What is the J Curve?A J curve is a visual depiction of a situation in which a measured factor decreases sharply over time before stabilizing and then improving quickly. In economic theory, the J Curve has been used to demonstrate that a country’s trade balance...

Investment Bank – Explained

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

Update Table of Contents What is an Investment Bank?How Does an Investment Bank Work?Investment Banks as Financial IntermediariesInvestment Banks as Financial AdvisorsRole of Investment Banks in Mergers and AcquisitionsThe Research Division of investment bank What is...

Inventory Turnover (Sales Turnover) Ratio – Explained

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

What is the Inventory Turnover Ratio?Inventory turnover, also known as Sales Turnover, is a metric representing the rate at which a company sells its inventory and replaces it in a given period. Inventory Turnover Ratio = COGS / Average InventoryThis metric is...

Investment Advisor – Explained

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

What is an Investment Advisor?An investment advisor offers investment or financial advice to clients, this is a professional who gives financial recommendations and investment analysis for clients. After analyzing a security or an investment as well as the risks it...

Hedge Fund – Explained

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

What is a Hedge Fund?A hedge fund is a portfolio of investments that uses pooled funds from accredited investors or institutional investors in a bid to earn returns for investors. Hedge funds are regarded as aggressively managed funds because it employs the use of...

Generation X (Gen X) – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior

What is Generation X (Gen X)?Generation X refers to the generation born before the millennial generation (often called generation Y) and after the baby boomers. Americans who fall between the age group of mid-1960s and early 1980s are called Gen X. How makes up...